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/16.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkz1z6WllyS
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIay6Hki5H8
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7OTkS5aun
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3ZUHwViLF
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNes2Txs3P
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jqXkkX4Qa
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPrsrUJ18Y
Resisting and desisting,876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhGXafXU1H
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6uGeSVEeZ
And they still all fall on the wayside876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnyWObhA3v
I hate how all these kids are going out to play876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioe4sOpy6r
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqtQorBERf
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ77lPRSQV
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlZRBSoEBt
Normalcy. Right. Well.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbsaRR06z3
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKOG4T3cAe
But we’ve come a long way since that time–876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmT3jeFnLc
I hope to God, anyway.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLT0GbysVE
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ3QxqVmXQ
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYGb2nars3
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTYYNBG0Np
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxB6qfb5hdi
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzwLM4yQDm
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkpQaxlOOB
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzg8O5Egv4
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXQO80RsdG
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZogYkdC1xM
While the house around them burns to the ground876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SKOvILWOk
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9X7KxQz4m
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMKADqp9LD
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8pDnc2eAC
ALL lives matter? 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9ehovaQW9
F*cking prove it.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQpUSCvv8A
