Rapping Dad Derek Clark is a viral video sensation who unleashes his creative and fun loving personality with his four children. Here is their latest sensation.
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My life is one of resilience and redemption. As a child I suffered unthinkable child abuse, abandonment and emotional distress before being turned over to the psychiatric hospital at age five. My 13 years in the San Francisco bay area foster care system reflected an early life of humiliation, aggression, emotional distress, overwhelming anxiety and being wrongfully labeled.
Eventually, with the help of loving foster parents who were both teachers and a fantastic social worker, I defied the artificial limitations imposed upon me. I know first-hand how to cope with adversity and overcoming hardship. My past has never held me back from accomplishing what I set his heart and mind to.
I have become a popular inspiring motivational speaker and the author of six books including the I Will Never Give Up book series, Disable the Label and Never Limit Your Life. My greatest role though is being a dad. My children are my greatest investment. I am passionate about passing generational blessings on to my kids instead of the generational curses that were passed onto me.
(Here are the lyrics to my song “Follow Your Dreams”)
I came into this world like a broken child, a missing puzzle piece looking for the smile.
My daddy was crazy, mom’s volatile, my life’s not perfect, I’ll delete the file
and everybody knows how the story goes, you’re laying on your back praying God please take my soul,
and life’s not fair for a while, gonna get back up and start walking the extra mile.
(Chorus) Follow your dreams, no one’s stopping you, you can do anything you want to do, be a rockstar,be a champion, it’s all about the heart, use your mind to envision
Tic Toc I hear the time’s passing by, it’s too early to say goodbye to my dreams and so I try.
Don’t like ads? Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad freeIt’s time to get up man, it’s time to get going, I don’t want to stay on the floor and act like I’m broken,
want to keep going and be the best that I can be, hopefully everyone in this world can all agree,
that my my time is ticking by and my dreams will slip away and I don’t want to make it halfway to the payday.
(Chorus) Follow your dreams, no one’s stopping you, you can do anything you want to do, be a rockstar,be a champion, it’s all about the heart, use your mind to envision I’m just a young kid full of dreams, I’m gonna rock that mic like a money making machine,
I’ll never give up, I’m a trier not a crier, I was born to be a winner, it’s my time to inspire,
and sometimes even I want to give up, I can tell you that your life gets better when you get unstuck,
this is your life, go and own it never let your past infect your future for a moment,
I’ve been bless 4 beautiful kids and a wife of 20 years, man, this is legit.
Man I made it through the pain the blood the tears, I kept my faith and let go of the fear.
(Chorus) Follow your dreams, no one’s stopping you, you can do anything you want to do, be a rockstar,be a champion, it’s all about the heart, use your mind to envision
You can find even more at www.IWillNeverGiveUp.com
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