please put your hands together and welcome rodney hampton. (applause) >> wow, this is amazing. i'm -- all day i've been like stoked, i've been amazed. i've been like geeked. i've been telling everyone, where did this come from? i really want to start off and like to start off with a phrase from isaiah chapter 49 verse 1. listen to me, [speaker not understood], you people from afar, the lord called me from the womb from the body of my mother. he made me. he made my mouth like a sharp sword. in the shadow of his hands he hid me. he made me a polished arrow. in his quivers he hid me away and he said to me, you are my servant. and as a servant for god, for my community, for my family, i'm honored to receive this award, this recognition. just as important, in our city work, our home, our community, we give so much, i know. we are a success together, as a team. in the fullest sense of the word, because not only we do manage to make it all work together, together we take care of business. we do it in style. we do it in world class. and we do it in grace. and i would like to thank dpw,