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/16.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRciSxsrUD
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZzG4EtS6A
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbJmLbhwvL
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7GHSqq41l
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FUuGuXFFL
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8ZaJMKa4X
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5niZuVtPwI
Resisting and desisting,823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWhdPSISGP
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDxB585h0y
And they still all fall on the wayside823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MdB3efRpP
I hate how all these kids are going out to play823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRupR56Rix
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0eIe37SWf
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88btpXlYhx
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPycJX58Ce2
Normalcy. Right. Well.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBjWYobjni
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5phwkBXPT
But we’ve come a long way since that time–823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWtytWyz4P
I hope to God, anyway.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NRWkFVyLh
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEXQDiKFoW
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3PtUUNZQq
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEUk44ANIZ
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLFX2gZgPK
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WGsOSZuoL
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3vIfBoHg3
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazDsJpFTxj
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQJYksO7Gl
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrJnMocsSF
While the house around them burns to the ground823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JgbeCgJ9X
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEnv9uTcxz
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPtsIbr7EN
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjkNKk5dsB
ALL lives matter? 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbip1BEiPDs
F*cking prove it.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcuuIkkopU
