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A child is born, no choice has he, About the kind of world he'll see.

His eyes are black, his eyes are blue, He could belong to you or me.

Lord keep this child, Lord save this child, God help them all in due.

Mr. Drebbins, how are you today?

Okay.

And Mrs. Drebbins?

Not well.

A cold, I think.

Oh, that's too bad.

Give her a good word for me.

Hey, bucket.

Hey, you kidding, man?

Please, a favor.

This is a little market.

That's all I can afford.

I'm getting on in years.

So go someplace to crow.

Why should we suffer?

Hey, things that happens when the guy don't pay his insurance.

Tell him to stop!

Don't do it!

Please tell him to stop, please.

I'll get you the money.

I'll get the money somehow.

Enough.

Soon, Mr. Drebbins.

Soon.

This is it.

Hollow it.

Hollow it.

Come on, come on.

Hold it!

Police!

Hey, man, take it easy.

You're going to hurt somebody with that thing.

Don't come any closer.

Take it easy.

You're going to hurt somebody with that thing.

Help me!

We got the kids.

Let's get out of here.

What's new on a Sunday?

Well, it looks like a break-in and the guard came up on him.

He's dead. He has a holster, but the gun is gone.

Albert Johnson.

It's another body, but no ID yet.

Did they get what they wanted?

Well, we located the shipping manager in church.

And he's going to the inventory now.

You know him?

Yeah, he's one of us.

He pulled the pin about five years ago.

Something about subsidizing his pension.

He's not that old. Why'd he quit?

Yeah, police work.

He found a little too violent.

What's the preliminary?

They were both shot.

That's brilliant.

You're ready for heart transplants.

I want a full worksheet on this by this afternoon.

What's the rush?

They're not going anywhere.

A real comedian, huh?

Now, look, clown, I want it.

Do you read me?

Hey, Lieutenant, I got a guy over here who might have something.

Now, you check on the shipping manager.

Come on.

Tex Alston, Lieutenant Kojak.

Hi, Tex.

Well, I was coming on the alley, see, and this car and the truck...

and they're pulling out right here, right at the spot.

What did the truck look like?

Well, it was nice and pretty, silver colored.

Big windows up front.

Hey, was that good?

Brilliant.

Get him out of here before the fruit flies build a nest in his hair.

Thanks.

High quality scotch, about 50 cases.

The shipping manager says they would have

got over 100 cases if Johnson didn't show up.

I see. We ought to send a widow a certificate of merit.

I got to talk to you.

So talk.

The kids have been shaken down to small shops near the docks.

This morning a couple of them broke into a grocery store.

So far I've seen that movie.

Yeah, well, the old man is scared out of his head.

So far we've got a pretty good description of one of them from a witness.

We don't have enough to send a little darling away,

but we've got enough to bring him to a hearing.

What's the big deal? You get your job, I got mine.

The big deal is that his name is Moore.

The Adopolis Kojak Moore.

I think we went and picked up the Lieutenant's godson.

Are you pulling my chain?

The kid swears.

Well, you're not going to dump him here on me.

What am I going to do with him?

You're a detective.

You'll figure something out.

I've got a family I've got to support.

Your plans can find another father.

Come here.

What is this? A date, Stavros?

Yes, Smiley.

A date.

We've got the Lieutenant's godson and a slammer.

The Lieutenant's godson?

Yeah.

You've got to be kidding me.

Come on.

I'm going to spring. Will you back me?

What do I know?

Yeah, what do you know?

You're a tower of strength, Saperstein.

You out.

Move.

Bye, brother.

So all you've got to do is to go around and pick on old people, huh?

I swear.

I was just with some guys. I didn't want to look like a punk.

That's all, boss.

Do you know anything about the Lieutenant at all?

Do you ever care that much about him?

Okay.

Okay, man.

I'm sorry.

Just don't tell my mama.

I swear, I'll never be back.

Listen, you do one thing.

To bring dishonor down on your godfather.

And I will bust every bone in your head.

Now get out of here.

Are

you planning some menopause?

It's got to be something, huh, Lieutenant?

Oh, really? How can you tell?

Well, here it comes.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, Stavros?

Yes, sir.

Something wrong, Lieutenant?

Wrong, Stavros?

No, I have my dainty little fingers here.

Unofficially broken.

They have a report, made up by a detective unit, specializing in juvenile crime.

And they tell the tale of some punks who have been hassling neighborhood stores.

Does that shake any cobwebs in your mind, Stavros? Yes, sir.

It's vaguely familiar.

Is it?

Now, to continue with the saga, okay?

They tell a tale here of some punk who was brought in.

And my question to you is, Stavros,

where is one Theo Kojak Moore?

I sprung him.

You did what?

Well, the victim wouldn't testify.

It was in the interest of justice, Lieutenant.

After all, he was only a kid anyway.

Stavros, if I hear that you gave my mother a break, I'll have you walking the beat in

the Botanical Garden so fast, you won't be able to say goodbye to your plans.

Do you understand?

Yes, sir. I think you mean it shouldn't happen again.

Then we're communicating.

Yes, sir.

Are you in on this?

Me? What do I know?

And I don't like squealers either.

I told you, Eddie.

Wasn't I right?

Bam.

Thanks, Eddie.

Hell, anytime.

If there's anything I can do for you, just let me know.

Beat it.

What's going on?

This is going to make the whole thing work just like a guarantee.

You here?

You must be Bobby, right?

You're an outside of this.

Who is it, Bobby?

Oh, Theo!

Hey, be mad at him.

Come around with no tears, okay?

Okay, come on.

Come on, have a seat.

Bobby, you remember Detective Theo Kojak?

He's a honky cop.

Honky friend, Sambo.

Bobby, we've been following your career and you really are moving up.

Well, you know, a little luck, a little con.

You make your own luck, that's what you always told Joe.

How is that cotton picker Joe?

Joe was killed two years ago.

Hey, I'm sorry.

You know, you stay away a couple of years and

you come back, you expect it all to be the same.

I'm sorry.

I have a job, and Theo and Bobby are working, so we do okay.

Am I going to get a chance to see that godson of mine?

Yeah, tonight.

Why don't you come to dinner?

We got corn pong.

You got a big mouth.

How about next week?

Oh, no, please, tonight.

Theo.

Okay.

Hey, want to follow me in my car?

Come on, tiger.

In high school, yeah?

No, next year.

Well, here we come.

Fireman.

Fireman, huh?

What's wrong with a policeman?

Nothing. I'd just rather be a fireman.

They don't look at people the way you're looking at me now.

Pretty smart kid.

They don't have to say that either while they stall.

Okay, Bobby, where's your brother?

Why?

Why?

Because I'm anxious to see him and I know that firemen don't say that either.

Try East Third.

Well, Theo?

This is a close one-on-one, Lieutenant.

I got to concentrate.

Hey, man, don't you know pigs don't even know what concentration means?

Long time no see.

Hell, what are you doing here, anyway?

Well...

It's been years since you remembered we was alive.

Can't make up for lost time, but at least it's nice to see you.

Where are we going?

Just keep talking and keep walking.

Don't play father with me, cop.

You're not him. Don't even look like him.

Now, do you want to play one-on-one with your god-papa baby?

Keep walking.

Hi.

I'm Lieutenant Kojak.

I hear you had some trouble this morning.

Yeah, some kids...

just fooling around.

Yeah?

Could you identify these fun-loving kids?

They're strangers.

New to this neighborhood.

Ah, that's too bad.

Hey, look, if you have any more trouble you'll call

me personally Lieutenant Kojak, Manhattan South.

Sure, sure.

Thanks.

Now, you tell me what he wouldn't tell me.

Hey, man, it was all a mistake.

No jive.

Now, you steal apples, you steal candy.

I understand all that, okay?

It's a neighborhood disease.

We all did it.

But when you start hassling old people, that's on a minor side, baby.

That's very gross.

And that's no jive.

You dig?

Get out of here. I'll see you tonight.

Rizzo, Crocker, get in there.

Have you feed any more prisoners lately?

What do you got out of that warehouse killing?

The guard took four 32-caliber slugs in the chest, point-blank range.

Anyone was fatal.

He also had a three-in-stab wound in the back.

That wasn't a killing, that was a party.

Now, what about the other guy?

One shot, same weapon.

Prince I deem as Barry Loomis.

Numbers runner, down in the docks.

Who's turf?

Eddie, what's his last name? Eddie Gordon.

Eddie Gordon.

Gordon, that psycho.

And what would he want with a chicken-feed boost heist like that?

He keeps more than that in his bar.

Okay, Rizzo, you get a mug shot of Gordon and

Loomis and show it to that wino relative of yours.

Go ahead.

You, Crocker, see if we can't get vice into that bar of Gordon's, all right?

I also want to know about Johnson's gun and also about the truck.

Right.

I heard we had an unusual guest this morning.

All right, they all know.

Tell me what I should know.

What's to know?

You and I are still in uniform.

When I was in my patrol car, this guy jumps in front of us and says,

my wife is having a baby on this cold, dreary night.

I remember running up to this rat-infested joint

and sure enough, there's this black Madonna.

So I deliver a kid in this dark, cold apartment.

That's it.

Today he gets pulled in.

And for the first time in years, I remember him.

Maybe I should have kept in touch.

Oh, come on, nobody blames you.

Except me.

Excuse me, Captain.

Lieutenant, I think you'd better hear this.

She's the very best tool that I got.

How do you think she gets through ballerina school?

Wonderful.

What's she saying?

She's saying this word on the street about a diamond shipment.

Pay her.

She says she could make more money going straight.

What's the matter?

A man-ought company is moving its showroom and factory.

It's a big secret. How does she know?

Frank, if people like Gert didn't find out, we'd be out of business.

And how much are we talking about?

One, two million.

All right. Why don't you call Van Ord?

Tell him we'll be there later.

Why later?

Well, Eddie Gordon is still alive.

And Al Johnson's dead.

That's a heavy thought, Frank.

Come on, I'll meet you.

Van here.

You got a connection.

Why you tell him to stop?

I'll be back in a minute, baby.

All right. Who's the dumb-dumb that got picked up?

Every boy's the FBI.

Come on.

What's my name?

Mr. Gordon.

Congratulations. You got busted.

You're a big man.

But don't insult me with that "Mr. Gordon".

My name is Eddie.

So what bank you knocked over?

Hey, Eddie, man, it was nothing.

We're shaking out on this stove.

Just trying to break even.

It sounds like old times.

You know, I rolled my first one on that alley.

And when I was half you, Rachel, I was hustling crap games.

And this street ain't changed at all.

Coming a long way from here, Mr. Gordon.

Hello, sweetheart.

You keep bad company.

Gordon, that's a lovely car you got there.

Anytime you want to borrow it, you give me a call.

I know you can't afford an old one.

Up against the wall.

Huh?

By the numbers, you know.

Feet spread apart.

You know, you're used to all of that.

What's this all about?

It's about your dead muscle, Barry Loomis.

All right, kids, you're my witness.

A guy gets hit so the cop's leaning on his friends

just because we don't live on Fifth Avenue.

The dead ex-cop was a Linux app in your baby.

Hey, come on, Godfather.

He's my friend.

This scum.

You stay away from him, or we're gonna get you killed.

I'm telling you, he's okay.

Get out of here now!

One slip,

one mistake,

and you're mine.

You know, I remember the first dinner your mother ever cooked for me.

I mean, it was so good and so much that afterwards

your father and I, we took a little nap.

I slept so long, I was late for work.

After that, I only came home on my days off.

A little kind of self-preservation.

Oh, the master of ceremonies.

We have a guest here tonight.

You were supposed to be here.

I think you owe him an apology.

I forgot, okay?

Okay?

No, it's not okay.

So what is it?

He don't come around here for years.

So all of a sudden, I gotta do a shuffle because he remembered we was alive?

Yes, sir, Mr. Kojak, sir.

I was grateful you came back.

Can I have your old shoes?

Theo.

Hey, look, you're right.

I got no right to come back after all these years

and expect to tell you who your friend should be.

Who is he with?

Me.

And Eddie Gordon.

Eddie Gordon?

You know that man.

You know how crazy he is.

As soon as the police looks at him, he goes wild.

So maybe I do, too.

Hey, you don't even know what a cop is.

All I want to know, all I want you is out of my life.

Tomorrow, you and I, hand in hand,

we're gonna go make the rounds together, okay?

I shouldn't be here. - No, you shouldn't.

We got a whole thing worked on.

You shouldn't be here telling us all of a sudden,

you don't know when the stuff's gonna be moved.

We got the truck, we got the relays, we're getting the uniforms, all we need is when.

And you're getting a fat cut to tell us that.

The city police are in it now.

The guy in charge is holding everything up until he gives it a look.

Well, I know most of the cops in the area.

Maybe it's somebody we can buy.

Who is it?

His name is Kojak.

There goes the deal, Eddie.

Are you crazy?

I told you when we heard the kid was in with Kojak again to keep it alive.

All we needed was an in with the cops and we got it.

We got a fix.

You saw Kojak wet-nursing that dum-dum?

Or are you?

You go back and you call when they start the movie, huh?

I can't. I'm being watched.

You find a way.

Or you find how to breathe underwater.

All right, now.

See ya, huh?

Yeah.

There's gonna be a party.

Everybody's gonna be there.

You, me, Kojak.

We even got insurance like they take out for rain.

We got the kid.

You listen good.

You could be one of those calls.

Man, I know this, Jive.

I heard enough of that police social cat trying to con our gang into being pure.

You know what you know, you know nothing.

You know Eddie Gordon, a street punk.

You see things the way you want to see them.

Uh, how much you charge for this tour, driver?

The signal 10-13 in the 11th precinct.

Shots fired at 18th Street and 8th Avenue.

Units responding, K.

11-4, K.

10-4, 11-4, use caution.

All right, hold it. Get your hands up.

Get him, Bob.

What the hell are you trying to do?

Commit suicide?

But this is a heroin case.

We knew they'd double off the stuff they got the chance.

Congratulations.

You make your approach with an illegal search and seizure.

To get the fact that you blow a two-month investigation,

you almost get your head blown off.

Now, go on over there and help load those bombs.

Aye, lieutenant.

Go on.

Take my cop back.

I'm getting into the van.

Yes, sir.

Cop was right. He would have dumped the stuff.

Yeah, but look, we have to obey the law.

They don't.

So dummy up the report.

It ain't like that never happened.

Guys kill guys, too.

That doesn't make it right, does it?

We got one more.

Come on, get in there.

All right, come on. Get over there.

Get your hands off me.

Damn junkie.

Fun time.

Cold turkey.

Now he's got five to ten at state expense to plan his next dumb move.

Next time you see this Eddie Gordon, this big old Dorado, okay?

It's that kid's blood that's driving his engine.

Lieutenant, the manager of the bonded warehouse found

something else missing when he finished his inventory.

Transistorized computer circuits.

The kind that run the elevators.

Oh, wonderful.

So now what are we looking for?

We're looking for a truck and elevator operator.

We lifted hot booze and cold transistors.

What else? Anything on the truck?

Still missing.

Hello, Theo Junior.

Theo, I just called Van Ord.

I told them we'd be right over.

Let's push along.

Hey, look, I'm running late, okay?

We'll have to do lunch later, and then we'll do

Coney Island on Saturday, all right?

Forget it. Too busy.

Don't tell me I'm busy.

I'll tell you when I'm busy.

You sure feel bad you forgot us all this time.

Terrible.

That's all why you're trying so hard?

Something like that.

The lad that spit on your shoes.

Captain McNeil, Lieutenant Kojak.

This is Pete Connor.

He's from City Security Bonded.

Hi.

I wanted to be a cop once.

Fantastic.

Gentlemen, we're gonna pull a fast one.

No armored cars, no heavy guards.

You can cover us in unmarked sedans.

And what'll you be using?

Standard bonded van, usual alarm systems.

Nothing to indicate what we're carrying.

Nobody will suspect a thing.

Mr. Van Ord tell you there's a word on the street that they already suspect?

So, we're fooling them, aren't we?

Yeah, how many people know about your plan?

We've gone over the moving route with our driver.

Everyone is thoroughly briefed.

Does he know?

Mr. Feeney is a diamond appraiser.

Of course he knows.

Does she know?

Miss Bond is our bookkeeper.

Bookkeeper, yeah.

But, uh, does she know?

She has to know what's going on.

Mr. Van Ord, why don't you hire her a plane and sky ride it?

All right, Crocker, I want you to background that

everybody works here, including Mr. Van Ord.

Lieutenant, all our employees have been with us for years.

Yeah, well, Mr. Van Ord, for a million balloons, I question my own loyalty.

Now, where do you keep the stuff when it's not out here?

Uh, in here.

It's all right, Dwight.

They're the police.

Good afternoon.

Dwight is one of our salesmen.

Who?

He knows too, right?

Lieutenant Kojak, you are making me nervous.

I'll be a wreck by next week.

Oh.

When are you going next week?

When?

Well, I'll let you know.

Captain, we're not organized for any sudden move.

Let's hope they aren't either.

Hey, it was a bad scene, brother.

This hype coming apart all over me.

This dude with a slug in his shoulder climbing the wall.

The cops showed you losers, man.

We ain't losers.

You didn't see the bushes picked up.

Look in the street, baby.

The guys in the big cars are still running around.

That's where it's at.

What's the matter? You losing your guts, Theo Kojak Jr?

Take it easy.

What you gonna do?

That's what I'm gonna do.

You need some help, tiger?

I can handle mouth.

Come on, hop in.

Come on.

Hey, him. Not you.

I hear you went around with Kojak.

Is that what they're down on you for?

I gotta go see him now, too.

You talk to a pig, you become a pig.

That's how it is, right?

Right.

Simmons, you know what we're gonna do?

We're gonna take the kid on a job.

What kind of a job?

We'll think of something.

You just be ready, kid.

You can be ready anytime, right?

As long as it ain't Saturday, he gets off, so I gotta go out with him.

Hey, we got us a partner, man.

Keep it simple.

Well, we tried the transistor unit.

Works like a charm.

It can overpower any elevator linkage to a 10-ton load.

Stay loose.

It's business, kid.

It's big business.

You gotta be into a lot of things.

That's where you get the broads, the cars, and out of this sewer.

So where do you want to be dropped off? Your penthouse?

You better make it just before 8th Street.

Is he gonna be there?

A few blocks away.

Hey, we waste a cop in the middle of the village, okay?

No!

It's my legs, isn't it? - That's right.

I'm canceling out because he had legs.

They're too skinny, aren't they?

Well, some men like them heavy.

Christina...

I got a lot of things on my mind.

My eyes, of course.

How dumb.

No, I love your eyes.

I mean, I never met a hooker with eyes like yours.

There's nothing else left.

I'm too flat.

Admit it.

Hooker? Did you say hooker?

Oh, will you shut up, Christina? I'm only kidding.

Look, I'm canceling out because I got an appointment with my godson.

Oh, Theo.

You are priceless.

Who is she?

What does she have that I don't? Go on.

I can take it.

And if you tell me, I'll kill you.

Here.

Christina, my godson.

Theo Moore.

Hi.

Godfather, you are full of surprises.

Theo, you'll never know how pleased I am to meet you.

Call later? - Yes.

You're right. Too skinny.

Come on.

Let's get out of here.

This place is all right.

Are you kidding? You see the prices in this joint?

Come on.

Hey, uh...

You ever find those guys that heisted that elevator stuff?

Probably some hypo selling the transistors for a couple of fixes.

Why?

None.

All right, this is the bust.

Came here to investigate the child-laden girls.

Go, Jack.

Look, I just got a great big bulletin.

Let's go to lunch.

Look, I know how busy you are, so I thank you anyway.

Are you sure you can make it?

Come on.

I'm just going to be a minute, okay?

I have every other weekend off, so why don't we do it Saturday?

Saturday?

Yeah.

I'm going to have to take a rain check.

I got a very important assignment Saturday.

I knew it.

You knew what?

You were the big man that wasn't busy.

What are you afraid of?

People think we're your real family? Stop it, Theo.

Now, he doesn't have to come here at all, so just be nice.

Hey, but next Saturday.

Guaranteed.

That'll be fine.

Oh, next Saturday he's going to say he has to guard the king.

I said stop it!

You'll never learn. Do you, mama?

You're like Pop, a dumb nigger, a slave on the way.

All your...

That's it.

Hunter Security is manning the bastions.

I put our troops inside.

Well, it looks like he's advertised.

Oh, thank you.

How's it with the kid?

Well, it'd be nice if I didn't have to wait until Christmas to find out about

Johnson's gun and to find out if Weiss learned anything in Gordon's bar.

Johnson's gun is still missing.

It matches the service revolver used in the killing.

Our informant hasn't learned anything yet, and I

told you all that before, but you weren't listening.

If you want an apology, go give me a hearing aid.

Give me the hot dog.

Having problems with the boy?

Oh, I took him to lunch the other day.

Hey, Theo, I'm sure you heard it before.

You're not the boy's father.

All right, you tell me, Frank.

What makes a father?

Okay, let's put these diamonds to bed.

Where's Eddie?

Somebody in this bar said he was here.

Get lost.

Hey, Eddie!

How you doing, kid?

You said it, Eddie.

You gotta take care of yourself.

A cop, right?

I was really starting to buy that.

He felt bad about us after all these years.

All right.

What's up? Tell me.

Nothing.

He just decided he had to be on a big job...

and no other cop in New York City could do it better.

Here.

Forget that cop.

Start picking out your car.

You're on your way out of the gutter, kid.

Eddie!

Willie!

Mr. Gordon.

Been a little short to the bank lately, Willie.

Hey!

I ain't skim on you.

I ain't crazy.

I ain't stealing a penny.

We're locked up tighter than Fort Knox.

Get your men inside.

Everybody inside!

Make sure that the elevator you're using is rigged to go straight through.

It's taken care of.

Kana, don't tell anybody about the change, okay?

It's the only way in.

And it's the only thing we're sure of.

Manhattan South, Detective Stavros?

Lieutenant Kojak.

Hurry!

Hey, Theo Moore. How you doing, kid?

Keep your nose clean?

Get him, man. Fast!

Hold on.

Here, Colin, my heart is pumping for you, but we go today anyway.

Lieutenant, that's your godson.

Right over right there.

I think you'd better do it now, sir.

Who you calling, kid?

Who are you calling?

Cops.

Come on, we got a date.

It's coming down.

Theo?

What might he have?

He must have hung up.

Did he leave a message?

Nothing.

Okay, come on.

We got a job to do.

They just left.

Let's go.

Come on.

What's the matter?

That's exciting, kid.

You get so you can't live without it.

The school's up north.

Yeah, you won't blow it.

Okay, Frank, so far so good.

This isn't over yet.

Tell me about it.

They could cut us off.

With this kind of target, they could afford to hire an army.

I'll be glad when this is over.

About to run 23 by now.

23rd floor, Frank.

Just about now.

Pass.

Okay, use elevator 1.

Elevator 2 is on a special job for another van.

Get moving.

A delivery boy again.

It took me 40 years to get back to where I began.

Hey, Frank, 2 million fine-cut stores.

That's not bananas, baby.

Okay. Okay, we're on 7.

You mind if you got your gun?

Well, get it out. Come on, man.

Get it out. Come on.

The jewelry truck will be here any minute.

Van or jewelry. Elevator 1.

Oh, lieutenant, Crocker is up on 23.

Door.

Hey, come on.

You guys will never pull it off.

Make it look good.

Just don't hit me too hard.

Sure.

What's the matter?

Hey.

I'm sick.

Hey, hey, hey.

Clockwork.

Well, I'll cheer when it's over, sweetheart.

Their chance was on the street.

There's no way they can pull it off in here.

Oh.

You think they know that, Mr. Security Officer?

Lieutenant, what's the holdup with the elevator?

Talk about left a minute ago.

23 floors up.

Never mind. I hear it.

Do me a favor, will you, Crocker, get some batteries for your hearing aid?

Hold it!

I got the kid here!

Theo!

Hey.

Godfather.

That was a great day we had.

I got so much to do, you know.

People would be coming from the funeral.

And I... Yeah.

We gotta talk about it.

I gotta make some sandwiches and coffee.

We gotta talk about it. We gotta let it all out.

You know, I think I'm out of sugar.

Bobby, you wanna run to the corner and get some sugar?

He was not a bad boy.

I know that.

Hey, look, uh... I wanna say something, but I don't know what to say.

Theo, you did good coming back.

Just like you did good running up those stairs 17 years ago.

Why do I have this sick feeling that if I

stayed out of his life, he'd still be alive?

Look at the street.

Look at this garbage.

If you want a place to... to blame...

There's more garbage in these streets and more crime than...

than is in those cans, man.

The pushers and the fences and try to make my children steal.

Theo, we read about you.

We know how you try to be good.

But this time...

the street won.

All right, baby.

You come right back here.

You want me to walk with you?

You gonna be checking up on me, too?

Is that what I'd be doing if I came around now and then?

How much you charge to ride in that van?

My friends get passes.