By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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Dear Hannah,
Stick to the Master Plan (#MasterPlan) - even when current events make it feel like the world is out of control.
Love,
Daddy
Stick to the Master Plan (#MasterPlan) - even when current events make it feel like the world is out of control.
Love,
Daddy
NOTE: There are two earlier versions of this song: Dear Hannah: Master Plan (REMIX) (8-28-2016) and Dear Hannah: #MasterPlan (7-10-2016)
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"Master Plan"
By Derrick Brown
9-14-2016
[spoken]
today may seem bleak
yesterday seemed bleaker
be slow to speak
check first the speaker
payback sounds chic
to forgive is "chic-er"
meek ain't weak
might is weaker
wrong is strong
love is stronger
war is long
peace lasts longer
stay the course
finish it well
what that resembles
time will tell
seek small solutions
rinse and repeat
don't think with your eyes
don't vote with your tweet
revolutions aren't televised
nor broadcast online
instead they occur
in both heart and spine
of maybe two or three
who touch and agree
then hatch up a plan
they can work faithfully
with no fanfare nor buzz
just concrete small steps
well-disguised as work
done in efficient reps
[start track]
waitin'
waitin' for the world to change
how
how can we rearrange
how it is
into
how it's supposed to be
hopefully
somebody
will notice we
need to see
that nobody
can globally
confine the free
who pay the fee
to organize
locally
powerfully
seems to me
when two or three
touch and agree
prayerfully
on bended knee
totally
joyfully
vocally
demons flee
victory
notably
our history's
no mystery
Thinkin
Thinkin of a master plan
Nothin' but a pen
inside my hand
so I ...
commence this verse
to break the curse
of bad and worse
thoughts perverse
that coerce
us to disburse
move in reverse
let's immerse
not disperse
then converse
ideas diverse
schoolwork
homework
bookwork
patchwork
legwork
footwork
roadwork
fieldwork
casework
housework
clockwork
network
gamework
framework
teamwork
dreamwork
I work
You work
They work
We work.
This race will be won by those who endure the trenches, y'all.
So join me in the trenches, aiiight?
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).
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).
