North Philly on Gun Violence & Community · "You Can't Break a Black Woman" | Philadelphia

0:01Yeah, whatever you want. Okay, we gonna do it together. Alright listen, this city’s shit, we need to get fucking better, as black people need to look out for each other. It’s ass. It’s a lot of killing, a lot of straight bullets going on. Real shit. Get your life together, get better. Yeah, get in the field, start fighting, and put the guns down. Yes, real shit. How is it being a woman in Philadelphia, a black woman in Philadelphia? It’s tough, it’s hard. It’s tough. At the end of the day, there’s strong black women out here. You can’t never break a black woman. A single black woman, black mother, you can’t break.

0:29You feel like black men are doing what you’re supposed to do? Some of them are. I’m going to give you your props. Some of y’all gotta do better. Absolutely. Y’all gotta do better, alright? As a black man, you gotta do better. You’re a king. Do better. I got a son. I’m raising a king. Okay. Yeah, do better. Go ahead cousin, yes. Give a message to young black men in Philadelphia. My message to black men in Philadelphia, don’t let nobody tell you can’t do shit. You can do whatever the fuck you want to do in life. Put the guns down. Put the guns down. That’s my message to all the young men out there in Philadelphia. Put the guns down.

0:58Do you have a question for people across the city? Across the city? Yeah question No Ask anything, like the point is to be curious Even if it doesn’t feel comfortable or organic I don’t know We’re vloggers, hold on 3, 2, 1 Vlog with my cousin What’s going on? We vloggin Pick a question, what’s your name? Mamas Mamas, it’s nice to meet you Nice to meet you Nice to meet you So if you could ask people across the city one question, what would you ask them? Um, if you could change your environment, when would you change your environment today? Mmm Did that make sense? Definitely, definitely, you make a lot of sense

1:34Okay, I’m a little tipsy right now But that’s okay I wish I could, a lot of people, I know a lot of people wish they could change their environment and they can’t, you know? So, that’s my question Are you from Germantown? No What part of Philly? North Okay, what’s your favorite part about North Philly? What’s your favorite part about North Philly? I’m a little bit drunk too There is none You don’t have a favorite part? I mean the barbecues going in the summertime, the music, the blocks popping, everybody having fun, but under the net, it’s just a lot of killing, a lot of fighting and shit like that

2:08So when you think about community, what comes to mind? My camera isn’t great, but it’s an iPhone what? No, it’s crazy though. Let me help you out. Let me help you out. Oh, okay, look at that. I like that. That’s how you do it. That’s teamwork. So when you think about community, what comes to mind? Look at that pretty smile People coming together As one When you think about one moment in your lifetime and not in Philadelphia, what is that? I’m sorry, say that again? Do you have a moment in Philadelphia that for you is like, that was community If you had a moment that comes tomorrow and you think about community in Philadelphia, what comes to mind?

2:42I mean, I can’t really think of much but I probably like people marching on the streets saying like stop the violence and shit like that In 2020? Oh wait a minute, wait a minute This year? When were they protesting? It was protesting like you like people die often in Philly So people, families come out and they protest for their family members So you might come across one here and there and I came across a few Yeah, yeah Thank you Booyah