"Oh no, I mean in this case literally you cain't get out on your own. Some of them cuffs I got need someone else to release 'em while they're on ya. And I've needed busted out of a situation more'n' once. Even at my crankiest I still had a crew."

So yeah, he means what he says this time. Some people do quite literally need help from the outside. There's a reason that he'd needed Stakar to free him.

"We're gonna be put in situations where you have to have someone get you outa it. No matter how good you think you are."