By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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Dear Hannah,
For our 10th anniversary, I told the world.
Love,
Daddy
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"LEarning (Thank You)"
(AKA "No Regrets")
3-29-2021
"No Regrets (Sounds dot com) (3-7-2021) 90 bpm 154 bars 6m50sec.MP3"
[CHORUS 1]
You made my life make sense.
We made sense, and that helped me "chill" and let "us" happen.
Our wedding day was the most peaceful day of my life.
... that day I saw it was all was worth it ...
... 'cause now I had you.
[END CHORUS 1]
[VERSE 1]
I wanna say' "thank you"
'for_e'ery_l'il_thing that_you 'do_to
'ease_my_miiind
'let_me_fiiind
'my "love to"
'my "need to"
'my "how to"
achoo!
excuse me, Ms. - but may_God 'bless you
Girl_I'm_stuck_on_you_like_super_glue -
''might be due to
A_super_clue'
'a breakthrough'
'God knew'
said "pursue"
I_was_focused, man'
like kung-fu'
had_to_barbecue'
not mildew
see_i_used_to'
have_this_worldview'
kinda_"black_and_white"
left_me_black_and_blue
I bade adieu
to_all_I_been_through_
made_myself_a new_"to_do"
'"hello_sunshine - how_do_you_do?"
16
[END VERSE 1]
[CHORUS 2]
Life is a beautiful story - but it ain't no fairy tale.
You are the best part of my story.
I love you.
The greatest love you have shown me ...
... is the freedom to find my voice ...
... and speak my truth.
[END CHORUS 2]
[Verse 2]
if_you_have_a_minute
lemme_come_through
spend_some_time_with_u
I_gotta_whole_slew
'My vision's -
''got a different hue'
dif'rent_purview_
_com'pre'hen'sive_menu
no time for play-play
i'm_so_into_you
marriage_in_the_queue
would you be my boo?
can_you_woo_woo_woo?
chapel_rendezvous
perfect venue
one & one is 2
let's_raise_a_baby_who
can_complete_our_crew
cute_l'il_bugaboo
'blessings accrue
when_challenges_debut
tough_times_ensue
we_won't_get_brand-new
bite_what_we_can_chew
look_in_the_rearview
see_how_much_we_grew
taller_than_bamboo
thicker_than_gumbo_roux
thicker_than_catfish_stew
_indel_i_ble_tattoo
_resid'ial_revenue
'delayed_but_right_on_cue
32
[END VERSE 2]
[CHORUS 3]
I say all this to say ...
... let's keep doing "us".
We work, and there is more in store.
I love you.
I need you.
I want you.
Selah.
Peace.
[END CHORUS 3]
(AKA "No Regrets")
3-29-2021
"No Regrets (Sounds dot com) (3-7-2021) 90 bpm 154 bars 6m50sec.MP3"
[CHORUS 1]
You made my life make sense.
We made sense, and that helped me "chill" and let "us" happen.
Our wedding day was the most peaceful day of my life.
... that day I saw it was all was worth it ...
... 'cause now I had you.
[END CHORUS 1]
[VERSE 1]
I wanna say' "thank you"
'for_e'ery_l'il_thing that_you 'do_to
'ease_my_miiind
'let_me_fiiind
'my "love to"
'my "need to"
'my "how to"
achoo!
excuse me, Ms. - but may_God 'bless you
Girl_I'm_stuck_on_you_like_super_glue -
''might be due to
A_super_clue'
'a breakthrough'
'God knew'
said "pursue"
I_was_focused, man'
like kung-fu'
had_to_barbecue'
not mildew
see_i_used_to'
have_this_worldview'
kinda_"black_and_white"
left_me_black_and_blue
I bade adieu
to_all_I_been_through_
made_myself_a new_"to_do"
'"hello_sunshine - how_do_you_do?"
16
[END VERSE 1]
[CHORUS 2]
Life is a beautiful story - but it ain't no fairy tale.
You are the best part of my story.
I love you.
The greatest love you have shown me ...
... is the freedom to find my voice ...
... and speak my truth.
[END CHORUS 2]
[Verse 2]
if_you_have_a_minute
lemme_come_through
spend_some_time_with_u
I_gotta_whole_slew
'My vision's -
''got a different hue'
dif'rent_purview_
_com'pre'hen'sive_menu
no time for play-play
i'm_so_into_you
marriage_in_the_queue
would you be my boo?
can_you_woo_woo_woo?
chapel_rendezvous
perfect venue
one & one is 2
let's_raise_a_baby_who
can_complete_our_crew
cute_l'il_bugaboo
'blessings accrue
when_challenges_debut
tough_times_ensue
we_won't_get_brand-new
bite_what_we_can_chew
look_in_the_rearview
see_how_much_we_grew
taller_than_bamboo
thicker_than_gumbo_roux
thicker_than_catfish_stew
_indel_i_ble_tattoo
_resid'ial_revenue
'delayed_but_right_on_cue
32
[END VERSE 2]
[CHORUS 3]
I say all this to say ...
... let's keep doing "us".
We work, and there is more in store.
I love you.
I need you.
I want you.
Selah.
Peace.
[END CHORUS 3]
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).
