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Jimmy Bongo

Jimmy Bongo

Liverpool-based conscious poet and filmmaker exploring mental health, recovery, and creative expression through poetry, performance, and community activism.

Jun 7, 2026

26:56
Mm.
26:56
He was a, he was an amazing, amazing, amazing man.
26:59
But he, he, um, like I say, he was in Casino and, you know, when I look back now at the trauma that he ...
27:05
He was such a lovely, gentle man, and he, I think why he had so many children b- was because of all the death that he'd seen, and he, he, he, he despised the a- he despised war, he despised anything to do with war or, or the army or anything like that.
27:19
And I think you, you, you're seeing that, I think you're seeing that a, a ... 'Cause I, I have, I've al- my mother always taught me, um, and me dad, um, try it, try and make people be better than when you first met them.
27:33
Um, never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up, and always be kind.
27:38
And I always tried to live me life like that, you know? Um, so I always had good, I always had good ethics, and I always had the, you know, them morals, so to speak, you know? Um, but I think when, I think w- when it's sold, when the, the, the perception that you're gonna see the world and all this nonsense, we, we really, and actually, you're gonna be killing pe- you're gonna be murdering people [laughs], you know, and going and doing horrendous stuff.

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42:07
Mm.

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