Derek Lassiter's lyrics & chords

“My favorite forms of expression are music, photography, and poetry. But I suppose you could say that music is my first ‘love’.” As a vocalist/musician Derek Lassiter’s power is in his ability to render the subject he’s writing about as cleanly as possible. For him, God isn’t in the details but in simplicity. Lassiter bravely steps from behind the false front and in doing so reveals the sobering truth about his life. In this sense he is a poet’s musician. Born in the South Bronx, Derek Lassiter spent the first eleven years of...read more