I respect the guy who hires parolees. He did time himself, and learned, and now he's paying it forward.

@Bigbudd0045

3 жыл бұрын

@Adrian Flores its fn bs. Calling it the Department of Corrections is bs. Do your time. If on parole, keep your nose clean. Then that should be it. We either try and help reform people, or just call it the department of vengence. Part of the reason the US rate of recidivism is so high. Take away the chance for any meaningful opportunity and people will find their own. O you did time? Take this minimum wage job with no benefits, working the worst hours, and we know you are an ex con so lets treat you like shit.

@Bigbudd0045

3 жыл бұрын

@Frank deluca I'm not a felon. I just have empathy. They served their time. They should be given an opportunity to rebuild their life. Not permanently punished. It's why us recidivism rates are the highest in the industrialized world.

@frankmurphy7234

3 жыл бұрын

@Frank deluca 😆

@gavriloprincip9634

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bigbudd0045 man most felons who committed big time crimes do the same crimes again even with the help some people can't be saved not everyone can change

@frazerguest2864

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bigbudd0045 : Your words, 100% correct. I did 12 years for shifting (mainly) coke, pills and weed. Before that I ran pubs / bars very successfully. These days I even get knocked back applying for a part-time job cleaning in a pub or working behind the bar. Being ‘out’ is a whole lot harder in many ways than being back inside.

Good scene. There is no reward in living an honest life besides the knowledge that your living an honest life.

@mrwhite1771

6 жыл бұрын

Its like a sick joke. Its gonna be shitty and boring and the only bonus is, it lasts longer.

@TCthaCrisis

6 жыл бұрын

Jason Fox The "living longer" part is pretty okay tho.

@Capcoor

6 жыл бұрын

Jason Fox Well, there's the whole not being locked up thing.

@fmgallien

5 жыл бұрын

PLenty of reward if you can enjoy the simple things. No stress... no fear for your life.

@great159

5 жыл бұрын

Jason Fox: That's BULLSHIT!💯 You MUST be living a NOT SO HONEST life to talk like this!😂

Tha Lawn mower ain't in me no mo...

@kingsleyo

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@vka337

3 жыл бұрын

But you're named cutty man.

@busytha3rd

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@db8444

3 жыл бұрын

That thing you got, that lets you mow like you mow

@EdmanXERO

3 жыл бұрын

Lawnmower da same. Just got mo' fierce.

"It doesn't take much strength to pull a trigger but try getting up every morning day after day and working for a living"

@j2times2006

4 жыл бұрын

Da working man's the tough guy!!! Ya faddahs da tough guy!!!!

@leroystokes8501

4 жыл бұрын

Nice reference to 'A Bronx Tale'

@zinitevioki9015

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a man living up to his responsibilities

@arctic3032

3 жыл бұрын

Now go get your shinebox

@TheBlackKakashi

3 жыл бұрын

The working mans a sucker

It's shorty boyd. He went and cleaned his whole ack up

@BlaneNostalgia

3 жыл бұрын

Yea I kno. F*cked us all up.

@SDSOverfiend

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@ybklyn87

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@LytsknMessiahLou

3 жыл бұрын

Crying 👋🏼😭😭

@josiahlomas7388

2 жыл бұрын

Who is shorty

Low key, this is one of the 4-5 most important scenes in the show's history. The notion that there's some inspirational reward for doing the right thing...it's not there. Doing the right thing, just like doing the wrong thing, is a choice. The foreman made a choice. Cutty has to make a choice. As we find out, he also makes the right choice. But he needed the perspective to understand what he was truly deciding on.

@Bradgilliswhammyman

4 жыл бұрын

kind ofa shit job though..low pay, backbreaking work...can make more money as a mob hitter or slinging drugs. IF honest work doesn't pay the bills...is it really a choice ?

@Kaspisify

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bradgilliswhammyman It probably does pay the bills, but it won't give you a cushy life. So if you can't live the month to month life, and want something more. Then yeah, it might not be an easy choice at least.

@Alph92

4 жыл бұрын

yes, you can argue that. on the other hand, doing the right thing has a reward. It gives you peace of mind. You can get up and eat your oatmeal without fearing someone trying to take you out because of drug game reasons.

@843Hotboy

4 жыл бұрын

OtterStrikesBack word

@firstube

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bradgilliswhammyman you stupid

Lawn mower a metaphor for life... Cutty doesn't know how to start his life over so keeps pulling away and gets frustrated, not knowing how to "prime" his life... Once the guy said to put it behind you and prime, this is the start of Cutty's full rehab. He does dip back in the game but these times refine his perspective... Always excellent writing and symbolism on the show

@Wapaz

7 жыл бұрын

It's also a good metaphor for foreplay.

@ChrisJWattsTV

7 жыл бұрын

Rodney L - HAHAHA!

@T.J.Caldwell318

6 жыл бұрын

Rodney L never noticed that

@JamesSmith-jd1do

6 жыл бұрын

Rodney L nice catch

@carlmcfarlane8877

6 жыл бұрын

Wapaz 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

cuttying the grass lol

@kingkevboi67

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha such a stupid, funny joke

@Capcoor

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingkevboi67 I think it’s clever, actually.

@dontcopymystyle4469

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@chuckiebrownbfly

2 жыл бұрын

@@Capcoor it wasn't a prime joke. But it cut it

It’s like he wasn’t telling cutty to go back but he was telling him that straight life wasn’t as glamorous as he expects it to be. The real view.

@Kaspisify

4 жыл бұрын

Which is probably what he needed to do stay on the straight. If he tried to stay straight but expected glamour and reward to fall in his lap just on account of him being on the straight. Then he would've turned back to crime faster than he could've said lawnmower.

This dude's the manliest man in the whole damn series.

@damalman8223

2 жыл бұрын

Eh I mean didn't look like he was really working himself but I get ya point

@HuyVo-gd2cj

2 жыл бұрын

@@damalman8223 But he cares and he acts on it. He is a better man than most.

@derpdiggler7413

2 жыл бұрын

one of the funniest recurring characters in IASIP too

@Madvillainy48

2 жыл бұрын

@@derpdiggler7413 definitely one of the most underrated on that show.

@spearofconquest

2 жыл бұрын

@@damalman8223 you still got a lot to learn if you think being a man involves physicality or toughness.

"Mountfield 827M ride-on lawn mower" "I'm use to fly-mos, man, Black and Decker doesn't jam" "Doesn't cut 100 square meters of grass in 5 minutes neither" "The game has changed..."

@paddyballgame

3 жыл бұрын

The game is the same, the grass just got more fierce.

@joec9693

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the edger, I want my corners!

@robertswitzer990

2 жыл бұрын

@@joec9693 Most apt usage of a Frankenstein line I’ve ever seen. L O fucking L

@qv8281

2 жыл бұрын

Sopranos level of comments here

@Snarkythecat

2 жыл бұрын

lmao this is great

It's simple convo's like this between interesting characters that made The Wire a very enjoyable show.

@couldyoupassthesaltplease.2006

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. That's why that little and others like it sticks with me.

The Wire had a few perfect scenes in it. 60 hours of perfect scenes, to be exact.

whoa that bit actor was so natural and unforced in his performance. Put all his skill into a 1 minute appearance.

@lopezalehandro1666

2 жыл бұрын

now that you mention it, makes me wonder. those people in casting did an outstanding job.

@PeteMcCorvey

2 жыл бұрын

He was actually in a mini series that was the precursor to The Wire called "The Corner."

Yooo this scene reminds me of when Vito from "The Sopranos" is hiding in another city, actually working for the first time in life, doing construction. Him knowing this is not the life he wants, doing honest hard work.

@genius179

3 күн бұрын

I compare Cutty a lot with Tony B of the Sopranos tbh. They are the Bizarro versions of each other if you ask me

Cutty wasn't a perfect person, and he never had all the answers for his own life, but street or straight, he was strong. Everyone saw and respected that. Well written and damn me but Chad Coleman is a great actor. Every Cutty scene has an intensity. And this scene has him understanding that the straight life takes strength too.

@kylefisher5138

3 жыл бұрын

he was a man in his time .... he is a man now

Underrated scene right here: Cutty gets straight.

@Huyle18

5 жыл бұрын

now he just needs to cut that grass straight

@Turin_Turumba

3 жыл бұрын

The game ain't in Cutty no more, *none of it*

I like how he says "every day." There's a sense of calm that flows over me.

@ConfusedGeriatric

4 жыл бұрын

Discipline is freedom, as some say

@heriksalvadorianreacts6646

3 жыл бұрын

@@ConfusedGeriatric Hard Words but also wise one's

I know it's a fictional show, but still, it makes me happy to know that there really are people like this out there in the world. He's committed to only hiring ex-convicts, even though he readily admits that it sometimes goes bad on him. All because someone probably did the same thing for him once.

This is University of Real Life right there and Cutty passed with honors.

I wish they did more with that lawnmower, was my favourite character

I love this scene so much. He gives him tough advice and shows him an inch of humanity and its enough to make me cry.

@andressantos9130

22 күн бұрын

ok well they're going think you're homosexual or possibly psychotic if you do that, so try to hold in the tears until your shift at the predicate felon landscaping company is over.

Man. I own a lawncare company, and I go through the same thing with new guys. When I first seen this it was like the Deja vu.

I like how they used ALOT of the cast from the corner. I like to imagine he went from a drug dealer to a landscape owner

@andressantos9130

22 күн бұрын

well, most of the actors changed characters but i believe this is supposed to be g-money or some such. who actually isn't a complete psycho. hungry man stole a ground stash (subsequent offense, from the looks off it), and he is only beaten with baseball bats for a half minute or so.

One of the best scene in the series. Short but powerful. It's no rewards for living a straight lifestyle. It's hard everyday day after day. But you keep pushing.

This scene is for those of us that cleaned up our lives; silly scene to some but a brutal reality for others.

This scene was burned into my head when I saw it. Especially the part about his back yelling at him EVERYDAY. Like I aint tryna live like that.

every and any scene in this series is a master piece. I feel like I could pick random spots and find gold anywhere.

Scenes like this makes The Wire the best show ever. Truth delivered bluntly to the audience.

Wtf my lawn mower still ain't starting

@jimfragger2434

8 жыл бұрын

Did ya prime it?

@DBratten0587

5 жыл бұрын

Spark plug

@reddavis4808

5 жыл бұрын

Lmfao!

@wallcity318

3 жыл бұрын

You ever get that bitch started bro?

@hibuddywuzsup571

2 жыл бұрын

You gotta clean your ack up buddy.

I used to hustle; now I do landscaping. Great scene but he's wrong - there is a reward. Yeah, you wake up too damn early with blisters and sunburn and sore muscles, but your mind is light as a feather. No paranoia. No fear. No gun in your face, no flashing lights in the mirror. If you're in it, and you're good, you can handle it, but only after you quit do you realize what that does to your psyche.

I would rather landscape in the hot ass sun than risk getting merked in Bodymore.

@mrjooxmanallah

7 жыл бұрын

jetshockey5 This is what happens in every city. Black people with a work ethic work their way out of the hood. As a result, they're fewer positive examples to counter the prevailing, self-destructive culture.

@majinmexican9833

6 жыл бұрын

MrJooxman sigh... it all depends on what type of person u are. Street muh fuckers play Russian roulette every fucking day. Either imma die today, or it's gonna be a VERY good day.

@TCthaCrisis

6 жыл бұрын

Dennis Little They are always angry at blacks. I think its envy. Thats why they hate blacks so much and will talk shit about blacks out of nowhere, BUT HERE WATCHING THE WIRE. lol

@Capcoor

3 жыл бұрын

Who came up with that term “merked” ?

@mrjooxmanallah

3 жыл бұрын

Capcoor I don’t know. Probably some NY shit

Dude talkin to Cutty play G Money a hustler on hbo the corner

@andrew7taylor

7 жыл бұрын

G Money ain't shit!

@treynelson4946

5 жыл бұрын

The Corner IS The Wire.

@swagattttt

5 жыл бұрын

@@treynelson4946 True.

@melodyhelton8118

5 жыл бұрын

And don’t you come back with that crying shit or I’ll whoop yo ass for sure most DEFINITELY. Bitch

@DRock6906

5 жыл бұрын

That's him! He had that fiend whooped with a baseball bat for stealing his ground stash!!

I love how they show that life out of the game isn't some big party. It's a life like Cutty mowing lawns, or Poot selling shoes and no longer getting the rep that resulted in all those STD's. The Wire shows that life in the drug trade can be a perfectly rational choice for some and it's not just because they are bad or evil.

That guy was a drug dealer on The Corner. Some memorable scenes

@andressantos9130

22 күн бұрын

well, you know i was a heroin addict in worcester for a decade plus or minus another decade and actually once i bought a three pack and it caught fire when i put it on the spoon. some kind of chemical reaction. and he actually did come out and give me three more. he was a fairly reasonable guy, although he did beat someone to death on ashland street. something about someone said something about the dominican republic. so i would try to insert positive things about the dominican republic. something like, "gee, milk is so expensive in america. not like the dominican republic, where every family gets a free cow." maybe not that exactly but something close to that. cows probably are cheaper though. smaller cows, not a lot of land, so they don't give cows any growth hormone. cows are naturally not that large. about the size of a pig, though obviously not as dense.

He didn’t even have the handle down while starting it

@chuckiebrownbfly

2 жыл бұрын

As the nigga who drives that truck, EVERYday. That's exactally what I thought

It makes your bleed when you see some ex-cons who are trying to do right but because they've got a bad history and burnt so many bridges in their past that society doesn't want to give them a chance and closes their doors on them, giving most ex-cons no choice but to go back to the lifestyle that put them in prison.

@marchfifth1754

9 жыл бұрын

The game is the game.

@MalakianM2S

6 жыл бұрын

That happens when a society like the U.S.A is more concerned about "punishing" criminals than fixing social problems.

@A_10_PaAng_111

6 жыл бұрын

MalakianM2S Yeah, we believe in consequences so? Stop blaming societys ills for committing crimes. Lot of people have a shitty life and still get up in the morning and do the right thing. Everyone starts life the same way, what you make of it is up to you.

@gmane6340

6 жыл бұрын

A10PANG your whole comment is just ignorance. We do not start out the same, shit some people grow up into a house with gang members, crackheads, whatever. They can follow a life of crime from what they experienced at a young age because of it. Or they can follow a life of crime because they need money and rather than getting paid $10/hr theyd rather hustle to keep water running and have electricity. Dont try and knock down someone elses struggle by comparing another person.

@MalakianM2S

5 жыл бұрын

@A10PANG I believe in consequences. I'm not blaming society for committing crimes, but on how they handle penitentiary systems, making it all about profiting off the system. Everyone doesn't start life the same way, you are really naive if you think so, but I agree that you have the last responsability on what you do with your life.

Every scene , every moment in this show. Knowledge

Wise words from a wiseman. Playing wit the devil get u fancy cars, money and a nice cold empty cellblock. Some are smart enough that once they experience these thing, the wisdom they gained takes affect and have this outlook. Others go right back in, and damn near never come out or even worse they dead

Like so many clips of the wire, this minute and a half tells a better story than most hour and a half films.

A lot of old hustlers and OGs are landscapers now. My uncle was a player from the Himilayas and he became a landscaper, too.

Possibly the best scene in the entire show. "It's funny because it's true." -hj simpson

@hhbentee

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Wag lol no

@AndyinMTL

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Wag great scene but not the best scene

@playbackproductions1

3 жыл бұрын

Good ol' Hand Job Simpson

Which is why I purchased an electric lawnmower. That priming stuff doesn't always work and plus there were times when I forgot to do it. Great parable! I love the lesson here.

I am Cutty! No fareal that me he playing i lived that and im only 28 did 7 years in prison came home hustled a lil bit then stop playimg with God and went to church without bringing drug money there

@MachineGunMouth

5 жыл бұрын

Salute fam! Stay up!

@saarim101

4 жыл бұрын

Big up homie

@yamabushi170

4 жыл бұрын

Well done old chap. The humble life on the straight and narrow is where we find our peace of mind.

@chasechandler7757

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you're still doing well! Stay strong.

@marcus_lyn

3 жыл бұрын

keep on your path bro and live well

Man this might be the greatest metaphor for my life ever

Ayt that's it .. Ive watched so many clips, I'm ready to rewatch the show for the third time lol

I TRIED PRIMING IT A GAZILLION TIMES!!! I WONT WORK!!!! I’M GONNA GO TAKE SOME CORNERS NOW!!!

I just noticed that dude got an NA chain on you can tell by the way he’s talking that he’s in recovery. That’s what’s up

@gabrielelias983

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can see it clearly in the next scene they are in together

@richp.1234

3 жыл бұрын

Nice observation. My two years is in February 2021. We do recover.

Powerful scene! I know the feeling

every day

'EVERYDAY!' I don't know why, but everytime he says that, I start laughing lol. Funnily enough, those words ended up making Cutty have another go at the drug game, it looked like lol

@xxxx-nf7bf

7 жыл бұрын

I know man, that what I thought too. Watching this clip EVERYDAY

@br3ad420

7 жыл бұрын

same

@locozalo

4 жыл бұрын

@Jared Dowty 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This and snoop buying the nail gun are my favorite scenes

AMAZING TELEVISION!!!!

My favorite scene.

This part moves the soul. Trying to get right. So hard for some folks.

man I have had this same conversation with my lawnmower boss when I wrecked my car, and was down bad 😂 this show too real

cutty dont need to cut no grass. He just got to slap the lawn a few times and itll know its place

I'm pretty sure that Foreman is the dealer from "The Corner" ( the prequel to "The Wire" ) check out 'The Corner Episode 1' here on youtube and skip to 5;20

If lawnmowing gave him the same access to moms as running a gym, he'd have made a career out of it.

I love this scene.

such a great scene...

In other words, " don't make a virtue out of necessity ".

cutty " i have no experience turning on lawnmowers. moms, on the other hand...."

@nahzewilliams5912

3 жыл бұрын

haha

I think the actor who played G-Money in "The Corner", played the foreman in this clip.

A brother helping his own.

great scene

All due respect but I think you missed the point of the show. I understand all the gangster parts migh be more exciting, but the overall focus of the show was the downfall of institutions and how the lower class are the ones that suffer the most from the bad decisions of those in charge. From the streets, to the docks, to the schools, to the media, to politics, this is illustrated across the board. The docks in season 2 was a key part of telling this story and actually had great acting too.

@positivevibesandmorelife7307

5 жыл бұрын

Hello

@NealJackMeKC

3 жыл бұрын

Season 2 is a masterpiece in its own right. So ambitious

@DBAMTV

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Didn’t appreciate the docks season 2 until I was older , when I was a kid just wanted to see the Inner city scenes lol

@bbryant9455

3 жыл бұрын

Season 2 is my favorite which is saying something considering the greatness of each season. I can't let go of sobotka. "we used to make things in this country. Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket"

@cov9290

3 жыл бұрын

Season 2 got me into the show

The irony is that Cutty did get rewarded at the end

Realest scene ever 💯

Just realized that's the drug lord from the corner. love how they reused so many actors.

The grass represents money and the lawnmower the feelings we have ... the writers were so inspiring

Doing the right thing and living an honest life is not glamorous. It kinda sucks. Hence why so many people are sucked into this life of quick and easy money for little to no work.

Once a boss always a BOSS.👍👍👍

Writing in this show was excellent.

Cutti needed his own show mabye a few extra episodes they put more knowledge into him than most

This is it. Right here.

A real OG

Lawn Mower spoke the truth

good shit

Inspiring

Wow. Just wow.

this guy played g money in the corner, i wonder if its the same caracther

@Paaka

5 жыл бұрын

It is

Thats the NY crew chief from the corner.

Good guy.

What are you talking about. Season 2 was fantastic. Every season was fantastic.

GOOD SPEECH FOR REAL

keeping it real ...love it

What a line "Prime that B***** 3 x she'll start right up"

I always think of those words.

everyday !!!

Truth

was that guy Avons recruiter or something lol

@hankjwimbleton8043

8 жыл бұрын

+Action Mayne lmao!

@knightsonofjack

5 жыл бұрын

nice

Bruh on the wire.. a few words says many!!

"yev-reeday.

This guy played I. The Corner too.

Cutty found a much better way with help from avon.

Mowing lawns for a living is fucking awesome.

Very true coming from a former hustler trying to change his life.

Everyday!

“I don’t even thank on that cah no mo”