Lean Like A Cholo

A Latino cholo's humoristic stance to represent the cholo lifestyle. It is a side to side lean, waaaay back...with elbows up of coarse. It is the truest form of showing a 'laid back' cholo. It is not meant to be taken seriously.
1) A dance that symbolizes the cholo 'stance.
2) A song and video by Kilo that made the phrase popular world wide.
3) Humorist slang describing a cholo's demeanor.

The song is meant in fun and in jest. I grew up in East LA, and even though I was familiar with cholo's, and was friends with the original Zuit Suiter, it was not until I was playing the bartender on the set of Lean Like A Cholo, and saw how the 'lean' or 'dance' was really done; that I saw they were just having fun. The creator of the song (Kilo) was really poking fun, and seeing the lighter side to the cholo lifestyle. A comedy. It is not meant to be taken seriously. All the copy-caters (including Lean Like A Chola) was simply paying tribute, or doing a parody of the song in it's honor. Similar to Saturday Night Live.

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