By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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Dear Hannah,
Keep your peace ...
... through doubt and uncertainty
... through headache
... through heartache
Keep your peace ...
... through doubt and uncertainty
... through headache
... through heartache
Love,
Daddy
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"I Believe (AKA "Keep Your Peace")"
By Derrick Brown
10-2-2019
keep your peace ...
... through doubt and uncertainty
... through headache
... through heartache
[Chorus]
i believe in dreams
so big that i
close my eyes_and_see
the reasons why
tell you somethin
i can't begin to try
take my time_and_hold_on
to testify
victory is_for_me
i qualify
'cause I believe ...
yes - I believe ...
[Verse 1 - doubt and uncertainty ... what do I do? ]
all up in the air
but it ain't hit the ground
better catch what u can
can u hear me now?
I grind, hustle, and flow
& never no-show
I say "gimme the dough"
but u say "uh oh"
4
"didn't cha know ..."
"... this was pro bono?"
under my breath
I be like "uh-oh"
then in my Astro voice
I be like "rut ro"
catch-22s
are a no-no
8
watch out (now)
for_Mr._So-and-so-so
art of the deal
pay on the low-low
then u stay rich
and I stay po-po
seen it comin'
_movin' in slo-mo
12
''bottom_line_tho
this poco loco
but I better_know
don't say "I know so"
keep_it_to_myself
and then I grow-grow
but lemme leave u alone
it's time to go-go
16
I still believe, right? ... but please help my unbelief
[Chorus]
i believe in dreams
so big that i
close my eyes_and_see
the reasons why
tell you somethin
i can't begin to try
take my time_and_hold_on
to testify
victory is_for_me
i qualify
'cause I believe ...
yes - I believe ...
[Verse 2 - persevere through headache and heartache - we will make our living through giving]
didn't write the book
but I told the tale
blood_sweat_and_so_many_tears
minus the detail
spent the best of my years
plannin' and schemin'
to spend the rest of my years
hopin' and dreamin'
4
faced the worst of my fears
kickin' and screamin'
now I switched up careers
podcastin'_streamin'
study war no more
but think like sun-tzu
know what i'm fightin' for
& share it with you ...
8
re'sume' say
'I only teach a "be-be"
'the games that "they" play
'make_way_out_of_no_way
this ain't for play-play
i do it for the payday
the family vacay
and the 401k
12
and so that I stay
"one foot out" so maybay
I have some say-say
'on_to-day_and_the_next_day
_detour_but_no_delay
'right_on_time_cause_I'm_gray
_and_just _a_l'il_cray-cray
to speak up for mi gente
16
'cause I believe ...
[Chorus]
i believe in dreams
so big that i
close my eyes_and_see
the reasons why
tell you somethin
i can't begin to try
take my time_and_hold_on
to testify
victory is_for_me
i qualify
'cause I believe ...
yes - I believe ...
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).
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