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/16.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMW4uRR3Ks
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaa1VaZSpz
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcMoAEWvRm
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkci45Bm3Ap
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Rxl6tdFac
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkivQwqA68
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bWkzFxuCV
Resisting and desisting,793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeM87MuxIn
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRaC4NSdLX
And they still all fall on the wayside793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUA1tmfpJ57
I hate how all these kids are going out to play793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiudVL1Ri5
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHSBDYNTxv
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVHYF7L06d
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQKL70SRk2
Normalcy. Right. Well.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmYuRrEWA6
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg46lT1EuVX
But we’ve come a long way since that time–793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnwLnzBghY
I hope to God, anyway.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Rb7N2cJjj
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOp3VfK4dYs
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2DMB7v6ab
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn272VUBLcF
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ9YAWCmCI
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLT93VHGxR
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrJg4AgjKL
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvOwuQ8Aki
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhAhfjtC3F
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBxWBiPDfE
While the house around them burns to the ground793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0rDZuz6Pv
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSdQ6ItKg9
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioHsv2PXJw
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7N68qMnpA
ALL lives matter? 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDf34LAXdf
F*cking prove it.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVbFoH8hN8
