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Sunday, January 14, 2024

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Joy)



 
Dear Hannah,
 
my joy comes from 

understanding why i was born

and what i need

to do before i die

and that even when

things are shaky

and folk are real "fakey"

i know who my 

folk are

listen ...


Love,

Daddy


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"LEarning (Joy)"
By Derrick Brown
1-12-2024

[COMMENTARY 1]

my joy comes from
understanding why i was born
and what i need
to do before i die

and that even when
things are shaky
and folk are real "fakey"
i know who my
folk are

listen ...



[VERSE 1 - real friends hold you
accountable ... and "hold you down"]

[1-8]

i walk a lonesome road
but not alone, you see

_somebody's_close_enough_
to_keep_a_steady_hand_on_me_

_somebody's_close_enough_
to_speak_up_on_who_I_can_be_

_somebody's_close_enough_
to_offer_up_a_prayer_for_me_

_voice_of_reason_in_
this_ocean_of_insanity

'hold_a_mirror_to
the_truth_that'll_humble_me_

_not crumble me
'cause fumbles see

immaculate recovery
discovery

[9-16]

'what_it_means_to_accept_
_accountability

'ppreciate_having_someone_
_watching_over_me'

_unleash_the_power_
_in_this_tower_of_ability'

'stability'
is the key'

'and_the_fiber_of_my_skills_
_and_capability

'never_sleep_if_i_can_keep_
a_steady_grind_then_we'

make_a_break'that_can_take_
_us_where_we_need_to_be

high_above_the_fray_and_
farther_than_the_eye_can_see

[END VERSE 1]



[COMMENTARY 2]

my joy comes from
believing that even if
all is not well
it will be

and that I am not
defined by my circumstances
but rather by my response

listen ...



[VERSE 2 - respond well
to cirsumstances]

[1-8]

even_if_it_all_falls_down
make sure you stand up

'go 'head and fess up
when ya mess up

'miss a layup
'make sure you stay up

if_ya_get_another_shot
'go head and bless up

now if ya stress_up'
make sure you calm down'

'when_ya_heated_please_
control_yourself_and_stand_down

keep_ya_guard_up_when_that
_trouble_starts_to_come_round

remember: "hand down ...
... man down"'

[9-16]

_keep_ya_dribble_alive'
_find_the_right_shot

when_you_believe_my_man'
yes you can'

can't_nobody_knock_ya_hustle_
_when_you_understand_

distribution's_the_solution_
_find_the_open_man'

if_it_falls_apart_and_
_doesn't_go_the_way_you_plan

take_it_to_the_hole_
_like_you_in_total_command_

_like_you_the_sole_soul
elevated_on_demand'

'concentrated_dedicated_
_to_the_matter_at_hand

[END VERSE 2]



[COMMENTARY 3]

my joy comes from knowing
that my children's children
will reap everything I sow
and grow

and that I changed what I could
accepted what I could not
and told my own story

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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