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/16.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RKyVk5L2k
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKcOHnQiZy
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHsuJgqOP1
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFgPFcIobx
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu772lOk5oS
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIuGCvQEIU
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xMNLsbrjY
Resisting and desisting,814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRm9JxMswy
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcHfd1Xzfs
And they still all fall on the wayside814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPfbJFi1FX
I hate how all these kids are going out to play814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk91I8lPZj
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckqIad16nh
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfebWhGIUmJ
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQZ1mmlnnu
Normalcy. Right. Well.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ1w0Fuvoy
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOEtOd2wGB
But we’ve come a long way since that time–814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVUsPgM3IK
I hope to God, anyway.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4NUrSkhsy
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07AkSFgrvI
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWlatR0XOB
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzWmx3fY9u
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOlYscuqKJ
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD2GQQ8K1L
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwMMU97TBm
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1La7PT2CU
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSTCgSoErd
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYc9ZZ7WEo
While the house around them burns to the ground814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAL5oCvl71
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoz5Pd9HpwW
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGwoVvz4xw
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGgpyTdivt
ALL lives matter? 814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX0hg9lCar
F*cking prove it.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WdtjtAIop
