old and I’m a rapper
yes as a profession that most kids dream
of I was born and raised in the grimy
and gangsters streets of you guessed it
Oh Blake became the mecca for young
talented minds trying to break into the
rap game grabs me now for about two to
three years give or take a few months
and while it’s been a great experience
has definitely been interesting to say
the least
over the last two or three years I’ve
worked to build a movement by the name
of right and I know what you’re thinking
and no it’s not that type of right I’m
blowing up buildings I’m not starting
fires flipping over cars looting unless
it’s a shoe store I might get some free
shoes one time that’s not what I want to
do all I wanted to do was make a
movement that can inspire and motivate
kids with positive information and I
thought was build that I thought was
fresh that adults could do too and
something that wouldn’t be labeled as
corny hits Wright was born my definition
of right stands for realized is our time
the dictionary definition of rice says
is a disturbance of the peace about
three or four more persons assembled
together acting under a
intent or go I believe that this
definition in my definition combines
perfectly embodied when I arrived is
also referred to as which is which is an
occasion of boisterous merriment I
absolutely believe that when people
realize that their time they truly can
become unstoppable
what does the world look like with
everyone following their passions
knowing their purpose and inspiring
others to do the same I currently don’t
know but I am willing to find out
so today this 28 year old drummer
turned rapper producer will properly
teach you how to ride in hopes that you
would teach others and she said I love
words that start with the letter P just
the name of you you got passion peace
positivity power patience progression
purpose my favorite one needs is passion
and purpose which brings me to the first
step in learning how to realize is your
time and that is realizing your pensions
parentheses P work ultimately to find
your purpose passion a strong and barely
controllable emotion purpose simply the
reason why something exists I believe
that everybody in this room is
passionate about something and wants to
find that purpose in life raise your
hands you agree you didn’t raise your
hand get your life together
if you’re one of the few people who are
living your purpose right now great keep
going it’s rare teach anybody else how
to do if you are like most of us and
your
you’re still wrong you’re still working
to find your purpose good news is still
very possible you can start right now
another could be work it’s still very
possible you can start right now
I believe that knowing and operating in
your passions will ultimately lead you
to finding your purpose you hear this a
lot you hear this question that’s a lot
what is the one thing that she would do
for free the thing that you would do
that nobody would have to pay you for I
asked myself this question and I began
to discover my passions yes
plural another good keyword because
don’t limit yourself you can have more
than one for me growing up I’ve always
loved music play drugs since I was 2
years old so I could rap now play beats
listen to songs and sit in my room and
working music all day every day
ever since then I discovered that I have
many more passions like learning
I love learning teaching skating
yo-yoing I’m professional yo you’re
Duncan yes
and you guess it rapping I discovered
rapping back in high school with my
friends Jory and Jose we probably in the
width bump in the low flip and I go it’d
be my turn and I’ll be like yo I’m gonna
back it a wig take it over that little
flip looking extra fresh with big nose
and lips somebody called the doctor
doctor beats I’ll sit flamin hot on you
suckers like shingles chips woo that’s
an alibi gun whoa you know
that’s a great line a wonderful line oh
man I’m kidding I didn’t I didn’t blow I
didn’t I’m famous but you know so make a
list find your passions make a list
write them down it’s the artist tip
because you will forget you’ll forget
make a list write things down
some people might know exactly what they
want to do some people have no idea
others have so many ideas that they just
get overwhelmed and never actually get
anything done I say try everything
eventually you’ll find the one two or
three things that you would do for free
that nobody would have to pay you for
play To Your Strengths and we think was
people have said before that YouTube and
Google existence you can figure out how
to do anything online no excuses be
about that action overcome your fears
step two step one and learning how to
write completely can I be honest with
you guys real quick I was real infeed
about becoming a rapper right I’m 28
which is kind of old in the rap game I’m
a guy and I’m a black dude and you can
laugh at that cuz that’s funny because a
lot of black people rap nowadays you
know like
like you couldn’t pick something else
you know like but you know what I
realized it was one of my passions and
that I had words that people needed to
hear and you know what that trumps fear
any day so the second step in learning
how to realize it’s your time is face
your fears facing your fears is one of
the easiest and most difficult things
you have to do for the rest of your life
isn’t it amazing how you and I can think
of a hundred to a thousands of reasons
why you can’t do something when most of
the time the simple answer is like Nike
just do rap rock out bars I’m doing it
it won’t be easy but in the long run
that will pay off God put the mom game
and I promise you that a hard work part
will never leave you either deal with
the hard work now or you deal with the
later for me I was a drummer I played
drums my whole life I toured as a
drummer I have the symbol endorsements
have the drum response if you had a
German Rock opened up and played drums
for everybody from BJ Thomas to Dru Hill
and that was wonderful but now I want to
be a rapper in there front of keys and
positively positively impact like some
of the most mean this generation I’ve
ever seen so the rapper you know like
man
now there’s no drums in front of me
there’s nothing just look down the
steroids just me and you like even
though I just got this cute right here
another thing about rapping I hate my
boys here my boys I kind of sound girl
you know I’m from Olathe
I’m from Johnson County the birds you
know top rope rock that’s not gangster I
give you a rapper with a high vis booty
you know but here I am and then this TED
talk last year at our turn I had the
pleasure of performing and I just got
good at rapping really like oh they
invited me back here today I was like
yeah rap and she’s like how about you do
it talk I mean what I must say I just
got good at rapping you know but I’m
here and I made even this week there is
a few times like man I don’t know how
I’m gonna remember all that stuff I I
just know what I do sometimes but I
overcame those fears so if I can do it
I say this a lot believe in yourself
plus the drop zone that’s my price plus
Bob don’t remember them believe in
yourself
plus pop something I learned this cult
is what I live by linnaeus says this in
life there are no losses only lessons
you win or you learn you have to learn
to be positive in all aspects of your
life you have to learn to push past
doubts fears and people are trying to
encourage you not to do what it is that
your little aka haters how many you got
haters version if you don’t have haters
that means you’re not going some privacy
people are hating on you that means
you’re doing something worth hating them
I heard this quote this the fact that
she said it says that your brain only
gives you five seconds to do something
before it processes the fears attached
to that something that’s not a lot of
time so make it happen overcome those
fears be about that action step two and
realizing it’s your time completely so
the funniest thing about time though is
that time waits for no one
in fact even when you choose
move time keeps going on so the third
step in learning how to write might be
the most important and that is make the
most of your tongue
more specifically make the most of every
opportunity that you have been given a
lot of us just wait we have ideas that
we wait and wait and wait for that right
time to do it what we thought up but
then you know what happens is you see
somebody else or not or something and
you like I just thought of them and
nothing how you’re killing yeah her just
doing exactly show ideas make it happy
like man if I would’ve just did it not
only distantly came then and you is that
they decided to act on my channels me
two years ago two to three years ago I
was a cable guy climbing up poles
bladders instant was real scared was a
lot of work and I always know pursue
music full-time was my thing I always
knew I was supposed to do this but I was
waiting for the right time you know
everyone waits for the right time pull
all the stars we’re gonna mind
everything is gonna happen it’s not a
good luck this is Nick Duncan quit your
job and become a rapper yes but that
never happened it never came
it turns out I wasn’t a good cable guy I
ended up wrecking my van you know I
stepped through a couple groups in the
real home so if you really think about
what that is like yeah I stepped a hole
in somebody’s room it’s like hey
so you can imagine I took some long
lunches – I was hungry I got lost a few
times so no GPS wasn’t working my phone
that was expected but you can imagine
after that the person like that
you were probably fired so they fired me
so the first few days I was scared y’all
was like man what am I gonna do what am
I gonna do but you know what I said I
thought my passion is I’m gonna face my
fear it’s not make the most of the
opportunity so what I did is I called
every musician and artist in my phone
and I books get that week and for a year
now I’ve been in a full-time position
no cable drive making money doing what
it is that I love what could I have done
had I’d made this decision two years
earlier how much more time to have got
back how I got back those 40 hours a
week but I learned that you can’t change
the past and you can’t dictate the
future but what me and you can do right
now it’s changed what we’re doing right
now I would like to say I learned this
lesson for the both of us the perfect
time will never ever ever ever come
never choose to move right men choose to
make your opportunities happen right now
you do that you have way there
step 3 and learning how to write
completely before the final point this
is I’m always on Facebook Instagram
Google YouTube Netflix Hulu watching dr.
minis all that just trying to get a
spark because I want in order to inspire
people you have to first inspire
yourself so the last step in learning
how to
your tongue is aspire to inspire I’ll
finish by telling the story I had I had
the pleasure of being a camp counselor
at an inner-city program this summer for
the the bad class you could say 11 to 12
girls mind I had no experience being a
counselor kids I’m just a guy trying to
you know do something positive in the
community and so the first day I meet 27
kids and I’ve never had before no
experience we go on a field trip right
I’m like whoa 27 kids on a field trip
but they say mr. Duncan that’s what they
call me
mr. Duncan what is it that you do and
here’s that question again I’m already
there like if you rap mr. Duncan why
don’t you rap for us I did this if they
ask why are you doing this you don’t
know what this you pretty nice on them
drums but this rap is foolishness they
say why are you pursuing this telling us
what I got to do we’ve got a speech then
you got move and it made me not
stoppable think impossible possible
I’m Jordan in the final seconds Russell
throw as I step up on this soapbox and a
little yard it’s message is passion
peace positivity power paces that
progression whoa it’s time to wake up
and cried you speak out my kids quit
being a silent you need some help my
movement dr. Tyler Burnett that is my
name I’m ordinary God doing
extraordinary things I got a lot to say
a lot to prove it needs a lot of
changing or time to lose this one up
here y’all doing what it is that I do
that for you you you you Oh mr. Duggan
is licked they love me so I learned that
actually these kids weren’t bad at all
they just needed somebody they believe
somebody they trusted somebody who was
there for them and today solidified my
dream of like now I know what I want to
do Oh
impact kids with my music and then three
weeks later I got the call to do a TEDx
youth crazy how life works you don’t
remember anything from Debra Burnett
remember to be yourself it’s the most
unique thing about you three years ago
was the German cable guy now I’ve had
the pleasure to open for if you know any
of these names make some noise
I’ve had the three years ago drop the
cable got rapper I had the pleasure to
open for Vince staples Rory the Internet
okay for my old school pants George
Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic price
that was two times and this is what I
really gets good coochie-man is not even
a whole race sure it is I don’t even
know a little movie burden playboy cardi
super duper Kyle is goes home my name is
Duncan Burnett I’m a rapper from Olathe
Kansas I hope that you realize the short
song because I realized it was mine that
together we can realize it’s our time
follow me on instagram at the name is duncan cuz i’m a rapper i need you