Portrayals

pPORTRAYALSbr / ___________/p pJail-bird/p pGang-banger/p pMeth-head/p pPredator/p pWanna-be mob/p pBuster/p pKnife-swinging/p pNutter/p pDeserved to get surrounded/p pBy heat-holding cops/p pDeserved to get grounded/p pWith 21 shots/p pButnbsp;/p pThese are portrayals/p pThey want you to know/p pThese are portrayals/p pThey want to show/p pBased on derogatory/p pStereotypes/p pGrist for the mill/p pOf tough-on-crime hype/p pHalf the city/p pWent ballistic/p pOver cop murder/p pSadistic/p pOn paper,/p pWe#39;re statistics-----/p pNever get this/p pTwisted/p pStreet thug image/p pAdds to the tension/p pThe reformed ex-prisoner/p pNever gets mentioned/p pNot the smiling sweetheart,/p pNot the mother#39;s son/p pThey concentrated on the menace/p pBeast without a gun/p pBut/p pThese are portrayals/p pThey want you to know/p pThese are portrayalsnbsp;/p pThey want to show/p pBased on derogatory/p pStereotypes/p pGrist for the mill/p pOf tough-on-crime hype/p pHe made no sudden moves,/p pBut they made him die/p pPolice and papers/p pUnify to crucify/p pA troubled youngster-----/p pSuckers had to play God/p pRacial death via/p pInterracial death squad/p pSuppose I got met up lit up/p pBy the bill?/p pWould the press call me a thug?/p pProbably will!/p pFolks swallowing official/p pStories get played!/p pIf you were gunned down tomorrow,/p pHow would you be portrayed?br / __________________________/p pW: 2.19.16/p pnbsp;/p p[ For Mario Woods--1989-2015. ]/p