The Jungle (1967) | Philly Gang Members Tell Their Own Stories

[Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] we call it the jungle because it's a colossal size comparison to where the cull folks first came from that we came from Africa most of us and its comparison like they'd be running around in the jungles and everything's so up there no I wouldn't say that would be I think the jungle it really gave us through the name say mostly the policeman because how the boys in the gangs and saying be frightened run through the streets shooting one another and like I said it's a comparison it just the way it is in a real jungle right yeah it's a comparison fighting fighting and everything killing one another it's a comparison the strongest survive it's what I'm trying to say just like it's an ax jungle that's the way it is up here the strongest have to survive if you weak you ain't gonna survive our area like car down a damn steep that's the jump hook I'd say from anywhere behind nice street that's the jungle you can tell you look at it in a wait it's a jungle if somebody walked through that night they get beaten and robbed and used to get beaten around changing now well first the story the story starts when country he'd be coming from down south and it gets off the trolley car so when it gets off to charlie car the goal of his aunt's house you can't find this where as I live it so then bad if he comes walking down the street and he sees bad so he acts bad you know where's where's the house [Applause] the main time of a little context up again the freight truck nothing at that time why abandon talking the country all wrong we had spotted bad before so we had said let's split up and so in that time being two more boys or moving on bet and uh yeah pull that start walking away can I run that we moving on [Music] [Applause] again walk off somebody come try to call my to place I'll live and because I want nobody bothering me I guess that's why I use game woods of protect my territory right in protect this area the tooth there's my game then being beyond 10 feet right first would be on Darren Street drink on drink it give me a nice foam when I'm drinking a nice half make me feel right there then I'm in when I'm sober it makes you feel kind of good you know you could beat the world and that nobody's gonna bother you you know because you feel so you can't get hurt and Leach and Marvin they leave because they go gone over the mess with these girls so when they go around the corner Charlie gang around again but actually we are acting but what's he from and he same from 12 and after and so that their time during the time with gang Wonka we have moved on a run anyway in that time we had moving on them I took us to the palace gate I know I shouldn't it was really too late they're together the hundred thing I went around found myself a big stick [Applause] he comes around the corner see a Cossack beacons Nietzsche so then we jump to the starfighters and then they run away when they run away we catch one on there who stop him [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] we after we go back around and we see JB he didn't go with us JP stayed with the wine so then said Marva said you know that JP stayed with the wine so then JB have to go through the line so we have a kangaroo court the next day over playground and JP tells his story and Marvin tells her story and me Charles and leach we'd be the judges so after JP tells his story me Marvin I mean me and leach and Charles say well he got to go through the line so then we took him over the playground and he goes to the line so we were run down the back cjb land food so we're running properly I see JB so women background guarantee he was 30 with the food so a Mustang go down wooded and he probably was sipping or while we was gone it can't be marrying why don't you come with me I mean the concepts were strong there and we could have used you man but you laid in the cut and caring what no didn't about me so in other words man you put so the way I did you ran hours I mean imagine taking my do than me oh man shut the hell up [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] then after that night we have a dance and we'd be dancing and everything [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the national with gang 1-3 we was coming through we seen them or they're shooting days and took my game we will move in and we're gonna try to kill one the guy [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] well no one reason our gang wall own I just wanted to be with I just wanted to be with the crowd all the time want to be like my brother foul round one but he still fight and everything he had a lot of respect so I just tried same thing I'll start gang war then I got a lot respect while you try to gang Rodin oh yeah tired now but let's see like it's a little too late now if I was the father walks away i tell him i'm that ganghwa nobody wouldn't believe it they were trying to move on me anyway so I just stay with with the fellas if I was hurt while ooh I feel very bad about it one of my balls to get hurt you know we just have to we had to go down to try hurt the ones that hurt home well I feel like this here like nine time ago I think I bro having run the street from jitterbug I see another game flip out so eight or nine years now and I run not know another boys you stop him on the street and you actually where you from they tell you quick right I'm from nowhere if they're all right you still the movement on the ball if you say from no we're not and I love they say you got to get into a game to protect yourself and I think of uh like now gangs are a little bit as they playing out most goals least knocking she's now growing up getting older getting married and things like that did they NAB mostly young boys and saying hey they did but I think during the days when I was coming up uh you need to bend the gang so I walk the street [Applause] [Applause] No [Applause] 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Length: 20min 21sec (1221 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 14 2020