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/16.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7g50Bpl7Ib
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RuJQo5Uz0
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcm9wVUHiu
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa7lfY4t1u
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KmBz8LRjb
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtOwr9a5sJ
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWgxgPjqS1
Resisting and desisting,824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarqX1W4e5Z
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6TsVNAIBG
And they still all fall on the wayside824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1pd7IIcxQ
I hate how all these kids are going out to play824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQtTRJlJs1
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAqyeojFpn
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSYRNG0ICZ
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmECPKpNAOq
Normalcy. Right. Well.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0elJp9IzXS
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp3M0uqEKR
But we’ve come a long way since that time–824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphs9t2lsiV
I hope to God, anyway.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRQrTnANfq
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWM6MnEhgp
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc43pHCdEH
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFsnbX00o7
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUYmZU37lN
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JRIJxhTY8
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VNXP04DIt
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJaViiAohQ
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEGgVp4own
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOS95UyOYT
While the house around them burns to the ground824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgBlSzURuG
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsWr1ZqIFF
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRqyKx0OJM
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9DHM8zZ83
ALL lives matter? 824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hqErqMsJV
F*cking prove it.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vlPDAzmkV
