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