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Friday, June 6, 2025

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Re'sume' Say)



 
Dear Hannah,
 
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation where someone makes another person doubt their own judgment, perception, or sanity.

It is heinous (wicked), pernicious (harmful), prevalent, and *effective*.

How do you combat something so powerful?

How do you resist (refuse to accept or comply ... not be affected)?

I can "see" the lies when I believe and respect the truth.

I can "say" what accepts the lie, affirms the truth, accounts for those who believe either (or both) ... and walk in my assigned authority ... see, I am not assigned authority at <SNIP> ... but I have authority in this earth ...

I can "show" others how to resist ... to speak their peace (of mind) ... and to speak their "piece" (of mind) ...

Selah.
 

Love,

Daddy




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"Re'sume' Say"
By Derrick Brown
5-22-2025

"DBKB8NC2025090 DBKB8NC2019012 LEarning (Re'sume' Say) 720p (5-25-2025).mp4"

"DBKB8NC2025090 DBKB8NC2019012 LEarning (Re'sume' Say) (5-25-2025).txt"

"DBKB8NC2025090 DBKB8NC2019012 LEarning (Re'sume' Say) (5-25-2025) SOULSURPLUS + Thank You (less bass) (10min45sec) (242 bars).MP3"

REMIX (5-23-2025): I want this song to equip Hannah to discern "gaslighters" ... and avoid unnecessary interactions ... then encourage her to "higher ground" (spotting the lie because you believe and respect the truth ... then speaking your "peace" ... speaking your "piece" ... and speaking that truth to those with ears to hear Matt 7:6 Prov 18:2 Prov 18:17 Prov 12:16 Pro 12:23-24).

[BEGIN CHORUS 1 1-8]

're'sume' say
I only teach a "bebe"
go head and play-play
"shuffle" and "Sheneneh"_

_poco_loco_cray-cray
papi_loco_ballet
'creative array
make way outta no way

'keep a cache
for a rainy day-day
'hope_it_don't_stay
detour_but_no_delay

'my antennae
make another essay
for the "maybay"_ (maybe)
_do it for "mi gente"

[END CHORUS 1 1-8]

[VERSE 1 ... be circumspect ... then circumvent ... then reach ... then teach ... by telling your own story]


[1-8]

'they won't assign you
so_I'm_a_come_and_find_you

'try to remind you
to_deal_with_what's_behind you

'howto stay blind to
haters_who_ain't_inclined_to

'try to malign you
define_you_and_confine_you

'it's a design to
redline_and_intertwine_you

'mess witcha tutu_
_bamboozle_and_hoodwink_you

'grapevine and whine you
assume_you_and_opine_you

'cap_ya_credit'
debit_and_then_decline_you


[9-16]

'don't despair boo_
lament_can_sho_prepare_you

'"sober aware" you
humble_up_and_square_you

'offer a prayer to
they_who_may_ensnare_you

'offer a prayer to
be_hurt_but_still_be_fair_too

'offer a prayer_to
be_guarded_but_still_care_too

'offer a prayer to
forgive_and_then_repair_too

'offer a prayer to
someday_somehow_somewhere_to

'heal and hope to
spare_and_reach_and_share_too


[BEGIN CHORUS 2 1-8]

're'sume' say
I only teach a "bebe"
go head and play-play
"shuffle" and "Sheneneh"_

_poco_loco_cray-cray
papi_loco_ballet
'creative array
make way outta no way

'keep a cache
for a rainy day-day
'hope_it_don't_stay
detour_but_no_delay

'my antennae
make another essay
for the "maybay"_ (maybe)
_do it for "mi gente"

[END CHORUS 2 1-8]


[VERSE 2 speak your "peace" ... and speak your "piece" ... and speak that truth to those with ears to hear Matt 7:6 Prov 18:2 Prov 18:17 Prov 12:16 Pro 12:23-24 ... I may have no local authority ... but I have dominion in my "lane"]


[1-8]

'my "standards" you see
may not agree with thee

'my "standards" caution me
to offer carefully

'to speak with brevity
tact and sincerity_

passion_and_integrity
'precision_and_clarity

'to those with ears to hear
if not yet eyes to see

'if not yet words to share
their ideas poignantly

'mine eyes have offered me
visions of joy and glee

'for those who hope and heal
to be whole and healthy


[9-16]

'let there be peace on earth
let it begin with me

'guard my heart and words
take nothing personally

'never assume it's "he"
until I check on "me"

'please let me do my best
improve continuously

'help me slow my roll
and proceed quietly

'no fanfare nor buzz
work diligently

'don't argue with fools
lest that fool be me

but sometimes let 'em know
and set that fool free


[BEGIN CHORUS 3 1-8]

're'sume' say
I only teach a "bebe"
go head and play-play
"shuffle" and "Sheneneh"_

_poco_loco_cray-cray
papi_loco_ballet
'creative array
make way outta no way

'keep a cache
for a rainy day-day
'hope_it_don't_stay
detour_but_no_delay

'my antennae
make another essay
for the "maybay"_ (maybe)
_do it for "mi gente"

[END CHORUS 3 1-8]


[THE END]


 

About Derrick Brown (Standup Storyteller)

 

 

I am Keisha's husband, and Hannah's father.

I am a “standup storyteller.”

I fuse rap, spoken word (poetry), oration (traditional public speaking), singing, and teaching into messages of hope, healing, and change that I write, direct, and produce to help people who help people.

Everything must change - and stay changED.

Tradition begins and ends with change.

Change begins with me and the renewing of my mind ... then continues through efforts to effect small-group discipleship (equipping others to equip others) with audiences that respect and embrace mentoring, mediation, and problem solving as tools of change.

I am the product of my mentoring relationships, peacemaking (and peacekeeping), and problem-solving ability.

My education began when I finished school.

After school, I enrolled in a lifelong curriculum that includes classes in ministry, entrepreneurship, stewardship, literacy, numeracy, language, self-identity, self-expression, and analysis / synthesis.

My projects execute a ministry that has evolved from wisdom earned through lessons learned.

I want to share this wisdom to build teams of "triple threat" fellows - mentors, mediators, and problem solvers.

We will collaborate in simple, powerful ways that allow us to help people who help people.

I now know that power is work done efficiently (with wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise).

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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Dear Hannah: LEarning (DEI Blues)



 
Dear Hannah,
 

I'm a #StandupStoryteller.

I'm the "Brother From Another Planet".

Strange people think I am strange.

I think that what I experience is strange.

And still I rise.
 
Self-reflection is my "superpower".
 
I am committed to generating hope, healing, and change ... 
#StandupStorytelling, #YourStory, and publishing.
 
gonna A-D-V-ise
 
how the D-E-I-"whys"

got me D-E-I-wise

to the D-I-S-guise ...
 
Before I do, let me share a "swing thought" ... or few ...
 
The lineage of my work is "anecodotal" (small, informal, and unscientific) ... but prolific, professional, poignant and powerful ...
 
  1. U8L3 Conditional Probability (I teach students, not subjects ...) (4-17-2025) 
  2. #TheSeeSayShow [23.04200] | #Holler (A One-Man Show) (Run Of Show) 
  3. Holler, Better Me, Caste, #YourStory "listening parties" and testimonials
  4. #LemonStreet (2021) and #LewisCScott (2022) tributes
  5. 2025 and 2024 Dunleith Career Days
  6. April 2025 Iron Man Meeting  (4-1-2025 GSU Awards Day beatitudes)
  7. 2025 "beatitudes" series
 
 ... and visual | visceral | well-documented (via autoethnographic self-reflection) ...
 
  1. Commentaries (Truth, Grace, and the School Board Race)
  2. Journals (DEI WETLL, OKI, O24WP #1 and #2, Camp Chronicles, Iron Man)
  3. DBKB (my 'longitudinal library') (Why Schools Work, Make It Better, Dear Ken (Antley), TH CCC (including "The Student's Pledge", WETLL (Willie Lynch)) 
 
... it is driven by #StandupStorytelling that facilitates small-group fellowship and civil discourse ... that generates hope, healing, and change via mentoring, mediation, and problem solving ... 
 
I understand what I have ... what it has been ... and what it can be ... 
 
#TheSeeSayShow [23.04200] | #Holler (A One-Man Show) (Run Of Show) both provide the opportunity to synthesize all my well-documented anecdotes into a compelling narrative driven and inspired by my autoethnographic music ... and a living "safe space" (to protect it from "indoctrination" drivel) for civil discourse and critical thinking ... 
 
I am a walking, breathing, living museum (like Washington DC's and Charleston SC's African-American History Museums) | concert | stage play ...
 
While sharing this song with you and 3 other current students this week, I saw and documented the conversations that flowed like rivers of living water prompted by 2 questions ...
 
  1. What do you remember (from the song)?
  2. What do you wonder?
 
I also saw how the conversation's spirit and energy prompted me to share #StandupStorytelling about my life as a school founder and social activist.
 
These are stories I seldom share, because they retell painful experiences.
 
Sharing them, though, is cathartic (purging, purifying, cleansing, releasing).
 
I need the same hope, healing, and change that I am trying to facilitate. 

Selah.
 

Love,

Daddy




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"LEarning (DEI Blues)"
By Derrick Brown
4-16-2025
 
"DBKB8NC2025050 DBKB8NC2019012 LEarning (DEI Blues) (4-12-2025).txt"

"DBKB8NC2025050 DBKB8NC2019012 Listen 0001.02192025 Wootan (10min45sec) (242 bars).MP3"



[BEGIN Intro 1 (spoken)]

... success results when preparation meets opportunity

... opportunities are sometimes disguised as 'lost opportunities'

... don't choke on the smoke from the okey-doke

... use what you got to give 'em what they need

[END Intro 1 (spoken)]


[BEGIN "Inverted Chorus 1"]
[1-16]

----

gonna A-D-V-ise
 
how the D-E-I-"whys"

got me D-E-I-wise

to the D-I-S-guise

----

' the D-E-I-rise

of the D-E-I-guys

'' D-E-V-ise

'' R-E-V-ise

'' REALIZE

that ya D-E-I-eyes

on the D-E-I-size
 
of the D-E-I-prize

----

'' D-E-I-buys

mute the D-E-I-cries
 
make some phony allies

bunch 'o G-A-D-flies

----
 
'' D-E-I-lies

' the D-E-F-ies

' the D-E-I-nies

that I D-E-S-pise

----

' the D-E-I-sighs

' the S-U-R-prise

' rolled dem snake eyes

rocked the boat - capsized

----

'' dis-en-fran-chise

'' marg-in-a-lize

'' wisdom applies

'' freedoms arise

----

'' say ya goodbyes

to them "apple'y" pies

flyin high in them skies

stays alive 'til it dies

----

[END "Inverted Chorus 1"]
[1-16]


[BEGIN Intro 2 (spoken)]

... equality requires opportunity and circumstance

... education begins when you finish school ... then LEarn, unlearn, and relearn

... count all the costs of victory

... all money ain't good money

... but you must get your money right

[END Intro 2 (spoken)]


[BEGIN "Inverted Chorus 2"]
[1-16]

----

gonna A-D-V-ise
 
how the D-E-I-"whys"

got me D-E-I-wise

to the D-I-S-guise

----

' the D-E-I-rise

of the D-E-I-guys

'' D-E-V-ise

'' R-E-V-ise

'' REALIZE

that ya D-E-I-eyes

on the D-E-I-size
 
of the D-E-I-prize

----

'' D-E-I-buys

mute the D-E-I-cries
 
make some phony allies

bunch 'o G-A-D-flies

----
 
'' D-E-I-lies

' the D-E-F-ies

' the D-E-I-nies

that I D-E-S-pise

----

' the D-E-I-sighs

' the S-U-R-prise

' rolled dem snake eyes

rocked the boat - capsized

----

'' dis-en-fran-chise

'' marg-in-a-lize

'' wisdom applies

'' freedoms arise

----

'' say ya goodbyes

to them "apple'y" pies

flyin high in them skies

stays alive 'til it dies

----

[END "Inverted Chorus 2"]
[1-16]


[BEGIN Conclusion (spoken)]

... do not mistake activity for achievement

... protect your time and family

... power is work done efficiently ...

... truthtellers often encounter great resistance

... but we must tell our own stories ...

... (pause) selah ...

[END Conclusion (spoken)]


 

About Derrick Brown (Standup Storyteller)

 

 

I am Keisha's husband, and Hannah's father.

I am a “standup storyteller.”

I fuse rap, spoken word (poetry), oration (traditional public speaking), singing, and teaching into messages of hope, healing, and change that I write, direct, and produce to help people who help people.

Everything must change - and stay changED.

Tradition begins and ends with change.

Change begins with me and the renewing of my mind ... then continues through efforts to effect small-group discipleship (equipping others to equip others) with audiences that respect and embrace mentoring, mediation, and problem solving as tools of change.

I am the product of my mentoring relationships, peacemaking (and peacekeeping), and problem-solving ability.

My education began when I finished school.

After school, I enrolled in a lifelong curriculum that includes classes in ministry, entrepreneurship, stewardship, literacy, numeracy, language, self-identity, self-expression, and analysis / synthesis.

My projects execute a ministry that has evolved from wisdom earned through lessons learned.

I want to share this wisdom to build teams of "triple threat" fellows - mentors, mediators, and problem solvers.

We will collaborate in simple, powerful ways that allow us to help people who help people.

I now know that power is work done efficiently (with wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise).

Copyright © 2025 Derrick  Brown. All Rights Reserved.
 
 

 


 
 


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