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Friday, June 21, 2024

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Cast (Caste) (AKA The Show Must Go On))



 
Dear Hannah,

I was assigned a role in this life before I was born ...

... but was then cast (thrown forcefully) into a cast (the actors in a play) according to caste ("social status or position conferred by a system based on class") ...

... hear me now ...

... my "truth" is "living in a daily lie" ...

... but the show must go on ...


Love,

Daddy


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"LEarning (Cast (Caste) (AKA The Show Must Go On))"
By Derrick Brown
4-3-2024

"Listen #11 (Ice Ice Bassy 90bpm) <SNIP>.MP3"


[COMMENTARY 1]

I was assigned a role in this life before I was born ...
... but was then cast (thrown forcefully) into a cast (the actors in a play) according to caste ("social status or position conferred by a system based on class") ...
... hear me now ...
... my "truth" is "living in a daily lie" ...
... but the show must go on ...


[VERSE 1 - Know your *real* role ... and "how you roll"]

[1-4]

mirror_mirror
tell_me_what_u_see_in_me

joy and pain
how_we_pay_for_bein_free

i_believe
i_ain't_always_gotta_know

i_achieve
even_when_I_do_it_slow

[5-8]

my_pace
go_when_I_gotta_go

my_face
tell_u_what_u_need_to_know

my_race
finish_what_I_started_tho

my_ace
soul_brother_"so_and_so"

[9-12]

my_mind
thoughts_of_a_diff'rent_kind

my_kind
those_of_a_diff'rent_mind

my_grind
nonstop_no_rewind

my_"sign"
blind_and_kinda_unrefined

[13-16]

define
what_I_do_wit_my_time

my_dime
stretch_em_til_I_know_that_i'm

aligned
power_and_a_sound_mind

headline
"spoke_his_truth_evry_time"


[COMMENTARY 2]

spend most of my day ...
... in this strange stage play ...
... with an all-star cast (caste) ...
... of actors who are "in charge" ...
... empowered by a cliche' script ...
... to stay busy "looking busy" ...
... but the show must go on ...


[VERSE 2 - Know your "place" (your environment and "assigned" role) ... and keep your "space" while on assignment]

[1-4]

almost_perfect
don't_know_that_they_don't_know

keep_my_distance
hope_it_don't_look_like_it_though

don't_dance
I_know_how_to_"do-si-do"

struggle's_real
stay_away_from_"toe-to-toe"

[5-8]

stop_sign
anger_is_an_"uh-oh-oh"

speak_my_piece
when_I_need_to_speak_it_bo

speak_my_peace
reconcile_and_war_no_mo

make_my_peace
aggravate_the_status_quo

[9-12]

what_now
leave_me_(a)lone_don't_say_no_mo

or_else
we_may_have_to_"go-go-go"

options
makin'_war's_a_"no-no-no"

choices
stay_away_from_"to-and-fro"

[13-16]

voices
stay_away_from_"touch-and-go"

sing_a_song
do_re_mi_so_la_ti_do (skip "fa")

so_we
keep_our_mind_on_"dough-dough-dough"

so_we
have_a_chance_to_"grow-grow-grow"


[CLOSING COMMENTARY]

this is a story ...
... of who I am ...
... what I experience ...
... how I move ...
... and the price I am willing to pay ...
... to use my voice ...
... 'cause the show must go on ...
... selah





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).

Copyright © 2024 Derrick  Brown. All Rights Reserved.
 
 

 


 
 





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