:11:01
I consider him
to be my right-hand man...
:11:03
'cause he been with me
through day one.
:11:10
Tommy is
a father figure to Larry.
:11:12
Sometimes, when Larry
get off the ringer...
:11:14
and have the attitudes
and be way-out crazed...
:11:16
I say, "OK, that's it."
That's my threat.
:11:17
See, that's my weapon... Tommy.
:11:19
I say, "OK, that's it.
Let me get the phone.
:11:20
"Let me call Tommy right now,
see now what time it is.
:11:22
"No more clowning for you."
:11:23
I say, "OK, Tommy,
your son is off the ringer."
:11:26
So I tell him now. Tommy say,
"Yeah, I wanna talk to Larry."
:11:28
I say, "Well, that's your son.
Holler at him."
:11:31
'Cause to tell the truth,
he has more control.
:11:34
Tommy have Larry in the palm
of his hands right now.
:11:36
I have been
Larry dad for a long time...
:11:39
to where if he's slippin'
in school and grades...
:11:41
I have to smash on him
and let him know...
:11:42
"Hey, come here and do
your homework, homie"...
:11:45
and if you get to where I say...
:11:46
"Hey, you can't clown
this weekend and next week"...
:11:48
it hurts, you know?
:11:49
'Cause they love to do it.
:11:53
Hey, I want him to be a Blood
or I want him to be a Crip...
:11:56
"No, I'm not gonna be either.
I wanna be a Clown."
:11:59
That's how
he separated hisself...
:12:00
from all the bullcrap
out here in Holly-Watts.
:12:02
Most of my family is, like,
on this block, city of Watts.
:12:05
Man, we... we right here
in the... in the lion's den...
:12:09
the pit of snakes.
:12:10
What's up, Little George?
:12:12
This is my little brother
Little George.
:12:13
Come here, George.
:12:14
We have all the gangs
on one side...
:12:16
and then you have the Clowns
on the other side.
:12:18
They gonna ask you,
"Who do you dance with?"
:12:20
Or they gonna be, like,
"What set you from?"
:12:22
So that's why it's either
a gang or a clown group.
:12:25
Dance with a clown group,
they go on about their business.
:12:28
They go about their business,
don't bother you too much.
:12:31
Larry is over here
with the clowns.
:12:34
I thank God for that.
:12:35
George, when you gonna
start dancin'?
:12:38
You know it's like
a family tradition.
:12:40
Granny used to be a clown, too.
:12:42
I'm so glad they came out
with this clown thing...
:12:44
'cause ain't no tellin' where
the kids would really be...
:12:46
or what would they be doing.
:12:48
What else is there to do?
:12:49
The clown thing
is a big part of L.A.
:12:52
Everybody want to be a clown.
:12:53
Everybody... everybody's
into the clownin'.
:12:55
What is a clown group?
:12:57
A clown group is...
:12:59
Birthday parties.