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/16.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsk7zLPCCfP
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FAZBStQmh
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrkYzowjkl
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo0yIyNxRX
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhdNJQdDJy
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQVfIopeto
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC1Kjr1BNg
Resisting and desisting,570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD7QIabh4R
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCiEYjiouE
And they still all fall on the wayside570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMcLVzbAlQ
I hate how all these kids are going out to play570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlENtXcyt7
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3Iwu9NYhM
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysDeGF0uJH
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNW1ltKYhY
Normalcy. Right. Well.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTbVG9cb6l
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWR6DRontT8
But we’ve come a long way since that time–570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7yaaIaC9U
I hope to God, anyway.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDOld9lUVn
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaUar7RpEk
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY1LdXQxcZ
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7jTP3EfVZ
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtIB06vtJE
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgNaOBWrYy
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrVyx8jBtr
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4T65HcuaEo
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIznV0NsjN
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYogEYxrbIm
While the house around them burns to the ground570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcJ4SbtWFO
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9TZfIQKYX
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJACx2TYin
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZrTovmxPw
ALL lives matter? 570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeOwvngdH7
F*cking prove it.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0M7CKHGbt
