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/16.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv74GxIJaJ
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh2nxsUchU
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkHfpjrc1t
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEy4okEyDu
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZWaGuO5bP
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r7NZ7XESe
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHCyB13Fp0
Resisting and desisting,858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AySY2leuJ
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SqK6QTQGv
And they still all fall on the wayside858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pMHfJn3EZ
I hate how all these kids are going out to play858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC0ekPOJwY
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeGebGrY6A
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1caJrB81O5
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TjlFprOAD
Normalcy. Right. Well.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZl7tCdJzwR
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9uOhKdzgR
But we’ve come a long way since that time–858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGDn4kTivZ
I hope to God, anyway.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdC1h4sclo
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3iyU94YWy
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgpSqrP4AX
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6neaADXE6
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHYe4Mlwo9
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHern2JJqXy
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMlvR0XTye
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3HEvu3aH3
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbONmHFdSVy
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSEfDiMgxL
While the house around them burns to the ground858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxkUW51Vhl
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3ku42Gsad
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PNTlSPMO0
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErc07cUBa8
ALL lives matter? 858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpjy6j5Jee
F*cking prove it.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIVDXqCYmE
