Victor: Both y'all crazy as hell, bro. Y'all can't kill Douda.
Emmett: That's why we're here.
Rob: Look, I don't need your help.
Victor: Nigga, just because you tall doesn't mean you a gangster. Bro, y'all not about this life. Rob, I know you grew up in some big ass house with your mommy and daddy and Emmett, your Mama made sure you ain't want for nothing. Y'all not street niggas so stop acting like it.

Keisha: If I can't count on you to protect us, we not staying here. Emmett: What happened is sticking around even when shit gets uncomfortable.
Keisha: This is more than uncomfortable. This could be life or death.
Emmett: I promise I'm not gonna let anything happen to you or my kids.
Keisha: Yeah, what if something happened to you?

Emmett: I think I got myself into some big trouble just because I wanted to be the big man.
Darnell: But what kind of trouble?
Victor: When we ask questions, it shouldn't be about the details; it should be about how we can help.

Emmett: Don't you want to build your legacy in the city that raised you?
Kevin: Listen, I'm not trying to abandon Chicago. I just, I just want to see what's out there.
Emmett: The city is all we got. If we keep leaving it, it won't be no real niggas left.
Kevin: Yeah.
Emmett: Chicago is the shit, man.

Keisha: So, how was your talk with Lamar?
Emmett: It was kind of weird.
Keisha: Yeah. Me and Malaysia don't have anything in common anymore. She just kept asking how much we paid for this house.
Emmett: Niggas be nosy.
Keisha: I feel bad, but I see why we don't talk. Just don't care about the same things, you know?
Emmett: And my guys still what they was when we were in high school. It's like we can't relate to each other no more.
Keisha: Who knew moving up in the world we have to leave people behind?

The Chi Quotes

And for a long time, man, we ain't know how that boy was gonna turn out.

Darnell

Our past is always in our present.

Papa