Police Brutality

by Bianca Rincon   Oct 9, 2016


Back to stranger days
Living life in a haze
Getting loaded,
Potential eroded
Puzzled trouble,
Crooked view

Cookin' up another stew
Little bits hate,
Convenient depictions of you
That only ring half true

Askin' who can really own a gun?
A little more melanin
Then they're really hustlin'
Trying bring us down
Pocketed racism again and again found
Quality of life a little less sound if you're black or brown
We strive for better,
but the men in blue lackin'
Slackin' on their duty
It is truly disgusting
Incarcerated or killed for seemingly nothing

Save my race - humanity
Itchin' for a little less monstrosity
A little more equality,
Gimme a second serving, see
I'm cooking up another stew from another view
Painting pictures of a world concerned less with hue
Pigment doesn't puzzle -
Less troubling

Put down the gun
I'm rapping for every daughter and son
Save your bullets,
Can't silence me,
Best believe my mouth runs
We keep stepping
We keep riding along
Keep tallying
Playing the same song -
Stop killin' my people

Police accountability,
CPAC knows where it's at
Not askin' for much more than justice
When they're incognito
I'm calling Steelo,
We're callin' you out
We're talking bout
Some real *hit
A bit too lit when it's all in flames
System's deranged;
Cop's ego inflamed
And I'm done playin' their games

Law matters to some,
Less you're a Clinton
Striving for the bigger win
Doesn't matter the sin

Tired of this us v them *ullshit
I'm on a different kind of mission
Striving for clarity over omission

*uck quotas
Why don't you run and buy another donut
I see the 5-0 at its core strove for something more
A little more safety
Cover ups laced in too much corruption for me

Nah

Got a taste for justice
Got a taste for peace
Got a taste for equality

Another one in heaven,
Find out where we've been
Truth tracing back from now to then
It's like life is pattern
Another Garner in the Garden
Who's really guardin' the streets from the deputized fiends?

https://poeticjustice849.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/police-brutality/

https://poeticjustice849.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/who-polices-the-police/

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  • 7 years ago

    by hiraeth

    It's been a while since I've stumbled across a sociopolitical piece that wasn't an allegory (not that there's anything wrong with that), it's a nice breath of fresh air.

    I really enjoyed this piece, I'm just going to pick out a couple of verses/stanzas that really resonated with me.

    "Askin' who can really own a gun?
    A little more melanin"

    ^ Over the years I've shifted from a strong stance on gun abolishment towards stronger gun-control in the US, I can see the merits of gun ownership, but the legislation regulating the purchase and usage of guns in the US is extremely concerning. This leads me to what I wanted to point out, which is even in open-carry states, people of colour are often targeted and singled out, and subjected to hostile treatment even though they're acting within the confines of the law, here's one of many proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKGZnB41_e4

    "We strive for better,
    but the men in blue lackin'
    Slackin' on their duty
    It is truly disgusting
    Incarcerated or killed for seemingly nothing"

    I have nothing but extremely deep respect for police officers who put their lives at risk for us on a daily basis, but I believe they are ill-trained to deal with certain situations, and that needs to be rectified immediately. If I recall correctly, Norway is one of the countries that mandates a university degree in order to become a police officer and have rigorous training, and I believe in the early 2010s they were renowned for having used only around 90 bullets, half of which were warning shots, and only <10 casualties. It also doesn't help that the media tends to foster this constant sense of unease that is drilled into police officers and the general public by the continuous reporting of police officer killings (I believe it was in New York that an officer was shot at point blank in a cruiser a while back), or police-killings (way too many to count). It does nothing to alleviate the tension between the two groups and is only doing more and more harm. It needs to be addressed in a meaningful manner.

    "Law matters to some,
    Less you're a Clinton
    Striving for the bigger win
    Doesn't matter the sin"

    This resonates with me, a lot. It's a bit ridiculous that people are downplaying Clinton's sins by comparing it to Trump's. Sure, Trump is a vile person that is extremely incompetent to be president but that does not excuse Clinton's actions. For instance, the refusal to release the Wall Street transcripts (which ended up being leaked), colluding with the DNC head to secure her democratic nomination, colluding with the media prior to the debate, her email scandal which does not seem to be taken seriously by the general public (it is extremely concerning that a representative of the government did not take the appropriate security measures when handling her email, it's a bit of a hyperbole but I'll compare it to a president mishandling nuclear codes, it prevented correct archiving, as well as the fact that one of her aides literally requested help on how to delete the emails on the servers).

    I'm sorry, I realized I went off on a tangent, but I just wanted to say I really enjoyed this spoken word/rap. I just wanted to suggest a couple of hip-hop songs that have political undertones to it, that I think you'll enjoy.

    Immortal Technique:

    Rich Mans World (rapped in the perspective of the 1%):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeE3-rOG7i4

    Poverty of Philosophy:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bURgTLHryrg

    3rd World:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOINSUWOqyo

    Lowkey:

    Voice of the Voiceless:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NLH53kIbDk

    Anyways, sorry didn't mean to ramble on. Keep writing!

    • 5 years ago

      by Bianca Rincon

      Thank you so much for your in depth comment as well as the links you provided! I really enjoyed reading your perspective and insights!

  • 7 years ago

    by hiraeth

    Just leaving a comment to remind myself to come back to this :)

  • 7 years ago

    by Marvellous

    Way of saying; it's the same experience down here. Helped?

  • 7 years ago

    by Marvellous

    Injustice cries out for revenge. Pathetic, how it's a small world.

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