John Jackson, Jr. was the Guest of Honor as the NAIOP Person of the Year on October 10, 2018. The evening included several videos and presentations along with a Fireside Chat. One of the videos was a music video created about John called “Drop by Drop”. (View full screen on YouTube)

“Drop by Drop”
A Better World To Be

Performed by Madeleine Delisle
Music & Lyrics by Alan Koshiyama

There are those who build on sand
With facades of glass and wonder
But when it rains, the magic fades
And it’s clearly plain to see

That those who build on sand
Are here today and gone tomorrow
Let him who builds with righteous hands
Make a better world for me

Drop by drop
Let fountains of blessing fall on me
When those who make for all to see
A better world for you and me

Drop by Drop
Streams of joyful jubilee
Covers all who see the one who dreams
And builds what he believes…
A better world to be

A hod and mortar boy
With dreams of big tomorrows
Laid the cornerstone with warehouse droves
As he cast his dreams to be

And now 40 years and crusin’
Cadillac Drive intensity
He’s at the wheel, honors each deal
With clear integrity

Drop by drop
Let fountains of blessing fall on me
When those who make for all to see
A better world for you and me

Drop by Drop
Streams of joyful jubilee
Covers all who see the world be built today

Now when the storms of life rush in
Like blazing hurricanes of fire
I’ll look to him, beside the olive tree

And I’ll see that he’s still building
To last for all eternity
A world that knows, its love that holds
His better world to be

Drop by drop
Fountains of blessing fall on me
When those who make for all to see
A better world for you and me

Drop by Drop
Streams of joyful jubilee
Covers all who see the one who dreams
And builds what he believes…

A better world to be