The Business
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:30:40
It's eight miles straight across
from Morocco to Gibraltar.

:30:44
Every night, we had one chance when
the Navy patrol boats were far enough apart

:30:47
for us to sneak our dinghies full of drugs
through the middle.

:30:51
And it weren't easy, our line of work.
:30:52
Cos you had to get up around five, have some
paella, if you're lucky, a bit of shrimp,

:30:56
then wait for night.
:30:57
We prayed for clouds
so they could give us that extra bit of cover.

:31:00
Even then, Sammy was the only one
that made the call.

:31:03
Sometimes we misjudged the timings
of the patrol boats.

:31:08
And as I wiped Moroccan kids'brains off me,
I questioned my morals.

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But with the amount of money at stake
and Sammy breathing down my neck,

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there was no time for regret.
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It ain't good news. We've lost a few of 'em.
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Oh, well, you live and learn.
:31:24
Unless you're a dead kid.
:31:26
It was Danny and Ronnie'sjob to get the puff
from the dealers,

:31:29
load up the boats with the barrels and make
sure the mules headed in the right direction.

:31:33
Unless it was Ramadan.
Fucking Holy Month costs us fortunes,

:31:36
because parents wouldn't let their kids go,
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even when we doubled their carry money.
:31:40
But we got round it. We went to the orphanages.
:31:43
Sammy was the eye in the sky
and everything went on his order.

:31:46
He was the only one
that could give the green light.

:31:49
Me and Charlie were on beach patrol.
:31:51
It was ourjob to make sure
the kids didn't run off with our drugs.

:31:54
They're thieving cunts, Moroccans,
it's in their blood.

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So we'd grab 'em out the dinghies, sling 'em in
the back of our van before they could run off,


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