Transcribed from a spoken word improv night at O’Lounge, Song-tan, Republic of Korea. First performed by Blondemaverick, a.k.a Bloodjay 26/OCT/16.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlAQmI1Zws
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVFsMfzlQG
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65Gr8aoZPd
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwDP4jLuBA
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2pu6OxYUT
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsMH3leHAa
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWG1lUOPdO
Resisting and desisting,809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcneb7gTdi
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sJSxwN8xm
And they still all fall on the wayside809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEC71kgDqk
I hate how all these kids are going out to play809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrf3h48O3Z
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtqjrzpOe5
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0jQTbsYZ2
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYWzfQI6gk
Normalcy. Right. Well.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHl6Q7j67Bt
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UG7odDzJK
But we’ve come a long way since that time–809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWXKsfPh7H
I hope to God, anyway.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFvBs1RAyx
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTEna5YYZN
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHJNt8sZzX
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvP8TTWGU5
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvVXbEdni1
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9947KtPD9
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8ndw2lGAu
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2jkxt0jCz
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINzoytPCZi
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUEL74u7vL
While the house around them burns to the ground809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBJX0v3Bal
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8n5KMvgpHn
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTjlsZlYqj
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtSWNcDgoK
ALL lives matter? 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseSlqr3EDk
F*cking prove it.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLYR9hmAgv
