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/16.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WPc7mwEo9
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjRvYHhEVJ
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSB50IvDb0
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16LFC2JYc9
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ9RMHJPpK
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kHFqLD00O
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5rtWVmlIe
Resisting and desisting,839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn9cCQZvHR
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDiKg6hcxa
And they still all fall on the wayside839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1YQfYVPe3
I hate how all these kids are going out to play839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq5o3ACEah
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiVlTqVn6m
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMQyY47a5U
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpPnP3MEcw
Normalcy. Right. Well.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSRHYt2hSp
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYyOYyZt8H
But we’ve come a long way since that time–839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4NuUfQf8h
I hope to God, anyway.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5vIhVQPSW
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PX9iu7aVn
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtm2c71mKj1
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSIw4RdZnt
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcqc7Mb7Wy
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9yjtopXXJ
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbptxYtsmA1
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXCnHp4tzv
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXVWQ4A2MH
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdjNysNVlr
While the house around them burns to the ground839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdEgdCE696
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUWB6AsGO3
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFUqn0HYUV
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X3dsgXZeG
ALL lives matter? 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzlCdQil8H
F*cking prove it.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePGKrm8B4P
