Chicken Nuggets
From “The Wire” Season One
David Simon et al
Wallace Man, these shits is right, yo.
Poot Mmm hmm!
Wallace Good with the hot sauce, too!
Poot Most definitely.
Wallace Yo D–you want some nuggets?
D’Angelo Nah, go ahead, man.
Wallace Man. Whoever invent these–he off the hook.
Poot Whaaat?
Wallace Motherfucker get the bone all the way out the damned chicken. ‘Til he came along, niggers be chewing on drumsticks and shit, getting they fingers all greasy. He said: “Later for the bone. Let’s nugget that meat up and make some real money”.
Poot You think the man got paid?
Wallace Who?
Poot The man who invented these.
Wallace Shit. He richer than a motherfucker.
D’Angelo Why. You think he get a percentage?
Wallace Why not?
D’Angelo Nigga please. The man who invented them things? He just some sad-ass down at the basement of McDonald’s. Thinking up some shit to make some money for the real players.
Poot Naw, man, that ain’t right.
D’Angelo Fuck right. It ain’t about right. It’s about money. Now, you think Ronald McDonald gonna go down that basement and say “Hey Mr Nugget! You da bomb! We selling chicken faster’n you can tear the bone out. So I’m gonna write my clowny-ass name on this fat-ass check for you.” Shit. And the nigger who invented those things? He still workin in the basement for regular wage, thinking of some shit to make the fries taste better or some shit like that. Believe.
Wallace Still had the idea, though.