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/16.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHX26x0QY3
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYhQrSg2Oj
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLwnPbg9A2
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4CmYRTvwq
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOZ48S5hcs
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzx4Pk5nQW
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlYs2WNQ2f
Resisting and desisting,818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXPiP3wf0s
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMAPgcO7uG
And they still all fall on the wayside818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXextsuAoFn
I hate how all these kids are going out to play818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CX8IgLmeh
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyWmOgu9ye
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXEBGROHzv
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3sKF9PqQX
Normalcy. Right. Well.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueaeklY6Jw
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDSGXdmQAj
But we’ve come a long way since that time–818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXJdigW7ah
I hope to God, anyway.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDqrBKOtS3
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUWWlQQ4eD
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4H4wMcIpw1
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmECISfq4s
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GKCFKLyPu
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbInXYQSAw
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0pKnISuxl
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRI2dVQOSe7
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGNhV7Hn6q
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhjMLTRQFV
While the house around them burns to the ground818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQYd6pKK8A
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrGL3G1Bwv
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxM6NtKStUB
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SkUrJCDhk
ALL lives matter? 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJDqcJHLB7
F*cking prove it.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnep8sv6ZSq
