Rize
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Six days of rioting in a Negro |
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left behind scenes reminiscent |
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More than |
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were decimated |
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Civil rights leaders |
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the unbridled lawlessness... |
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and Martin Luther King vowed |
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to prevent a reoccurrence |
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This is our neighborhood. |
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This is where we grew up. |
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We were all kids back then |
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but we managed to grow |
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And this is |
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Well, if you're drowning |
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for help |
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you're gonna reach out |
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And this was our board. |
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And from this board... |
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we floated abroad, |
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And we're gonna sail into |
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We're gonna take it by storm |
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This is not a trend. |
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This is not a trend. |
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You better give me a hug. |
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I need a hug. |
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You don't have to dance. |
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I want a hug from |
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You are so pretty. |
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How'd it get started? |
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Tommy started it in '92. 1992. |
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He started off |
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What's up, baby? |
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Come on, you guys. |
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When he first started out, |
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and had his little sign |
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He was just starting out, |
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All you hear is, |
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"Tommy this. Tommy that. |
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I have a ten-year-old son... |
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that's trying to get |
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So I think |
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and he needs to keep up |
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and he needs to be commended for |
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for the black community, |
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He has marvelous parties... |
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so somebody need to call |
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'cause he give bomb parties. |
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Tommy is a ghetto celebrity, |
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somewhere |
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in the middle of your streets, |
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because his music gonna be loud. |
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When my mom was in jail, |
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and he made sure |
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Whatever I needed, |
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If I wasn't dancing for Tommy... |
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I'd probably be doing |
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I fear for him sometimes, |
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'cause a lot of people |
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and they're |
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If something happened to him, |
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We all gonna suffer. |
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He screams at us. |
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He screams, "You in trouble." |
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He basically, |
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He was really there for me. |
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And I admire him for that. |
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See how you powder like that? |
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Then you got to get the lips. |
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So... |
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Yep. And that's it. |
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Once I put the powder on... |
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then you try to dust off some |
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and there you have it. |
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Your color come back. |
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People always |
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I always did silly things. |
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And this girl, |
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asked can I be a clown |
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And I was, like, "A clown?" |
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I pull up to |
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I start dancing, |
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Kids would run out the houses. |
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People would run out the houses. |
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And I'll give 'em a card. |
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"If you need a clown |
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"call Tommy the Clown, |
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And it start spreadin'. |
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Happy birthday, Malik! |
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Y'all ready |
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- somebody say, "That's right." |
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Y'all ready to have |
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- say, "You know this, man." |
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Everybody go and give Malik |
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I'm just playin'. |
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I'm just playin'. Y'all stop. |
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You have to remember. |
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I started from the ground up. |
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No one offered me no money. |
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But I'm perceived to be |
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and ain't got a dime. |
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You ready for that? |
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Let me see you break it down. |
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You ain't gonna break it down? |
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Back in the days, |
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of being, I guess you |
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coming out here and |
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I came out here |
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because I saved my money... |
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and was like one |
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where I got |
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And I always liked |
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to say, "Man, look what |
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That was back then. |
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I always say God |
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'cause either you end up |
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or you go to jail. |
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And thank God |
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And when I went to jail... |
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I said, "This is not |
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and I changed my life. |
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I prayed. I asked God |
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I didn't know |
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But if you look at it, |
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'cause that kid |
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who wouldn't dance with you... |
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and you were straight |
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"Hey, I catch you in a gang, |
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"If I catch you |
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"I don't want you |
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And they listen to me, |
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So I guess you could say |
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because if they would've |
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they would've went over |
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they would've got shot, |
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It's the bottom line. |
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Everybody say break it down |
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Break it down |
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Say, "Break it down" |
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Break it down |
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Say, "Break it down" |
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Break it down |
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Bam. OK, it's about to get down, |
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As I started gettin' older... |
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I started lookin' |
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and I started grabbin' 'em. |
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I had another girl, |
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and then it just started |
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Larry is, like... |
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one of the oldest |
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I consider him |
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'cause he been with me |
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Tommy is |
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Sometimes, when Larry |
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and have the attitudes |
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I say, "OK, that's it." |
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See, that's my weapon... Tommy. |
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I say, "OK, that's it. |
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"Let me call Tommy right now, |
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"No more clowning for you." |
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I say, "OK, Tommy, |
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So I tell him now. Tommy say, |
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I say, "Well, that's your son. |
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'Cause to tell the truth, |
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Tommy have Larry in the palm |
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I have been |
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to where if he's slippin' |
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I have to smash on him |
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"Hey, come here and do |
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and if you get to where I say... |
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"Hey, you can't clown |
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it hurts, you know? |
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'Cause they love to do it. |
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Hey, I want him to be a Blood |
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"No, I'm not gonna be either. |
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That's how |
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from all the bullcrap |
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Most of my family is, like, |
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Man, we... we right here |
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the pit of snakes. |
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What's up, Little George? |
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This is my little brother |
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Come here, George. |
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We have all the gangs |
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and then you have the Clowns |
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They gonna ask you, |
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Or they gonna be, like, |
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So that's why it's either |
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Dance with a clown group, |
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They go about their business, |
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Larry is over here |
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I thank God for that. |
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George, when you gonna |
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You know it's like |
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Granny used to be a clown, too. |
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I'm so glad they came out |
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'cause ain't no tellin' where |
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or what would they be doing. |
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What else is there to do? |
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The clown thing |
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Everybody want to be a clown. |
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Everybody... everybody's |
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What is a clown group? |
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A clown group is... |
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Birthday parties. |
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How do I put it? |
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Makin' people happy. |
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Is a group of people |
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Makin' smiles where |
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laughter where |
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See, a lot of clown groups |
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You can't just go out there |
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People don't wanna see that. |
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You have to, like, |
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You can't just say... |
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"Uh, I'm gonna do it |
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It's, like, something |
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It's like a getaway. |
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You get to travel |
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see, meet different people. |
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And some people don't even |
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People say, "Why you still |
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You know what I'm sayin'? |
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Because I want to. |
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I been doin' this |
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I'm 18 now, you know? |
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So I'm gettin' older, |
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You know what I'm saying? |
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This is one of my dreams |
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is to be an entertainer. |
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I can do my dance thing. |
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I can make people laugh. |
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I can... |
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make myself a name |
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and give me my respect for just |
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and not going negative. |
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'Cause if I wasn't doin' |
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I honestly think |
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a very, very, very bad person. |
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Yo, Tommy. |
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Would you happen |
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No. Who is this? |
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I told you he don't remember. |
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No. How you doin'? |
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- What you been up to, girl? |
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When they let you out of jail? |
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Oh, this ain't... |
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Oh, my bad. I thought... |
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Well, she look like her. |
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I wanna see you... |
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Go, shorty |
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It's your birthday |
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We gonna party |
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We gonna sip Bacardi like... |
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Hold on, baby. Hold on. |
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No. No, baby. We not gonna |
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- Blow it out. |
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That's all right. |
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And we gonna sing it for you... |
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Let it out. |
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Right here, right now. |
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And it goes |
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Happy birthday |
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dear Liza |
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Oh, yes, indeed |
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I don't need y'all to clap |
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'Cause we know we can sing, yeah |
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I'm not talkin' to you... ou... ou |
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Y'all better clap. |
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How many clown groups are there? |
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You have House of Clowns. |
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This is Homeboy the Clown |
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Cartoonz Clowns. |
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This is |
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Check it out. |
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Rocco the Clown |
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World Wide Clowns. |
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Get Em Up Clowns. |
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We were Get Em Up Clowns. |
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Just Clownin'. Platinum Clowns. |
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What's up? |
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We're Nan Nutta. |
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Big X, you know what I'm sayin'? |
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A.k.a. Cereal Man, |
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You know what I'm sayin'? |
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Rice Track Clowns. |
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Holler back. |
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Titanium Clowns. |
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I'd say about 50. |
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About 50 clown groups. |
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There's, like, over 50. |
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Basically, |
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that do the stripper dance, |
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and go put on a show |
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What's stripper dance? |
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What's the stripper dance? |
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What's the stripper dance? |
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I don't know where the stripper |
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It just jumped into the air. |
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One day, I didn't even know. |
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Like, I went to a party... |
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and that was, |
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The stripper dance is like where |
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and you bend like this. |
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And then you gotta be making |
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But it really be bouncin'. |
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It be like a lotta guys |
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"Oh, she's hot. She's bangin'." |
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So I do the stripper dance... |
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and I combined it |
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so I do the stripper, |
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this just stripper plain. |
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But then I wobble with it, |
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and that's the clownin' |
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'Cause I'm... |
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Anybody out in Los Angeles, |
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Out here, it's a flow. |
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It's like a connection. |
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Everybody does it. |
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We do everything. |
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We'll bounce. |
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We'll do our little swingin'. |
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The bleach and |
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We'll do it all. |
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The stripper dance |
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I've seen some parents |
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out there poppin' |
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and like, "I would never |
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"Why? She's out there |
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"She's not doing anything wrong. |
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"There's nobody |
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"There's nobody touching her. |
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"She's out there poppin'. |
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You have stripper dancing, |
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Twerking. |
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You have... you have... |
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and then you have |
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It's like hygiene. |
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Either you smell good, |
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Either you krump, or you not. |
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Basically, |
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what you would call it |
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you know, the lower parts |
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Watts, east side of L.A., |
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We don't get the best |
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So what we do, we come together, |
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We don't have |
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When you don't wanna |
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because that's pretty much |
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that you can do |
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There's always a football team. |
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Because in the inner city... |
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we're all thought of to be |
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Everyone is not a sports player. |
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Everyone |
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and everybody |
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There... Is there something |
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So what we did is... |
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and we invented this. |
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In better neighborhoods... |
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they have |
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You have ballet, |
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you have jazz, |
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and this is all those |
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you can go to. |
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It's nothing like that |
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when you live where we live. |
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I grew up around here... |
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I grew up in this area. |
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It's real hard for kids like me, |
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You go to school, |
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and you can't even wear |
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So you tend to have an outlet... |
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and sometimes... |
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your outlet is music. |
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This is where a lot of music... |
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And you just think |
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it goes through your mind... |
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and a lot of times, |
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When you know |
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me, myself, and I know |
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will stop whatever is going on |
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because it's the spirit |
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There's a spirit in... |
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there is a spirit there, |
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A lot of people think |
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"Oh, they're just |
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"you know, just ghetto, |
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No. No, what we are |
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It's more of the... |
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but just a raw version. |
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Like, you have organized ball, |
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Krumping is the street ball. |
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You have a boy who gets krump... |
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and just coincidentally, |
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They face off. It's the |
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And that's what makes it like... |
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"Oh, my God. |
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It looks like we're |
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but we're not fighting anybody. |
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Like, you can push somebody, |
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Fighting is the last thing |
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It is the last thing. |
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The style changes, |
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Every day, the style changes. |
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And if you haven't |
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if you come to a krump session, |
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"What did I miss?" |
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"You've been slacking off. |
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Once you see the real thing... |
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you're gonna know |
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You're gonna know. |
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You're gonna be, like, "That has |
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"because I will never see |
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When they dance, |
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Especially if you have somebody |
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krumping themselves out. |
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It gets the girls more amped... |
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to get out there |
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Some of us may look gritty. |
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Some of us may not have |
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You know what I'm saying? |
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That's the part |
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It seems |
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but it's a good way |
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when you go through stuff |
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But say people have problems... |
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you know, didn't get this, |
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Short on this bill. |
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Just the fact |
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you can channel that anger. |
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Anything negative that has |
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you can channel that |
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and you can release that |
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because you're releasing it |
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This is our ghetto ballet. |
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This is how |
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This is the only way |
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This is the only way of making |
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If I know someone is looking |
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Some people can't dance if they |
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But if you know there's a mask |
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you know, then you feel that |
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and that your identity |
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so you can dance |
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There's not just a bunch |
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This is an art form. |
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It's just as valid |
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as your waltz, |
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Except we wouldn't have |
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'cause it was already |
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Tell us what's happening. |
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What happened? Tell me. |
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She just struck. |
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It's what |
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Yep. |
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She has reached... |
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That's what all of us |
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I marked my grandfather. |
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That was the first battle |
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Before he a preach... |
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he would sing a song, "Lord, |
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So I just followed |
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but I was really dancing to |
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But I was just... In my mind, |
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I live with Reverend Turner. |
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He was always there. |
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I miss my family... |
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because that is my family, |
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But on the other side, |
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when I need |
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I have my church family |
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Clown groups are, |
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We laugh together. |
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We go through... Whatever |
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that whole group |
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Me and my homie, |
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we went to school together. |
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He played instruments, |
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It was this one performance... |
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when I got into this whole |
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I was just beginning. |
00:34:30 |
and I was already labeled |
00:34:34 |
I said to myself, |
00:34:37 |
"I wanted to take him under |
00:34:39 |
'Cause I think he got potential |
00:34:42 |
because I see some |
00:34:44 |
I knew about his background |
00:34:47 |
'cause people would tell me, |
00:34:50 |
"He doesn't go to school. |
00:34:52 |
"His brother stays |
00:34:54 |
I used to be like that. |
00:34:55 |
My moms, she... she in jail. |
00:34:58 |
She in jail 'cause... |
00:35:01 |
She been smoking dope |
00:35:05 |
since I was a baby, |
00:35:09 |
He's had a lot of obstacles. |
00:35:10 |
His mom, um, |
00:35:14 |
and he's had to face a lot of |
00:35:18 |
more so |
00:35:21 |
who has the advantage |
00:35:24 |
or a dad who was sober. |
00:35:25 |
He calls me mom, you know... |
00:35:27 |
but not just his mom, |
00:35:29 |
but I'm proud to be his pastor. |
00:35:32 |
My dad, he was my idol... |
00:35:34 |
'cause I never saw |
00:35:37 |
and make so much |
00:35:41 |
I saw him |
00:35:43 |
and a role model |
00:35:45 |
He was my friend, also. |
00:35:48 |
I see, like, lights |
00:35:51 |
Then my mom comes, |
00:35:53 |
she's like, "I'm gonna tell you |
00:35:56 |
You know... |
00:35:57 |
shot hisself in the head |
00:36:00 |
You know, came home, |
00:36:02 |
He was the only child |
00:36:06 |
kind of quietly inside of him. |
00:36:08 |
I felt as if... |
00:36:10 |
I was his only child |
00:36:13 |
you know, at the funeral |
00:36:16 |
I didn't, you know, |
00:36:18 |
So for a long time, |
00:36:20 |
does that mean |
00:36:22 |
And I realized |
00:36:24 |
It's just that everybody |
00:36:27 |
I've been in a lot |
00:36:30 |
I've been shot |
00:36:32 |
My grandfather |
00:36:36 |
Right here. |
00:36:39 |
Went in through this way |
00:36:43 |
I was trying to protect |
00:36:46 |
And I was looking at my body, |
00:36:50 |
and I seen blood. |
00:36:51 |
We didn't know where |
00:36:54 |
Chance was standing |
00:36:57 |
I don't know how... |
00:37:00 |
and the gun was pointed directly |
00:37:03 |
She was holding |
00:37:04 |
It must have been God, |
00:37:07 |
from when it hit the middle, |
00:37:10 |
It ricocheted off |
00:37:12 |
and went straight |
00:37:14 |
If the bullet |
00:37:16 |
the bullet would have hit |
00:37:20 |
It would have tore him up. |
00:37:22 |
But it turned, and it got him |
00:37:25 |
and it went in, and it went out. |
00:37:27 |
I had to go to a crackhouse... |
00:37:30 |
to get my mama |
00:37:32 |
That's not a good sight |
00:37:34 |
I don't remember how old I was. |
00:37:36 |
I just remember that vision. |
00:37:38 |
It hurts, yeah, but that's |
00:37:43 |
That's why I get krump. |
00:37:45 |
Some people don't feel safe |
00:37:51 |
I mean, I've seen a lot |
00:37:54 |
and come and visit |
00:37:55 |
"How do you live here? |
00:37:58 |
"Oh, it's so... |
00:38:02 |
Like... it's not dangerous. |
00:38:05 |
A lot of the kids out here... |
00:38:06 |
they don't have |
00:38:09 |
to go and be in Hollywood... |
00:38:11 |
because so many people |
00:38:14 |
So their comfort is the 'hood. |
00:38:16 |
It's scary to go to Hollywood... |
00:38:19 |
if you're coming |
00:38:21 |
for the simple fact that |
00:38:25 |
When I first got |
00:38:28 |
everybody seemed |
00:38:30 |
and I felt like this... |
00:38:34 |
Everybody's so uppity. |
00:38:36 |
Everybody has so many things |
00:38:39 |
and here I am. |
00:38:41 |
And that's how |
00:38:44 |
We're just some... |
00:38:46 |
some gutter kids. |
00:38:48 |
Tell me something. |
00:38:50 |
What has your big homie |
00:38:53 |
done for you lately? |
00:38:55 |
I don't have no big homie. |
00:38:57 |
In a gangbanging world? |
00:38:59 |
I'm just Baby Tight Eyez. |
00:39:01 |
I walked in a room... |
00:39:02 |
and the boy |
00:39:05 |
So I beat him up real, real bad. |
00:39:08 |
That's what I did. |
00:39:09 |
What are you doing on the 5-5... |
00:39:11 |
whatever hood street |
00:39:14 |
I went over there with my dad! |
00:39:18 |
Oh. So's your dad gangin' now? |
00:39:21 |
Daddy's been a gangbanger. |
00:39:23 |
He just started back again? |
00:39:26 |
You could say that. |
00:39:27 |
If I had to go in that 'hood, |
00:39:30 |
and tell them that... |
00:39:31 |
that you not gonna be |
00:39:35 |
If I have to go |
00:39:37 |
to show that you ain't |
00:39:41 |
I know I'm not |
00:39:42 |
but I feel like I have |
00:39:45 |
and a positive role model to |
00:39:48 |
'cause I know |
00:39:49 |
I know he looks up to me. |
00:39:53 |
I never tell him that, but I do. |
00:40:00 |
So all we gonna do |
00:40:04 |
and he'll overcome this. |
00:40:09 |
He needs to be somewhere |
00:40:11 |
whether his dad likes it or not. |
00:40:13 |
'Cause his dad doesn't even |
00:41:29 |
Krumpness is |
00:41:31 |
of your life of hurt, |
00:41:34 |
that people don't know about. |
00:41:37 |
Kids these days |
00:41:44 |
Maybe he's angry that he's |
00:41:48 |
We seem to be |
00:41:51 |
Maybe he's angry |
00:41:55 |
He'll say, |
00:41:57 |
"that dad wouldn't be here." |
00:42:51 |
Hey, mama, look at this. |
00:42:56 |
"Baby, you're gonna give |
00:42:58 |
"You know you got asthma! |
00:43:01 |
Cartoonz, they was krump. |
00:43:02 |
I got a black eye. |
00:43:06 |
Mama, that's part of dancin'. |
00:43:09 |
That's part of my moves. See? |
00:43:11 |
They like it out there. |
00:43:13 |
They krump. |
00:43:14 |
I used to be a dancer for Tommy. |
00:43:17 |
I, too, as he said... |
00:43:19 |
used to be one of |
00:43:23 |
I thank Tommy the Clown |
00:43:27 |
and startin' the movement... |
00:43:29 |
but what we do now |
00:43:31 |
"I thank Tommy |
00:43:33 |
"but we do it different now." |
00:43:35 |
No, you might do it |
00:43:38 |
It became boring, |
00:43:41 |
You need more. |
00:43:44 |
Stop. |
00:43:47 |
Let me alone. |
00:43:52 |
I wanna get krump. |
00:44:02 |
And everybody that got skills, |
00:44:06 |
If you're not dancing, |
00:44:09 |
We need hot dancers |
00:44:11 |
You look at gangbanging, |
00:44:12 |
The Crips go against the Bloods. |
00:44:14 |
They wanna be better than |
00:44:16 |
So by this clown war |
00:44:18 |
and the BattleZone |
00:44:20 |
it's like |
00:44:21 |
but it's on the flip side. |
00:44:23 |
Having so many clown groups, |
00:44:26 |
You know, somebody |
00:44:28 |
Somebody wants to be number 2. |
00:44:30 |
So that's how Tommy started |
00:44:33 |
You know how battle-dancin' |
00:44:38 |
I just brought it back. |
00:44:40 |
With makeup. |
00:44:47 |
- BattleZone. |
00:44:50 |
It's like fightin', |
00:44:53 |
but on the dance floor, |
00:44:55 |
We have the little mama match... |
00:44:57 |
where it's little mamas breakin' |
00:45:01 |
The community |
00:45:03 |
We got big boy match. |
00:45:05 |
We bring out the big people. |
00:45:08 |
You don't have |
00:45:09 |
'cause you can do it, too. |
00:45:13 |
These are matches |
00:45:18 |
and the crowd, you be the judge. |
00:45:22 |
The crowd judge. |
00:45:23 |
You know, millions watchin'. |
00:45:24 |
I don't care if you get |
00:45:27 |
You better blink that eye like |
00:45:29 |
You got to show your skills. |
00:45:30 |
To me, when I'm dancin'... |
00:45:31 |
I don't care if the ugliness |
00:45:32 |
'cause I'm dancin'. It's me. |
00:45:34 |
So that's the difference |
00:45:37 |
It's, like, a big difference |
00:45:40 |
When you say La Niña, |
00:45:42 |
When you say Miss Prissy, |
00:45:45 |
a pretty girl, like... |
00:45:46 |
You'll see a side of Miss Prissy |
00:45:50 |
I'm gonna be the total opposite |
00:45:52 |
but that's how it happens. |
00:45:54 |
I'm prissy all day, |
00:45:56 |
it's something |
00:45:59 |
I never lost before. I don't |
00:46:01 |
They tellin' the people |
00:46:04 |
'cause, uh, they're |
00:46:07 |
We couldn't be centered anymore. |
00:46:09 |
So you, they, them, |
00:46:12 |
Different style of paint. |
00:46:13 |
November 15. |
00:46:14 |
Different style of dance. |
00:46:15 |
At the Great Western Forum, |
00:46:17 |
Different style of everything. |
00:46:19 |
You goes down. |
00:46:21 |
I guarantee you that. |
00:46:31 |
Here's your Oscar now. |
00:46:33 |
Tommy's got krump! |
00:46:41 |
El Niño Boy, |
00:46:43 |
You goin' down. I see you |
00:46:46 |
but they gonna get beat up, too. |
00:46:47 |
Every time I think |
00:46:49 |
it's like, oh, it's over. |
00:46:50 |
I ain't even started |
00:47:14 |
I want everybody to win. |
00:47:18 |
Whoever lose... |
00:47:19 |
I repeat: Whoever lose... |
00:47:22 |
is out! |
00:47:24 |
I ain't gonna even |
00:47:28 |
There goes the game! Game over! |
00:48:35 |
Hey, y'all, get ready. |
00:49:10 |
If they beat us, |
00:49:18 |
What would you do? |
00:49:21 |
If they beat me? |
00:49:24 |
Hey, I'll probably be |
00:50:10 |
Let's get ready to rumble! |
00:50:13 |
Get ready to make some noise! |
00:50:16 |
La Niña, you ready, girl? |
00:50:20 |
Miss Prissy, you ready, girl? |
00:50:21 |
We about to kick it off. |
00:51:49 |
Let's make some noise for... |
00:51:53 |
La Niña! |
00:52:03 |
Do me a favor and make |
00:52:17 |
And the world-famous, undisputed |
00:52:21 |
is... |
00:52:26 |
Miss Prissy! |
00:54:53 |
Say, "Larry!" |
00:54:54 |
Larry! |
00:54:56 |
Say, "Larry!" |
00:54:57 |
Larry! |
00:54:58 |
Say, "Larry!" |
00:56:14 |
Larry! |
00:57:14 |
Give it up for Lil Man! |
00:57:25 |
Give it up for Lil Mama! |
00:57:41 |
I cannot believe! |
00:57:44 |
This is ludicrous. |
00:58:04 |
It's all good. |
00:58:05 |
I ain't never got |
00:58:08 |
I came out there, |
00:58:10 |
and came up with |
00:58:12 |
A beautiful show. |
00:58:32 |
They cheated my cousin. |
00:58:34 |
That's some bullshit. |
00:58:38 |
All them niggas is weak! |
00:58:40 |
All y'all battle! All y'all! |
00:58:43 |
Battle! Right! Battle! |
00:58:45 |
You all did not win |
00:58:49 |
I'm gonna tell you that. |
00:58:51 |
You didn't win 'em all... |
00:58:53 |
but you got cheated out |
00:58:59 |
Told y'all we were gonna do it! |
00:59:01 |
That wasn't no BattleZone. |
00:59:05 |
And he won. |
00:59:06 |
We won! We won! |
00:59:07 |
We won! |
00:59:09 |
Thank you, Jesus! |
00:59:11 |
How you doin'? |
00:59:13 |
Larry! |
00:59:26 |
He probably worked |
00:59:27 |
for about 3 weeks, |
00:59:30 |
You know what I'm saying? |
00:59:31 |
I'm real with this. |
00:59:33 |
Everything I do is pure. |
00:59:34 |
I don't have to practice it. |
00:59:36 |
I don't have to want it. |
00:59:37 |
You know what I'm sayin'? |
00:59:39 |
And it's done. |
00:59:41 |
I'm done. |
00:59:47 |
Feel good to wear this, baby. |
00:59:50 |
Be all I am the way I am |
00:59:53 |
'Cause I'm... |
01:00:23 |
Tell us... Tell us what happened. |
01:00:25 |
Somebody done broke into his... |
01:00:28 |
Everything OK? |
01:00:30 |
They just broke... |
01:00:32 |
While we was on here |
01:00:33 |
they broke in my house. |
01:00:38 |
You try and work hard |
01:00:41 |
but people |
01:00:45 |
Doin' stuff, |
01:00:48 |
It's hard, man! |
01:00:54 |
They can't do that. |
01:00:58 |
Stand over here, sir. |
01:01:04 |
While I was |
01:01:06 |
I was losing |
01:01:09 |
They came in the house... |
01:01:10 |
broke in the house, |
01:01:12 |
The front door is over there? |
01:01:13 |
No, the front door |
01:01:15 |
This is the sliding door... |
01:01:16 |
and there's a door through |
01:01:18 |
OK. I'm gonna check this out. |
01:01:27 |
You just have to know that... |
01:01:30 |
because you're doing |
01:01:32 |
this is happening. |
01:01:34 |
OK? These things happen... |
01:01:35 |
only when people do |
01:01:40 |
And, you know, |
01:01:43 |
something very good |
01:01:46 |
for the kids, and this is |
01:01:48 |
Hey, baby. |
01:01:49 |
Hi, daddy. |
01:01:51 |
How you doin'? |
01:01:52 |
Fine. |
01:01:53 |
Yeah, I feel you. |
01:01:55 |
Daddy. |
01:01:56 |
Th... there. |
01:02:00 |
There you go, daddy. |
01:02:02 |
Something's missing. |
01:02:05 |
My DVD player gone. |
01:02:07 |
Did you dust the front door? |
01:02:10 |
We dust the whole house, sir. |
01:02:11 |
We dust the whole house. |
01:02:13 |
Don't trip. Forget this... |
01:02:14 |
'cause we fi'n |
01:02:18 |
We're gonna have a mansion |
01:02:20 |
Amen. |
01:02:21 |
They can trash it... |
01:02:23 |
'cause we movin' |
01:02:25 |
Everything happens |
01:02:27 |
and that lets you know |
01:02:28 |
Right. |
01:02:29 |
We have to get out of here. |
01:02:32 |
They heard you weren't |
01:02:34 |
They was tryin' to help you. |
01:02:35 |
Everything happens for a reason. |
01:02:37 |
That's how you |
01:02:38 |
I remember that. |
01:02:39 |
We fi'n to go in a mansion. |
01:02:41 |
We're gonna have a 20-story. |
01:02:42 |
Let's go! |
01:02:43 |
Clownin' is cool, |
01:02:46 |
is the life outside of clownin'. |
01:02:49 |
This is Inglewood. |
01:02:52 |
Inglewood is set up |
01:02:55 |
just like South Central. |
01:02:57 |
South Central is a deadly place. |
01:02:58 |
A couple of weeks ago, |
01:03:01 |
First time I seen something |
01:03:04 |
We're drivin'. |
01:03:05 |
I'm in the truck. |
01:03:08 |
Tommy's drivin' the 5.0. |
01:03:09 |
You know, he stops. |
01:03:10 |
He bent over |
01:03:13 |
and soon as he leans back up, |
01:03:16 |
Man, laid out |
01:03:18 |
I ain't never seen |
01:03:20 |
Head blown all off. |
01:03:22 |
Drivin' down the street |
01:03:24 |
We just finished |
01:03:26 |
All the kids, everybody saw it. |
01:03:29 |
It was just... too dramatic. |
01:03:32 |
Ain't nothin' for them |
01:03:35 |
I mean, if you |
01:03:37 |
that got a kick |
01:03:40 |
or got a kick out |
01:03:43 |
and that's all |
01:03:47 |
that means eventually... |
01:03:49 |
you gonna start catching |
01:03:52 |
It's so much violence |
01:03:54 |
and, I mean, you know, |
01:03:58 |
you know, the kids just |
01:04:01 |
The way life is out here... |
01:04:02 |
it's hard for you |
01:04:05 |
and not know that you're |
01:04:09 |
You don't even have to be |
01:04:13 |
You could just be that person |
01:04:16 |
Just walking |
01:04:18 |
you could get shot |
01:04:20 |
Just for looking like somebody, |
01:04:50 |
There she goes. There she goes! |
01:05:00 |
Family members of |
01:05:02 |
say she simply |
01:05:04 |
to walk to the store |
01:05:06 |
when she was gunned down. |
01:05:08 |
Her 13-year-old friend |
01:05:10 |
Demario Moore, |
01:05:12 |
Authorities say |
01:05:14 |
known gang members |
01:05:16 |
and killed them as they |
01:05:19 |
between Budlong and |
01:05:22 |
She was one of those victims... |
01:05:23 |
an innocent victim, |
01:05:26 |
that do everything |
01:05:28 |
and was at the wrong place |
01:05:31 |
to say hi to somebody |
01:05:34 |
when the store is right there. |
01:05:36 |
From crazy people |
01:05:40 |
shootin' out of a car, and |
01:05:44 |
They shoot old people, |
01:05:47 |
They didn't care. |
01:05:49 |
They came around the block |
01:05:51 |
And she happened to be... |
01:05:52 |
in the wrong place |
01:05:55 |
'Cause she had so much to do. |
01:05:56 |
She loved dancin'. |
01:05:59 |
She loved cheerleading. |
01:06:13 |
His father, I think, |
01:06:17 |
And his father's enemies |
01:06:21 |
and they shot at them. |
01:06:24 |
See, that just |
01:06:26 |
I don't wanna be |
01:06:28 |
But you just can't leave. |
01:06:29 |
Amazing grace |
01:06:36 |
How sweet |
01:06:41 |
The sound |
01:06:46 |
That saved |
01:06:51 |
A wretch |
01:06:57 |
Like me |
01:07:03 |
I once |
01:07:08 |
Was lost |
01:07:13 |
But now |
01:07:18 |
I'm found |
01:07:22 |
I was blind |
01:07:26 |
But now |
01:07:31 |
I |
01:07:34 |
See |
01:07:49 |
Austin Harris is my name. |
01:07:52 |
Selling caskets is my game. |
01:07:54 |
I've been neighbors |
01:07:57 |
and we all get together |
01:08:03 |
Lot of people think... |
01:08:04 |
the old folks the one |
01:08:06 |
but you young folks |
01:08:08 |
You know that? |
01:08:11 |
Don't make sense. |
01:08:13 |
But anyway, to each his own. |
01:08:16 |
You just tell your parents |
01:08:19 |
When we throw |
01:08:21 |
Right. |
01:08:22 |
After we throw our clubs... |
01:08:23 |
people be out there |
01:08:25 |
and drinkin', |
01:08:26 |
and they look in here... |
01:08:27 |
that's like givin' |
01:08:28 |
Right, right, right. |
01:08:30 |
OK, you have fun, but if |
01:08:31 |
you're gonna end up right here. |
01:08:33 |
Reality, it sets in. |
01:08:35 |
You need to come |
01:08:37 |
I do? |
01:08:38 |
You do, 'cause |
01:08:40 |
Do a little boogie? |
01:08:41 |
You still doin' a little boogie. |
01:08:42 |
Oh, yeah, well, I need that. |
01:08:45 |
I mean, I done seen a lot |
01:08:48 |
A whole lot. |
01:08:49 |
And I'm only 20 years old. |
01:08:51 |
Swoop, horrible where he lives. |
01:08:54 |
Horrible, you know? |
01:08:56 |
And it's good that, |
01:08:59 |
'cause he was... he was... |
01:09:02 |
but he twisted it, |
01:09:06 |
Been here ever since, |
01:09:08 |
'cause he was there. |
01:09:12 |
Life is not a game. |
01:09:14 |
That's right. I hear you. |
01:09:15 |
I'm serious. |
01:09:16 |
Take advantage of it |
01:09:19 |
Yeah, you better clown right. |
01:09:20 |
I know y'all's |
01:09:23 |
but y'all better clown right. |
01:09:24 |
'Cause if you don't... |
01:09:25 |
I know where |
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Right here... |
01:09:29 |
with me. |
01:09:32 |
Go on in. Take a look. |
01:09:34 |
Not now. |
01:09:35 |
No, come on in here. |
01:09:36 |
You wanna go in? |
01:09:38 |
Yeah. Find a casket |
01:09:40 |
We can have one special made. |
01:09:43 |
Don't worry. |
01:09:50 |
I used to be... Back in the day, |
01:09:53 |
My mother and my father |
01:09:55 |
so the only family I had was |
01:09:57 |
that showed me |
01:10:00 |
You know what I mean? |
01:10:02 |
It's like, "We loyal to you |
01:10:04 |
and we're hangin' out and, |
01:10:06 |
a commitment, |
01:10:07 |
And sometimes, unfortunately... |
01:10:09 |
kids that don't get it |
01:10:11 |
have to go and get it |
01:10:13 |
And when they get it |
01:10:14 |
it's mistaken, because |
01:10:17 |
On the streets, I found, |
01:10:20 |
and street brothers |
01:10:24 |
that kind of looked out for me. |
01:10:25 |
At least I thought |
01:10:28 |
What happened? |
01:10:29 |
Well, I ended up |
01:10:31 |
where people ran out on me... |
01:10:34 |
when my life took a bad turn, |
01:10:38 |
I had a bout |
01:10:40 |
for about 15 years, you know. |
01:10:42 |
And nobody was there in the end. |
01:10:45 |
And that's |
01:10:46 |
I just said, |
01:10:48 |
"I don't wanna die this way." |
01:10:49 |
When did this happen? |
01:10:50 |
6 years ago. |
01:10:52 |
And so Dragon was around... |
01:10:53 |
Dragon was... Dragon took care |
01:10:57 |
when I went through my bout. |
01:10:59 |
Dragon was father to these kids. |
01:11:01 |
Dragon would cook, clean, |
01:11:03 |
And he was the father. |
01:11:05 |
Statistically, |
01:11:07 |
My kids are great. |
01:11:09 |
They're well-disciplined. |
01:11:11 |
And I got great kids, you know? |
01:11:16 |
Dragon here. |
01:11:21 |
Hey, old bat. |
01:11:22 |
Don't say that. |
01:11:24 |
Oh, Dragon. |
01:11:26 |
Why'd you say that stuff |
01:11:29 |
Thank you, Dragon. |
01:11:31 |
The first time |
01:11:34 |
I thought he was on drugs... |
01:11:36 |
or maybe somebody had |
01:11:38 |
He was just, like, |
01:11:40 |
and screamin, |
01:11:42 |
And I didn't know |
01:11:43 |
Then he explained to me... |
01:11:45 |
that it was |
01:11:47 |
that kind of took 'em |
01:11:48 |
I love it now. |
01:11:50 |
I can krump, too. |
01:11:51 |
I get krump for Christ, |
01:11:55 |
Is there a difference? |
01:11:57 |
I don't think |
01:11:59 |
I think when they dance, |
01:12:02 |
And when I'm... when I'm at |
01:12:13 |
If you go |
01:12:14 |
you go to a Pentecostal, |
01:12:18 |
these same movements |
01:12:20 |
Dragon brought me |
01:12:22 |
One day, we were getting |
01:12:25 |
and he told me, |
01:12:27 |
"if you start going |
01:12:29 |
And I was, like, "Please." |
01:12:31 |
I forgot what |
01:12:34 |
and it was God, |
01:12:38 |
"My child, this is your gift. |
01:12:40 |
We're not gonna be clones of |
01:12:43 |
because that's been seen |
01:12:47 |
Somebody's waitin' |
01:12:50 |
another generation of kids |
01:12:54 |
that they won't need... |
01:12:55 |
what's being commercialized |
01:13:00 |
custom-made, because I feel |
01:13:03 |
And we're of more value |
01:13:08 |
or any car or any big house |
01:15:08 |
I lost my house, got evicted... |
01:15:11 |
and I had to move in |
01:15:14 |
And where I'm at today, movin'. |
01:15:16 |
If I end up with nothin', |
01:15:19 |
but it's like... I mean, dang. |
01:15:23 |
There's a lot of things I wish |
01:15:27 |
if I could start back over. |
01:15:28 |
And after taking a major loss |
01:15:32 |
Iosing all your money, you got |
01:15:35 |
yeah, survivin' |
01:15:38 |
where they say |
01:15:42 |
When they get to hatin', |
01:15:46 |
All right. Let's get ready |
01:15:49 |
This is it... showtime. |
01:18:47 |
I think I was |
01:18:49 |
to be dancin' like this. |
01:18:51 |
And when I first seen it, |
01:18:53 |
I mean, I wanted to do it. |
01:18:55 |
It was hard for me to do it, |
01:18:57 |
"This white boy, |
01:18:59 |
"he ain't doing this, |
01:19:01 |
When I was jumpin' out the car, |
01:19:03 |
They mouths dropped like... |
01:19:05 |
"Oh, my God, they got a white |
01:19:08 |
"How is he gonna |
01:19:09 |
Yeah, we get respect, |
01:19:14 |
'cause they don't think Asians |
01:19:26 |
You got a certain talent... |
01:19:28 |
don't be... don't be |
01:19:40 |
We have the belief |
01:19:43 |
and that we're |
01:19:45 |
We're gonna... we're gonna rise, |
01:19:54 |
The sky is the limit, |