By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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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 ...
powered by autoethnographic self-reflection,
#StandupStorytelling, #YourStory, and publishing.
What I see and experience makes me wanna "holler".
Rather than wallow in lament, though ... I want to "spit it so they git it".
I dream a world ...
I may never see ...
but know that change ...
begins with me ...
I hope and heal ...
stay in my lane ...
unspeakable joy ...
unspeakable pain ...
unshakable will ...
patient until ...
peace be still ...
pen and quill ...
lemme be free ...
show say and see ...
do re and mi ...
makin' me ...
holler '' ...
I may never see ...
but know that change ...
begins with me ...
I hope and heal ...
stay in my lane ...
unspeakable joy ...
unspeakable pain ...
unshakable will ...
patient until ...
peace be still ...
pen and quill ...
lemme be free ...
show say and see ...
do re and mi ...
makin' me ...
holler '' ...
Love,
Daddy
Daddy
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By Derrick Brown
11-28-2024
[CHORUS 1]
I dream a world ...
I may never see ...
but know that change ...
begins with me ...
I hope and heal ...
stay in my lane ...
unspeakable joy ...
unspeakable pain ...
unshakable will ...
patient until ...
peace be still ...
pen and quill ...
lemme be free ...
show say and see ...
do re and mi ...
makin' me ...
holler '' ...
[VERSE 1]
[1-4]
'' man with a plan and a strategy ...
easy for me to be ...
someone you cannot see ...
see the hope and the healing that will make us free_
_free ya soul of control and author_ity_
[5-8]
_heal whatchu feel on a path to your destiny_
_do whatchu do_
_work unto ... what'll be will be_
_beat conceit - treat defeat as a victory_
_win_again_say_"amen" when you conquer "me"_
[9-12] _follow rules wit dem fools on a hatin' spree_
_let_'em_go - let_'em_know - self-control is key ...
don't_assume_intent - let the content be_
_un phased - turn a phrase ... help the blind ones see ...
[13-16]
'' mine eyes have seen the glory of the "factory"_
_make_it_bake-it_cake-it_take-it past the limits we ...
impose_that_often_hinder_our_agency ...
connect_collect_protect ya opportunity_
[END VERSE 1]
[CHORUS 2]
_I dream a world ...
I may never see ...
but know that change ...
begins with me ...
I hope and heal ...
stay in my lane ...
unspeakable joy ...
unspeakable pain ...
unshakable will ...
patient until ...
peace be still ...
pen and quill ...
lemme be free ...
show say and see ...
do re and mi ...
makin' me ...
holler '' ...
[VERSE 2]
[1-4]
<"swaller">
'''LEarned a long time ago_
_you only know when you know
that you never know ...
run_ya__mind_not_ya_mouth ...
watchu think and grow_
_speak_ya_piece_and_your_peace ...
own and never owe ...
[5-8]
hang_in_there_and_finish_don't_get_weary_bo ...
write_it_then_recite_they_don't hear_u_tho ...
spit_it_so_they_git_it_and_then_want_some_mo ...
tell_em_that_u_smell_em_4_u_let em_go_
[9-12]
_tell_ya_story_cuz_the_hunter_can_crucify_
_counterstory_telling_might_clarify_
speak_a_truth that_they_smear_as_an_alibi_
_once_you_write_it_they_will_cite_it_and_then_amplify ...
[13-16]
'' sing_a_song_to_call_upon_the_few_and_bold_
_tell_em_all_the_story_that_has_not_been_told
come_against_the_notion_that_they_oversold
'rhymes so slick ... flow so cold_
[CHORUS 3]
_I dream a world ...
I may never see ...
but know that change ...
begins with me ...
I hope and heal ...
stay in my lane ...
unspeakable joy ...
unspeakable pain ...
unshakable will ...
patient until ...
peace be still ...
pen and quill ...
lemme be free ...
show say and see ...
do re and mi ...
makin' me ...
holler '' ...
[END (no commentary)]
About Derrick Brown (Standup Storyteller)
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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).
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