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/16.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwBShQDLh6
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjS6ZQpiXaT
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZ0vd85MLw
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIpq3hn8dO
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bJZwa6qP5
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YZ5vPGcbb
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOyGRVfNCa
Resisting and desisting,1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx82SCfF6ZT
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnE8PTcFCdk
And they still all fall on the wayside1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ904q9gAvzf
I hate how all these kids are going out to play1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs2o9Ek6eq
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcA6Y2iaGe
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYID8GED6Xb
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB0SFCGNqC
Normalcy. Right. Well.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAObmRYYdyd
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vSBOZuPIJ
But we’ve come a long way since that time–1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSLnkHT6rH
I hope to God, anyway.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWcJCYklU9
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6qyG06JSq
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINBuq9AbJR
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hgQbcMiq0
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67W61YRW48
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg7GKMcvzt
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIHwia6GcA
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMUSy4vjiy
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCoZGPMuro
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlVH8TnoAJ
While the house around them burns to the ground1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea4cO7iuTy
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwFAhbtnIw
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsUO3u2Deb
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5ewD5oRtd
ALL lives matter? 1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPtAo5Maks
F*cking prove it.1078Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12es55qSwW
and then Add to home screen.