By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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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 ...
... 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
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)
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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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