Julius: Who is that?
Rochelle: I don't know.
Jerome: Hey, little dude from across the street, here you go, man. [hands Chris some cash]
Chris: What's this?
Jerome: I robbed your grandfather a few times. I didn't know you knew him.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] We had only been living in Bed-Stuy for a year when the crime rate started to go through the roof. In the late '90s, they had the Internet boom, but in the '80s, we had the crack boom. It used to take years to become a junkie, but crack cut that down to 37 minutes. Even on my block, things were starting to get out of control. The muggers were getting mugged.
Jerome: [to a boy] Let me hold a quarter.
Mugger: What's up, little man? Let me hold a dollar right quick. I'll take that quarter, too.

White Cop: Now, what's very important, also, in the Block Watch program is, if you are away from your house for any extended period of time...
Adult Chris: [v.o.] In Bed-Stuy, that's 12 minutes.
White Cop: ...you must alert the other Block Watch members.
Louise Clarkson: And they will watch your property.
White Cop: Correct. Nicely done. All right, like let's say one of you is on your way to Florida...
Rochelle: Florida?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] The closest my family came to Florida, was watching Esther Rolle on Good Times.
Vanessa: Now I get it. Then the rest of us can watch out for their house.
Jerome: I'll take the night shift.

White Cop: Okay, okay. Any questions, any questions?
Jerome: I have one. So, what type of places would you consider to be the most vulnerable? Like, say an offender was gonna break into somebody's house. Who would be the best victim?
White Cop: That's a very good question.
Vanessa: No, it's not. You just break into a house where nobody's home.
White Cop: That's right.
Jerome: Cool. I got to go.
Louise Clarkson: What? Oh!
Adult Chris: [v.o.] With a four second head start, Jerome stole four stereos.

Chris: Anyway, I'm not even staying in my house. I'm staying at Mr. Omar's.
Monk: Mr. Omar? What you doing up there?
Chris: My whole family's sick; they got the flu.
Jerome: Sick? They in the hospital?
Chris: No.
Jerome: Damn!
Adult Chris: [v.o.] He was gonna rob my house.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] Walking home, I couldn't help thinking that my street was usually filled with life, and now it was an empty wasteland, all because of me. I felt worse than food poisoning.
Jerome: [hushed] Little dude from across the street... come here, man. Man, what you doing out there?
Don't you know there's a killer on the streets?
Chris: Nah, I'll be all right.
Jerome: Let me hold a dollar. [takes a dollar] Be safe out here.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Did I just get mugged from a window?

Jerome: Hey, little dude from across the street. Who this?
Chris: Oh, it's my friend Greg. He's staying at my house for a few days.
Jerome: Hey, little White dude staying across the street, let me hold a dollar. [Greg hands him a dollar] Nice shirt.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Risky got the shirt from Jerome.
Greg: Hey, I just got a nickname.
Chris: Hey, you just got robbed.
Greg: Cool!

Adult Chris: [v.o.] At 14, I decided I wasn't gonna just let things happen to me like they did before. I was going to get some dignity. I was going to take charge.
Jerome: Hey...! Little dude from across the street.
Chris: I know, I know. You want a dollar.
Jerome: Thanks, little dude.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I know what you're thinking, I just got robbed. But he didn't steal that money from me, I gave it to him.

Jerome: Hey, little dude from across the street. Let me hold your bag.
Chris: No, man, you don't want this. It's just an egg. It's for a class project. I'm supposed to act like it's my baby.
Jerome: Oh, yeah? That's very inventive. I'm only good at acting like it's not my baby.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] That year he won the Oscar for Best Non-Supporting Father.
Jerome: Listen, if you ever have any problems with child support, come talk to me. I can help you save some money.

Jerome: Hold on, hold on. Y'all don't have to leave. I know somebody here knows how to DJ.
Chris: I know how to DJ.
Jerome: Little dude from across the street. You're telling me you know how to rock the wheels of steel?
Woman: Well, go ahead, then. Turn the party out.
Jerome: Hold on, everybody, hold on. Let me hold a dollar.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] He's charging me to help him?
Jerome: If you're telling the truth, I'll give it back.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Thanks.