la tiny y la loca
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tiny y la loca was a whole different story
Yeah, they had the feathered hair
and they sprayed it real nice with the aquanet.
You had to have the black orchid lipstick
and then you had to put the eyeliner in a certain way
you either had a small bottom or a crease
you had the penel tens* , the t shirt
the big hoop earings, before Selena
Before dr. dre and the loweriders and that style
Go back to the Mission in the 80s, late 70's early 80's
that's all our style,
The mission cultaral center's new show takes us back
to when the Tiny Locas were the coolest girls in the Mission.
These are social scenes that intercepted at the time
The Tiny Locas, these UNI Dances and the Lowrider scene
This show is a little slice of the San Francisco history
from 1980 to 1986.
It was my father's birthday, so my mom had people over
everybody is getting ready
My friend over there, doesn't show but she was ironing
and we always had to wait for her, because she was ironing her clothes
so we were just like while she is ironing, let's take a picture
and we got this quick group picture
At that time, you couldn't be out
but these are the girls that I admire
My brother dated a couple of the girls and brought them over to the house
and i was like oh wow, there's a Tiny Loca in the house
I hope it makes people reminisce
and get happy
and remember a time when we were young and having a good time
when we were the Mission
'cause now I still live here and it's a whole different world
I really do believe we oppose gentrification
we are the survivers of that
and the posters, the photos, films we are showing
are the archives of people surviving
How does it feel? I can't say, but I'm still a Tiny Loca. we all are