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/16.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXCyydc4Tf
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I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQxvtrJCSL
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQY92qQMuS
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rQMZo0btU
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9KXFepoRh
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq79AazqW3
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6v9TvyUH1
Resisting and desisting,103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8az6PNveE
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMp5UyF5852
And they still all fall on the wayside103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp9Iy2d6WV
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I hate how all these kids are going out to play103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7L3ik988Em
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrMSmlxstD
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuG3DoBGCIC
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQoB8JKgRp
Normalcy. Right. Well.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDERqweL4Gf
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaVLOknuX5
But we’ve come a long way since that time–103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vWv64eRl5
I hope to God, anyway.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZK9pgnbl3
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So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3emO2GcwE
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD9d9gin8E
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpEey4uVfQ
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFTd1IgIUM
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcqwqAMJYU
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsk2GS6bOl
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N0V02EhKz
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37LuDc4qV3
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People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjvFmbxsml
While the house around them burns to the ground103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo9Pj9RXrB
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuJiZmv4Mr
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77KCM7Njza
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnyOcSY4Pp
ALL lives matter? 103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmUpFULaYy
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F*cking prove it.103Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6FnIruwL3
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