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/16.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjtsaRofmG
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXH2WfJjr3W
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb1qhDPyvL
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcZovXjtvT
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsUqLk69sQ
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7lq85jgQZ
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dd8rrhLWs
Resisting and desisting,1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJy4iIcqrSx
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qJNYSWGY5
And they still all fall on the wayside1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2crg6gnjeB
I hate how all these kids are going out to play1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0BloNnsX7
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKY5NYhHofg
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc6UNCDMKo
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjNHaaN3Pv
Normalcy. Right. Well.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRBKHsYlT8
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zaTRxQpOS
But we’ve come a long way since that time–1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXR1L9Wvw2
I hope to God, anyway.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FxrYayfAU
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAN7pjT6dg
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGyeXRUgTa
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb83oJadgdJ
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMnMilO9OI
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5aTzjLylJ
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzg6Vp0tIj
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSa1NtK2AU
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtxqeTuSMi
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsOMCssNLf
While the house around them burns to the ground1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoVeiid9h1
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47WV6QLNy6
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoFIYaOtci
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8133uGFN8
ALL lives matter? 1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq446TuYAGo
F*cking prove it.1077Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGfayzTKPq
and then Add to home screen.