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/16.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPDrEzVoxC
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB34Ngzj2l
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJR9X4vJK9
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLfhsSHBg3
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYE4wMYub8
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7t7KGuldK
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xdiiAViz5
Resisting and desisting,753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ReG7mKfk0
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYrHrP39Pz
And they still all fall on the wayside753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHm6kXkIr4
I hate how all these kids are going out to play753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvT20mg7Ae
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZclV5HeBdX
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnllgNKMz6
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DiE3tPl5B
Normalcy. Right. Well.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhsOkJq1tk
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCurykCYbyV
But we’ve come a long way since that time–753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8ki1dxvDg
I hope to God, anyway.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVDK65FdPx
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hxoRhqYCY
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kkgrKt9cC
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrh4GOLKIJY
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUNFwlfOTW
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9x497rODbo
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3a3bqQV8J
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDLAFja0ox
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5x34Lk85P
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvysLmiVEe
While the house around them burns to the ground753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KqyAQhNSx
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJM1XxSwQSk
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAErIDumGAV
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZc2smXb3v
ALL lives matter? 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn7pEOQMqF
F*cking prove it.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHHr2VOFKx
