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/16.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQw7fWD56w
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP8iRIrUs7
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlIIZOFGrl
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y4dgOWI1V
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdYlZ5bqSk
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65A0wV34RD
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP0fJyVkd8
Resisting and desisting,891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZGbVuZaU4
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF9wnHtkaF
And they still all fall on the wayside891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJp9MRyaVg
I hate how all these kids are going out to play891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2VxcjpBeJ
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBA9jaqW9zz
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYHINYsngA
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYTwH1UMr0
Normalcy. Right. Well.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0BGH5fRwl
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkcMG8tE78
But we’ve come a long way since that time–891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4e7fLVyXf
I hope to God, anyway.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZUYtfpTZh
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEl0Aj58XI
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsoeSjsUoT
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj8vK9BVVu
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2SWmrwYkW
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsM64BAzEgM
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwNRZ0WQiP
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCVa3lwq86
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CJH90JsL2
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdupzHmUjEV
While the house around them burns to the ground891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ213tVucv15
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8h2troByr
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TFrC0YHUl
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVVpK1y5cL
ALL lives matter? 891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTeIsDn1vN
F*cking prove it.891Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunhUEecNCx
