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/16.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi2zMAte5y
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOji7tnNe63
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJe0sdU6zxg
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bHyt6r593
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJyqFD7wtR
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kcm55B7Mq
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOwUkhPOLD
Resisting and desisting,862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfmLNNwX01
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFO0XGocId
And they still all fall on the wayside862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVOKcWBtPp
I hate how all these kids are going out to play862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFEyDpAYWH
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdTESye231
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9x3LBLKR0
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9bNpnSibU
Normalcy. Right. Well.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7W9Qpu5JF
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzk9HOMsHu
But we’ve come a long way since that time–862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8jcOrChii
I hope to God, anyway.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPW3MfMAaT
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kK5QcTDfq
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSyD4xE0fL
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRvzwdAoW7
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbQJvzwpVc
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8OkErhUGu
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDH89DU692
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwPwFg8zSc
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAj8Rzucqz
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN10YG0NeLk
While the house around them burns to the ground862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rtM9SE3KK
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HuLUtTKOH
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHwrl3Cr2U
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxrVdrsIee
ALL lives matter? 862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aji77zVb0
F*cking prove it.862Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cE3X8Mh7G
and then Add to home screen.