Dear Hannah: LEarning (Letters To My Daughter (A One-Man Show))

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By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)

 

Dear Hannah,

My name is Derrick.

My name means "leader of his people".

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.

Everything must change - and stay changED.

Tradition begins and ends with change.

Change begins with me and the renewing of my mind.

I teach students - not subjects.

This a "loaded" statement (lots of layers).

Let me unpack it.

When the student is ready, the teacher will teach.

I have taught many lessons before the students showed up.

See - you're not ready until you're ready to get ready.

Then if you stay ready, y'all, you won't have to get ready.

*Subjects* are not just the courses we study in school.

"Subjects" also refers to the way most of us are *treated* in school.

We are greater than "less than".

But we are often treated like "less than".

We often treat each other as "less than".

As a teacher, I am often treated as "less than" (by students and adults).

And still I rise.

Let's take a trip, folks.

Let's journey to the temple of my familiar.

A world where I am free to be all of me in liberty.

That kind of freedom ain't free.

But victory is for me ... I qualify.

And I believe.

 

I put this show together to share that belief.

Love,

Daddy

 

 

U Can't C Me (A One-Man Show)

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1. A Tree That Harvests Good Fruit (Delivered at Blondell McCoy Brown's Homegoing) (Dropbox)
2. Purpose Is More Important Than Ambition (Derrick Brown Performs THE TRILOGY (UCSM, SYG, GRASPP) Live) 
3. U Can't C Me (Dropbox)
   
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17. [$$] LEarning (Joy)
18. [$$] LEarning (Cast (Caste) (AKA The Show Must Go On))
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24. [$$] LEarning (Reconciliation (Not Done Yet))
25. [$$] LEarning (Hang In There (See It Through, See Through It)) 
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27. [$$] LEarning (Sing A Song (Rhyme-In-Time Demo))

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Hannah: Purpose Is More Important Than Ambition (Derrick Brown Performs THE TRILOGY (UCSM, SYG, GRASPP) Live) (1-13-2019)

 By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)

 

Dear Hannah,

Purpose is more important than ambition.

The ambitious want to "be somebody".

The purposeful want to "help somebody".

Walking in ambition may cause your efforts to be seen, applauded, and even rewarded - but may compromise your ultimate purpose.

Walking in purpose may cause your efforts to go largely unrecognized and underappreciated, but may propel many others forward in their purpose.

The results of your efforts will be well worth it - even if you do not reap direct rewards.

God will bless your efforts and increase you.

Be someone who helps.

Love,

Daddy

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U Can't C Me (Ode To The Invisible)

(First Published November 2012)

My life is but an instrument

Singing songs in many keys

Wisdom earned through lessons learned

From mistakes of several degrees

Do not mistake activity for achievement

Arriving on time means you're late

To be on time arrive early

Fall seven times - get up eight

One time is an accident

Two times is a trend

Three times might be a problem

But forgiveness is your friend

The race is not to the swift

But to the ones who maintain

So stay aligned on your grind

And stay in your own lane

Keep it slow and steady

That's it - nice and smoove

Always do your homework

Believe that God will approve

Every moment matters

You had better realize

Then you can quickly respond

To opportunities that you recognize

Don't despise the small tasks

Pursue them diligently

For passion and purpose are discovered

Through acts of ministry

Keep a pad and paper

And a nearby pen of ink

Write your visions plainly

Make time to pray and think

Don't believe the hype

Avoid the glittery and bejeweled

When we think with our eyes

We are often easily fooled

All money ain't good money

Sometimes less is more

Make a living through your giving

Learn to turn two into four

Your fear is your only courage

Be scared to disobey

Be scared to rock that boat

But sometimes rock it anyway

Know how to keep your quiet

Until it's time to say

If your heart ain't feelin' right

Then say it another day

Freedom of speech

Means come correct

Be quick to listen

Be quicker to respect

Be slow to speak

Even slower to get twisted

Meek ain't weak

Self-control beats double-fisted

The only thing to know

Is that you don't know squat

Nobody cares what you know

If they think you care not

So pick your spot

Practice - don't preach

When the student is ready

The teacher will teach

If faced with a fool

Proverbs 26 - verses 5 and 4

Sometimes you can let it go

Sometimes you gotta let em know

Train your child with loving instruction

Encourage growth, but discourage rambunction

Know you are equal in essence

But very different in function

No good deed goes unrewarded

But the payoff is seldom immediate

Dreams manifest at God's appointed time

Though it tarries, wait for it

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