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/16.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcEQIZdbjP
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEO8pICxQy
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCzHub1JNs
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FDjFgKevy
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9vp2n1Ij0
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSBwZ25oH0
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbNVNuEvtI
Resisting and desisting,1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMQRbiB5js
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtcSQKVXgR
And they still all fall on the wayside1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5wTVT6uln
I hate how all these kids are going out to play1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEGycouyvv
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1pnS0cvIT
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTfSNkup5r
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnFIVoh3Rc
Normalcy. Right. Well.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8NjvlJuFX
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUmogDSkkR
But we’ve come a long way since that time–1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T8p5JiKnC
I hope to God, anyway.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK77jgoJfEE
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLyQQ2CuVE
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FzBSrWFYT
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSjLKMz7V8
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTRaVzaPMl
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmaNHN4FQN
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQB4vutPu5
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6CNgsKedm
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAcA2ogFiK
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwVpoCbq2V
While the house around them burns to the ground1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsRp8kABxz
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQQ0Smk1GR
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVBkjUBkiT
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUI8HSwpwii
ALL lives matter? 1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWg1zYDiHw
F*cking prove it.1104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVWgA61kwi
and then Add to home screen.