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/16.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8mIANSBnt
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXVOd0O8Ay
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n1wEbvn2y
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHxtVBMFCI
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaxEbkhLqx
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlFQfwL63E
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAEuzdxJfV
Resisting and desisting,852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkl6pMcO1P
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbnSX0L2re
And they still all fall on the wayside852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQXgpDXA3H
I hate how all these kids are going out to play852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0akofBMqgH
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlWQvmgPsF
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXYEh79u4W
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGqxbcxUNO
Normalcy. Right. Well.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRFNDwzpgL
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxNxZEkqwg
But we’ve come a long way since that time–852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiN7hnSFTI
I hope to God, anyway.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJQ3FwcOIu
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp60SXmYRae
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvFoB3KpBz
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZmgycDya5
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpV9PzuZDc
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkdeJSe9U5
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGxiq3bzHP
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RATLXMluO
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsT2xwHSxt
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXog9TCGC8
While the house around them burns to the ground852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BmhZ4Ald7
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdiF6FywyM
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FwUdaoBOu
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLgDq5JHH4
ALL lives matter? 852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZ4QNTIaN0
F*cking prove it.852Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3BxZ5rsXd
