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Why would you break into these apartments?

For money, for drugs, whatever was in there.

Aren't you afraid of getting caught at doing this?

No.

Who's going to catch us?

What a police.

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I would suit up in my uniform and we're going to want some drug dealers and I know how to do it really well.

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Did you consider yourself a rat?

I saved my soul just like everybody else does.

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I'm not a big guy man but I love being that dirty mother f***er.

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