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/16.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUCAvBhkPH
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhqNi2THsz
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVW6s5sUT4
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri9zNMWF6Q
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mTgaVvVM8
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQy6xAo9OJY
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9onR1T4e19
Resisting and desisting,899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7eeNMDIE7
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt2Xd4fH9w
And they still all fall on the wayside899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWRQ1cRcV8
I hate how all these kids are going out to play899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaA4LRS9Ogf
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSu080lKMBu
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMLsTbOTam
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZxcwY1sE5
Normalcy. Right. Well.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Oj3faK7Js
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoFtPT1PlZ
But we’ve come a long way since that time–899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHokUJFcfXE
I hope to God, anyway.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwaTKajp7a
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbAK8anH6U
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcESUjnzxqy
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdABvaMVsH
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkh5EBDtbp
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FSce2V7rn
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bn5b0mgKE
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUAVD0AEkw
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7fy5n31lC
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtalOEhNaf9
While the house around them burns to the ground899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGnizYcGSH
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoK5zKV83WB
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYQQZaSwyr
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCrYZdtFQX
ALL lives matter? 899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFzVrnrVdC
F*cking prove it.899Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAGgrsluUd
然後按「加至主畫面」