By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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Dear Hannah,
Mistakes are great teachers because they grab your undivided attention.
Trees are great teachers, too.
You see all their majesty and might ... and their mistakes.
You see that ... even in their might (right?) ... they can still fall ... timber(!).
Trees are great teachers, too.
You see all their majesty and might ... and their mistakes.
You see that ... even in their might (right?) ... they can still fall ... timber(!).
Love,
Daddy
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By Derrick Brown
7-27-2023
[Listen #12 (Mine Nachos (Atlanta) 90bpm) (Splice.com 6-3 to 6-17 Bedroom Soul, RnB Soul Vibes (7-4-2023)).MP3]
Mistakes are great teachers because they grab your undivided attention.
Trees are great teachers, too.
You see all their majesty and might ... and their mistakes.
You see that ... even in their might (right?) ... they can still fall ... timber(!).
[VERSE 1]
[1-8]
O.G. came thru
and said to me
sometimes_ya_shoot_ya_shot
and_then_ya_let_it_be ...
... sometimes you lose a leaf
a twig a branch or three ...
keep ya head up
cuz ur still a tree
count ya blessins
learn them lessons
stand strong
don't sway
no time
for messin'
forget
lament
and all that
stressin'
be 'bout
assessin'
and
addressin'
[9-12]
old cat
wit a l'il bit 'o youth to 'em
old cat
wit a l'il bit 'o sleuth to 'em
old cat
wit a l'il bit 'o truth to 'em
old cat
wit a l'il bit 'o couth to 'em
[13-16]
best lies
got a l'il bit a truth to 'em
gotta check myself
'fo I wreck myself
ain't 'bout being hot_
gotta chill when I'm not
ain't 'bout being cold
gotta keep self-control
[END VERSE 1]
[COMMENTARY 2]
peep this ... when I look thru a window, right?
in the daylight
I see what is outside
... look thru that same window at night
I see me ... and everything behind me
[VERSE 2]
[1-8]
check the rearview
for a clearview
of where I been
and where I'm headed to
sometimes a crooked path
might help me LEarn a few
sometimes a crooked path
might help me heal, too
sometimes a crooked path
might help me share, too
see my glory story
ain't in no category
but it might connect
ideas and intellect
with hearts that detect
and folk who self-select
[9-16]
a crowd that can protect
collect then project
a crowd that can respect
the road to self-correct
inspect whatchu expect
cause and the effect
never be perfect
practice may perfect
make a better me
roots u can't see
branch humility
and agility
trunk stability
and nobility
leaf utility
fruit fertility
[END VERSE 2]
[COMMENTARY 3]
I'm not what I was.
I'm not yet what I will be.
I will aim high ...
... dig deep ...
... move forward
... but never in a straight line
Selah.
grace and peace.
[END COMMENTARY 3]
[END SONG]
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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