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/16.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBT07gG4i6d
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD130hzV2B
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCpgvqDska
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8kaHbxxe5
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgQHkbLF1j
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94KnIMesgr
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv712jSAG16
Resisting and desisting,885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJuJKmc6lH
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8svBx8V4TP
And they still all fall on the wayside885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFADYhaQcQ
I hate how all these kids are going out to play885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZdaWfjMw5
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQaODoTDKh
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzPxboReOv
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5Dj3ABw3V
Normalcy. Right. Well.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSK8qMLRXB
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnZzWUzcUt
But we’ve come a long way since that time–885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8jDJ4TO0x
I hope to God, anyway.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7lrWDzZWi
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jABcPanKS
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5epukXVii
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcSmtNH3ms
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDjviOqLKQ
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MDJWSezqi
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJXjCVAHmB
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjag3j8lkD
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MRuEzZ90D
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Hi21ngzFB
While the house around them burns to the ground885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnVYnvC4Lk
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7i0tPeNc4
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YMmH3vi1I
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkgReX0WkN
ALL lives matter? 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHuK1TR8id
F*cking prove it.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH6E7daL8Q
