Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp Page #2

you know,

That she, you know,

entrusted her baby boy

Into the hands

of the wrong person.

In the opening of pimp,

The way that he describes

his initial foray

Into the world of pimping

Is through

being sexually abused

By his babysitter maude.

- I remember more vividly

the moist odorous darkness

And the bristle-like hairs

tickling my face

And most vividly,

I can remember my panic

When in the wild moment

of her climax

She would savagely

jerk my head even tighter

Into the hairy maw.

Right off the bat,

He's subjected or dominated

By a forceful woman

who sexualizes him.

He's taught about the whole

nature of sexual dominance

And then later,

he has negative experiences

With his mother.

She hooks up with a man

named henry upshaw,

- A successful man,

loved her to death.

Loved her and loved her son.

It's the only man

in iceberg's life

That he talks about,

identifies with

And talks about in not only

a respectful way,

But someone who really

touched his heart and soul,

Because he really cared

about him

As a human being.

With henry upshaw,

things were idyllic

Until his mother

met a con man named steve.

- He was one

of mary's customers

In her beauty shop.

He was

a real slick hustler,

And he essentially

hustled her

And convinced her

to leave with him to chicago.

- His mother falls for the con

on henry upshaw

And fucks up everything.

Fucks up everything.

Fucks up all the stability.

Fucks up, like,

his, like, one shot.

Really.

It's the only shot he's got.

- What's so upsetting

to iceberg

Is not just

that his mom

Has ripped him away

from a mooring,

From a foundation

that he's found,

But the way she does it.

- I can never forget

that morning

When mama had finished

packing our clothes

And henry lost

his inner fight

For his pride and dignity.

He fell down on his knees

And bawled

like a scalded child,

Pleading with mama

not to leave him.

I will never forget

her face,

As cold as an executioner's,

which she was

As she kicked

and struggled loose from him.

Then, with an awful grin

on her face,

She lied and said,

henry, honey,

I just want

to get away for a while.

Darling, we'll be back.

- To see his mother betray

the only man he ever loved,

He learned that there's

one thing I'm not gonna be

Is those guys.

I'm gonna get her

before she gets me,

'cause I know

she's gonna betray me.

- She then conspires

with steve

To take off

her ex-husband's loot.

- From that, he lost

all respect for women,

In a sense.

It's, like, even you

fell for this sh*t?

And in a sense,

she created the pimp.

When the money runs out

And she's essentially

outlived her usefulness,

Steve starts to show

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