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Break it down

Say, "Break it down"

Break it down

Say, "Break it down"

Break it down

Bam. OK, it's about to get down,

y'all. Check this out.

As I started gettin' older...

I started lookin'

at the way these kids dance...

and I started grabbin' 'em.

I had another girl,

another guy...

and then it just started

spreading like that.

Larry is, like...

one of the oldest

clown members that I have.

I consider him

to be my right-hand man...

'cause he been with me

through day one.

Tommy is

a father figure to Larry.

Sometimes, when Larry

get off the ringer...

and have the attitudes

and be way-out crazed...

I say, "OK, that's it."

That's my threat.

See, that's my weapon... Tommy.

I say, "OK, that's it.

Let me get the phone.

"Let me call Tommy right now,

see now what time it is.

"No more clowning for you."

I say, "OK, Tommy,

your son is off the ringer."

So I tell him now. Tommy say,

"Yeah, I wanna talk to Larry."

I say, "Well, that's your son.

Holler at him."

'Cause to tell the truth,

he has more control.

Tommy have Larry in the palm

of his hands right now.

I have been

Larry dad for a long time...

to where if he's slippin'

in school and grades...

I have to smash on him

and let him know...

"Hey, come here and do

your homework, homie"...

and if you get to where I say...

"Hey, you can't clown

this weekend and next week"...

it hurts, you know?

'Cause they love to do it.

Hey, I want him to be a Blood

or I want him to be a Crip...

"No, I'm not gonna be either.

I wanna be a Clown."

That's how

he separated hisself...

from all the bullcrap

out here in Holly-Watts.

Most of my family is, like,

on this block, city of Watts.

Man, we... we right here

in the... in the lion's den...

the pit of snakes.

What's up, Little George?

This is my little brother

Little George.

Come here, George.

We have all the gangs

on one side...

and then you have the Clowns

on the other side.

They gonna ask you,

"Who do you dance with?"

Or they gonna be, like,

"What set you from?"

So that's why it's either

a gang or a clown group.

Dance with a clown group,

they go on about their business.

They go about their business,

don't bother you too much.

Larry is over here

with the clowns.

I thank God for that.

George, when you gonna

start dancin'?

You know it's like

a family tradition.

Granny used to be a clown, too.

I'm so glad they came out

with this clown thing...

'cause ain't no tellin' where

the kids would really be...

or what would they be doing.

What else is there to do?

The clown thing

is a big part of L.A.

Everybody want to be a clown.

Everybody... everybody's

into the clownin'.

What is a clown group?

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