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/16.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wUpPglk4D
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5EVedUhWl
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrGzldmyEY
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJm0SpDkAR9
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5fzqDy2J9
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdAUpfEVbq
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLjvbsAHim
Resisting and desisting,770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmNJwFXhfZ
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8NrkKNKhy
And they still all fall on the wayside770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOt4BJTbc5
I hate how all these kids are going out to play770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZqnNUaDlZ
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV37TPykxZG
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZBg3j8SEV
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCelTBvFlL
Normalcy. Right. Well.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvDn4dQoUK
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlklQ1rv6QT
But we’ve come a long way since that time–770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2h2BMSKX21
I hope to God, anyway.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqpKE7JHzo
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbKVaGKufh
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFk9xLsm28
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmU6SuzcWe
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Py1tplaK9
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1CDU7735D
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7yiSRIzSY
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Mf9D52NdI
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYU1GvBSFb
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItTqdFoyIy
While the house around them burns to the ground770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bywNdHQes
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLOtYwTDSM
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7gXqfHH9K
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLJrHknzsy
ALL lives matter? 770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRKPJ8dCr1
F*cking prove it.770Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qPMnpqnWS
