If it wasn't for him, my black ass would be dead by now.
4 seconds sound clip from the Menace II Society movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:36:49 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Don't give me that shit, okay?
- Because I don't see nobody with no fucking job around here.
- You know what? I don't need your money.
- Look... Pernell looked out for me, okay? If it wasn't for him...
- If it wasn't for him, my black ass would be dead by now.
- You know what? Fuck Pernell. Because you don't owe him shit, all right?
- You need to be glad that you graduated from high school and that you're alive at 18.
- You need to do something with yourself before you end up like he did.
- Look, I'm not gonna end up like he did, all right?
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