By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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Dear Hannah,
You will live, love, win, lose, and LEarn while you are alive.
You will uplift and dignify.
You will win friends and influence people.
You will also disturb the status quo.
You will speak truth to power.
You will tell your own story.
Not everyone will read it.
Not everyone will believe it.
Not everyone will like it.
They may tell a different version.
What people think of you is none of your business.
Forget what they say.
Love,
Daddy
You will live, love, win, lose, and LEarn while you are alive.
You will uplift and dignify.
You will win friends and influence people.
You will also disturb the status quo.
You will speak truth to power.
You will tell your own story.
Not everyone will read it.
Not everyone will believe it.
Not everyone will like it.
They may tell a different version.
What people think of you is none of your business.
Forget what they say.
Love,
Daddy
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"What They Say"
By Derrick Brown
1-18-2020
"Loyal Tribute + DJBase08 (Take 5) (with E-Piano) (95 BPM) (4m07sec) (1-25-2020).MP3"
[CHORUS]
stand strong
don't sway
count the cost
and pay-pay
no time for
play-play
focus and
don't stray-stray
4
some won't
some may
patience
conquers delay
speak peace (& your piece)
pray-pray
don't worry 'bout
what they say
8
[END CHORUS]
[BEGIN VERSE 1]
1-4
you're a different kind
different by design
character defined
footloose - yet refined
livin' on cloud nine
'you're a plus sign
don't need no light to shine
lead 'em from behind
5-8
think like a mastermind
'give 'em peace of mind
willing to cross the line
willing to realign
willing to recombine
'be a lifeline
protect the pipeline
protect the frontline
9-12
protect the goldmine
from the land mine
protect the waistline
from the punchline_
make sho the bloodline
know_'bout_the_floodline_
_watch_out_for_the_grapevine
turn_water_into_wine
13-16
assume then_opine
'critique_and_then_malign
oppress then_confine
predict_a_quick_decline
don't take the hardline
'check 'em off-line
if_they_should remind
'remember - don't rewind
[END VERSE 1]
[CHORUS]
stand strong
don't sway
count the cost
and pay-pay
no time for
play-play
focus and
don't stray-stray
4
some won't
some may
patience
conquers delay
speak peace (& your piece)
pray-pray
don't worry 'bout
what they say
8
[END CHORUS]
[BEGIN VERSE 2]
1-4
mine_eyes_have_seen_the_glory
of telling your own story
project exploratory
freedom like Montessori
unchartered territory_
_legacy_depository_
_auditory oratory
ain't got no category
5-8
dug up from the quarry
creative repertory
made in my laboratory
plenty inventory
purpose is preparatory_
_comprehension mandatory
may be compensatory
finding_nemo_finding_dory
9-12
''haters_say'
man - he_swore_he
'some_kinda_sorta'
prophet - the_more_he
talks_that_talk'
the less I hear - for he
'must_be'
stuck_on_stupid_or_he
13-16
''don't_see'
that_we_ignore_he
'don't_see'
that_we_closed_the_door_he
''don't_pay'
no_mind_to_lori
'don't_listen'
to_torii_maury_corey"
[END VERSE 2]
[CHORUS]
stand strong
don't sway
count the cost
and pay-pay
no time for
play-play
focus and
don't stray-stray
4
some won't
some may
patience
conquers delay
speak peace (& your piece)
pray-pray
don't worry 'bout
what they say
8
[END CHORUS]
[BEGIN VERSE 3]
1-4
need one shot'
just_like_Robert_Horry
to produce
compelling allegory
speak my truth'
but not defamatory
peaceful vibes'
are more conciliatory_
5-8
_sensitive'
and participatory
picture scenes'
from_the_observatory_
dreams_deferred'
_but anticipatory
paid in full'
on that promissory_
9-12
_memories'
can_be_inflammatory
anxiety'
nice_dipilatory
vengeance'
equally_predatory
eye-for-an-eye
'retaliatory_
13-16
_what_goes_around'
becomes circulatory
forgive_them
wash_in_the_lavatory
lessons learned''
ay'priori
wisdom earned''
a_posteriori
[END VERSE 3]
[CHORUS]
stand strong
don't sway
count the cost
and pay-pay
no time for
play-play
focus and
don't stray-stray
4
some won't
some may
patience
conquers delay
speak peace (& your piece)
pray-pray
don't worry 'bout
what they say
8
[END CHORUS]
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).
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).
