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/16.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn74yvUSyee
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I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6cQADmGo1
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHjDLhAX8p
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNrrKrezXo
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyBrUJfXh6
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVAJ1bQKAn
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zntJK9GSs
Resisting and desisting,467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKl5kQf65v
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBc3Z6qPEo
And they still all fall on the wayside467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5dn8SKnTu
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I hate how all these kids are going out to play467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdve16LZ487
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvZYr6vXwJ
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70iivBkVaJ
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRX6urQRaq
Normalcy. Right. Well.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvRUxdqtGv
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyUR8H8W3C
But we’ve come a long way since that time–467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprloAoa3Cv
I hope to God, anyway.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNdm6I6iH5
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So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywCTIOkfkX
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjj2AsxR1Lg
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS6S6S0w1L
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHP3O6oekd7
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQ26uwad0n
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqPigP9gs2
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aXybQxcEa
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PFV9z4HHT
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People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJACk9wb8Z
While the house around them burns to the ground467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49fqqf3l82
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOw8TYs3JCW
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn2ghfEnss
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ6vL1qyzu
ALL lives matter? 467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAQz9WuIDP
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F*cking prove it.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsyf8dvSln
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