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/16.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5F10rU0Of
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQ2lX2ANic
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXX0wegupBU
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh0VTdzItU
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaCI7YJCjp
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4jS346cCr
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3Dlc02fsH
Resisting and desisting,817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpiTFevhyO
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxrbkw02lA
And they still all fall on the wayside817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeevk0U11q
I hate how all these kids are going out to play817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUToDtzgqNB
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6yM5LIn0y
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDpPLG8tdA
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQWKkeQLAF
Normalcy. Right. Well.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahER6RFp2k
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCIARpqkEt
But we’ve come a long way since that time–817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQQHtl8BfT
I hope to God, anyway.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr5zDysAON
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DtYFnAYRu
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB4iPKLPj3
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mUgdwTMz7
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vdr9LeIIf
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPICJmc4vR
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8rZ14ecZG
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BGXK3NlWe
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsnGvuZkrW
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoQGIzgTqb
While the house around them burns to the ground817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxF6xpcxN0
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnL9LBgvCwu
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbLXlGWGyy
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwgdu8uF2X
ALL lives matter? 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejtt8wDlD2
F*cking prove it.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHUm6V6Us0
