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OneBeLo has performed around the world as a solo artist and a member of the legendary rap duo Binary Star, but his travels throughout different mindsets and communities have made even more of an impact. Throughout his life, Lo has also assumed the roles of star athlete, convicted felon, Christian, Muslim, and Egyptian resident—and all of these things are reflected in his music.
“When I talk about religion, sports, winning, losing, struggle, pain Read Full BioOneBeLo has performed around the world as a solo artist and a member of the legendary rap duo Binary Star, but his travels throughout different mindsets and communities have made even more of an impact. Throughout his life, Lo has also assumed the roles of star athlete, convicted felon, Christian, Muslim, and Egyptian resident—and all of these things are reflected in his music.
“When I talk about religion, sports, winning, losing, struggle, pain, prison, poverty, crime, women—these are the ingredients of OneBeLo, because those are my personalexperiences,” he explains. “I've been a straight-A student, I've been a knucklehead, I've been a heathen, I've been a Christian, I've been a Muslim, I've been a criminal, I've been in the belly of the beast, I've been to the Mecca, I've been to Europe. I've been to the top, I've been to the bottom. I'm talking about everything.”
Lo was adopted in Pontiac, Michigan, where his mother worked as a beautician and his stepfather worked at a plant. As a result, he developed appreciation for women, fashion, working with a variety of different people, discipline, and forgiveness. He busied himself with over a dozen different activities and attended church several times a week with his family. Life changed once his parents divorced when he was 14 years old. With lower supervision and more exposure to new things, he ran the streets with older kids until he went to prison days after his 18th birthday.
While in prison, OneBeLo read extensively and converted to Islam, after seeing it wasn't what he was told it was as a Christian child. He also formed the rap group Binary Star with his partner-in-crime Senim Silla. Despite domestic violence, murder and other drama out of his control happening back home, Lo handled his sentence without losing himself.
“When I went to prison, Allah gave me two and half years to get away from all that weed, all that pussy, and all those distractions,” Lo remembers. “I wasn't going to be like the cats in prison that come back when they're 35 years old. … I was behind bars, but I realized that the people in the streets were the ones locked up. My mind was free.”
Upon Lo’s release, Binary Star hit the ground running. On their self-released debut Waterworld, they teamed up with future staples like Elzhi, J.U.I.C.E., and Athletic Mic League to exercise creative concepts and deliver substantial messages. Lo formed a production team with Decompoze, who he had recorded with in high school. Binary Star quickly sold out of their initial 1,000 copies as the album was praised as an “instant classic.” Though Lo had intended to rhyme anonymously as a solo act to revert attention to the music, he was often addressed as OneManArmy because of a line he used in a song. He and Senim Silla would later go their separate ways, and Lo compiled his Subterraneous Records crew—which consisted of Malaki The Most High, Decompoze, Kodac, Magestik Legend, DJ Phrikshun and iLLite—in January 2000.
Lo added extra Senim Silla verses and new songs to a Waterworld re-release entitled Masters of the Universe, and continued to focus on touring with Subterraneous and recording several albums’ worth of new music. After showcasing his crew with Waterworld Too, he released Project F.E.T.U.S. as a planned prequel to his debut. The disc sold thousands of copies, and he would later complete his next project, S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.. He approached Fat Beats Records to press a single to help promote the album, and they gave him a different offer.
“They asked me to send them the song I was thinking about using for the single, and I was like, 'If they're doing the 12-inch, I'll let them pick the song.' So I just sent them the whole album,” Lo remembers. “They hit me back like, 'We don't want to do a 12-inch. We want to do the whole album.”
Lo signed with Fat Beats for distribution in 2003, and the label asked him to change his name from OneManArmy to avoid legal troubles with a similarly-named punk band. He changed his name to OneBeLo, since he had used that with F.E.T.U.S. He would later go to Saudi Arabia on Mecca, an Islamic tradition to find one's self. Meanwhile, Fat Beats pushed back S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. until 2005. The album was critically-acclaimed and sold about 12,000 copies within Lo's first few weeks on tour. Shortly afterward he would prepare S.T.I.L.L.B.O.R.N., a 27-track compilation of Lo's released and unreleased guest appearances over original new beats. With two projects in tow, Lo landed tours and major festivals, rocking 160 shows per year between 2005 and 2007.
Continuing his journey to chase the greater good, Lo moved his family to Egypt to expose them to a non-American perspective. Once he saw personnel changes at Fat Beats when he arrived back years later, he worked his way out of his deal and self-released The R.E.B.I.R.T.H.. Eager to collaborate with producers and use a different sound, Lo collaborated with beatmakers like Lab Techs, Jake One, Memo of the Molemen, and others. The album performed well, but Lo again wanted to change his approach. Rather than use his previous method of recording as many songs as possible and compiling what he thought were the best songs, he decided to sit down and focus on one piece of work.
That piece was entitled B.A.B.Y. (Being A Black Youth). Much of the album, which features the likes of Freeway, Phonte Coleman, Devin the Dude and others, was lost when thieves broke in and stole studio equipment. Additionally, the label he had signed with, MYX Music Label, dissolved before the record could drop. Lo stashed his latest sessions and began to work on his upcoming album, L.A.B.O.R. from scratch. The new project takes metaphorical inspiration from animals and occupations, jumpstarts a new Waterworld movement with the LABORhood, and lays the foundation to a crop of other conceptual records.
“With this project, I’m staying busy and developing my ideas. I’m going through the pains of L.A.B.O.R. before delivering this B.A.B.Y.,” Lo says. “Don’t let anyone stop you from creating your art.”
Despite L.A.B.O.R. being his fifth solo release, Lo is just getting started. With a continuous repertoire of new travels, new experiences and world events, OneBeLo will always have the music to reflect it.
“When I talk about religion, sports, winning, losing, struggle, pain Read Full BioOneBeLo has performed around the world as a solo artist and a member of the legendary rap duo Binary Star, but his travels throughout different mindsets and communities have made even more of an impact. Throughout his life, Lo has also assumed the roles of star athlete, convicted felon, Christian, Muslim, and Egyptian resident—and all of these things are reflected in his music.
“When I talk about religion, sports, winning, losing, struggle, pain, prison, poverty, crime, women—these are the ingredients of OneBeLo, because those are my personalexperiences,” he explains. “I've been a straight-A student, I've been a knucklehead, I've been a heathen, I've been a Christian, I've been a Muslim, I've been a criminal, I've been in the belly of the beast, I've been to the Mecca, I've been to Europe. I've been to the top, I've been to the bottom. I'm talking about everything.”
Lo was adopted in Pontiac, Michigan, where his mother worked as a beautician and his stepfather worked at a plant. As a result, he developed appreciation for women, fashion, working with a variety of different people, discipline, and forgiveness. He busied himself with over a dozen different activities and attended church several times a week with his family. Life changed once his parents divorced when he was 14 years old. With lower supervision and more exposure to new things, he ran the streets with older kids until he went to prison days after his 18th birthday.
While in prison, OneBeLo read extensively and converted to Islam, after seeing it wasn't what he was told it was as a Christian child. He also formed the rap group Binary Star with his partner-in-crime Senim Silla. Despite domestic violence, murder and other drama out of his control happening back home, Lo handled his sentence without losing himself.
“When I went to prison, Allah gave me two and half years to get away from all that weed, all that pussy, and all those distractions,” Lo remembers. “I wasn't going to be like the cats in prison that come back when they're 35 years old. … I was behind bars, but I realized that the people in the streets were the ones locked up. My mind was free.”
Upon Lo’s release, Binary Star hit the ground running. On their self-released debut Waterworld, they teamed up with future staples like Elzhi, J.U.I.C.E., and Athletic Mic League to exercise creative concepts and deliver substantial messages. Lo formed a production team with Decompoze, who he had recorded with in high school. Binary Star quickly sold out of their initial 1,000 copies as the album was praised as an “instant classic.” Though Lo had intended to rhyme anonymously as a solo act to revert attention to the music, he was often addressed as OneManArmy because of a line he used in a song. He and Senim Silla would later go their separate ways, and Lo compiled his Subterraneous Records crew—which consisted of Malaki The Most High, Decompoze, Kodac, Magestik Legend, DJ Phrikshun and iLLite—in January 2000.
Lo added extra Senim Silla verses and new songs to a Waterworld re-release entitled Masters of the Universe, and continued to focus on touring with Subterraneous and recording several albums’ worth of new music. After showcasing his crew with Waterworld Too, he released Project F.E.T.U.S. as a planned prequel to his debut. The disc sold thousands of copies, and he would later complete his next project, S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.. He approached Fat Beats Records to press a single to help promote the album, and they gave him a different offer.
“They asked me to send them the song I was thinking about using for the single, and I was like, 'If they're doing the 12-inch, I'll let them pick the song.' So I just sent them the whole album,” Lo remembers. “They hit me back like, 'We don't want to do a 12-inch. We want to do the whole album.”
Lo signed with Fat Beats for distribution in 2003, and the label asked him to change his name from OneManArmy to avoid legal troubles with a similarly-named punk band. He changed his name to OneBeLo, since he had used that with F.E.T.U.S. He would later go to Saudi Arabia on Mecca, an Islamic tradition to find one's self. Meanwhile, Fat Beats pushed back S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. until 2005. The album was critically-acclaimed and sold about 12,000 copies within Lo's first few weeks on tour. Shortly afterward he would prepare S.T.I.L.L.B.O.R.N., a 27-track compilation of Lo's released and unreleased guest appearances over original new beats. With two projects in tow, Lo landed tours and major festivals, rocking 160 shows per year between 2005 and 2007.
Continuing his journey to chase the greater good, Lo moved his family to Egypt to expose them to a non-American perspective. Once he saw personnel changes at Fat Beats when he arrived back years later, he worked his way out of his deal and self-released The R.E.B.I.R.T.H.. Eager to collaborate with producers and use a different sound, Lo collaborated with beatmakers like Lab Techs, Jake One, Memo of the Molemen, and others. The album performed well, but Lo again wanted to change his approach. Rather than use his previous method of recording as many songs as possible and compiling what he thought were the best songs, he decided to sit down and focus on one piece of work.
That piece was entitled B.A.B.Y. (Being A Black Youth). Much of the album, which features the likes of Freeway, Phonte Coleman, Devin the Dude and others, was lost when thieves broke in and stole studio equipment. Additionally, the label he had signed with, MYX Music Label, dissolved before the record could drop. Lo stashed his latest sessions and began to work on his upcoming album, L.A.B.O.R. from scratch. The new project takes metaphorical inspiration from animals and occupations, jumpstarts a new Waterworld movement with the LABORhood, and lays the foundation to a crop of other conceptual records.
“With this project, I’m staying busy and developing my ideas. I’m going through the pains of L.A.B.O.R. before delivering this B.A.B.Y.,” Lo says. “Don’t let anyone stop you from creating your art.”
Despite L.A.B.O.R. being his fifth solo release, Lo is just getting started. With a continuous repertoire of new travels, new experiences and world events, OneBeLo will always have the music to reflect it.
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Sleepwalking
by One Be Lo
We have lyrics for 'Sleepwalking' by these artists:
(This Wild Life acoustic cover)Bring me the Horizon My secrets are buried now From my heart and my bones…
04 Limited Sazabys my heart is empty again I'm sleeping alone but(the) night go…
120 Days In a trance, in a trance, I could dance this…
Al Stewart The stranger comes to town He is greeted like a prince…
American Minor As we get older, don't you know That this life it…
Ammonia Sleepwalking. Soul-searching. Means nothing, To find out …
Analog Sway Sleep walking through the party Just like everybody Your d…
Avantasia [Blackwell:] Wandering barefoot into nowhere Just another …
Ben Lee So glad you're coming I've nothing on my mind If I could…
Blindside Words so secure screaming like an alarm Are you trying to…
Bring Me the Horizon My secrets are buried now From my heart and my bones…
Cabaret Voltaire sleepwalking…
Canton Good night everybody I won't bother you tonight Street light…
Carina Dahl You hit me like a wrecking ball Yeah you're that obvious Tal…
Chain Gang Destiny turned her face Nightmares and violent shapes Stat…
Claw Boys Claw Does it want you in your hair? You may ask yourself…
Clinton Washington My secrets are burning a hole through my heart And my…
Corey Russell I want something real, something raw Not tainted, jaded by t…
Crüxshadows Life detaches much less loved a taste familiar but watere…
Daniel Cage Maybe I'm wrong, but it feels like I'm right The days…
Day One Symphony Passing over break of day Breaking away Conscience taking …
Deerhunter I'm not mad about anything You forced on me a hopeless…
Dream Command I must have had a nightmare Cos I'm not seeing straight Th…
Erin McCarley Turn the corner, too familiar Turn around into your past Oh …
Everything Is Made in China I was late, I was late, all roads were closed. Last…
Faker Defensive coaches, as you write here, did you notice the ro…
Gerry Rafferty Out on the street and the rain is fallin', I…
Golden Earring From the Albums: * To the hilt * 2nd Live Last night's …
Hybrid Somnambulistic while, remaining blameless, Encompassing sou…
Jascha Richter Right now is a perfect moment in time Tonight is a…
Jughead's Revenge Standing in the rain You're mad at me again Messages…
Kahimi Karie How funny to wake up in my bare feet In…
Kittie Watching me fall Into the flames Of a broken soul tonight …
Lissie I woke up at the foot of my bed With my…
Los Stellarians Sleepwalking Walking all over the world Trying to find someo…
Lovett Lyle Last night you know I couldn't sleep I was tossing, turning,…
Magnum Lost in the shadows, Rain clouds all day, There's a ghost …
Maria Lawson You see them on the corner in the morning Barely…
Mariachi El Bronx Electrify the night Follow the moon Islands don't dream O…
Martin Luther McCoy You and me, sweet sixteen, sitting on another priceless drea…
McCarley Erin Turn the corner, too familiar Turn around into your past Oh …
Memphis May Fire The city hides the secrets of the liars in the…
Mike Felumlee These days are cold, these nights are long, this light's…
Modest Mouse I fell in love and I needed a road map To…
Moses Gunn Collective I can't get to sleep I forget what I want I can't…
My Jerusalem theres danger in conversation i think the neighbors are list…
New Model Army New Model Army Living In The Rose Ep Sleepwalking (Instrum…
Novice The air is freezing The cold weather's coming My favorite …
Ocean Alley Static on the Tv I'm burning cigarettes, oh why Smoky ceilin…
Pas/Hati Present: P.H.A.S.T.I. I hid the keys to unlock love's heart To hold you…
Photek Three months is a long time if you don' t…
Queen Adreena Trippy little Popsicle cod, Did I get it quite right? Brok…
Radical Face I fell asleep in the chair by the fireplace And I…
Rafferty Gerry Out on the street and the rain is fallin', I…
Raveonettes The Think you look good today Pretty in black you got it…
Scratching Post Something awful is coming here I've seen it read I've seen…
Seven Mary Three I awoke in a sinking Manhattan. I played in drunken cathedr…
Smoke or Fire We're just sitting here waiting for the end of the…
Tear Talk I had hidden the knife into the desk. It was for…
The Automatic Nineteen years gone away, the kids have grown up These trai…
The Birthday Massacre Wait dear, The time is getting late here, I'm all washed u…
The Chain Gang 1974 Destiny turned her face Nightmares and violent shapes Stat…
The Cruxshadows Life detaches much less loved a taste familiar but watere…
The Raveonettes Think you look good today Pretty in black you got it…
The Shadow Theory "Last night I heard you Opening doors and rattling chains,…
The Sly Caps It's tuesday morning 2 a.m. Walking around outside my ho…
THE SPECTACLE I have been walking in my sleep and only now I…
TheBirthdayMassacre Wait dear, The time is getting late here, I'm all washed u…
The Chain Gang Of 1974 Destiny turned her face Nightmares and violent shapes Stat…
wait4april I was at an all time low, the night you…
░The Birthday Massacre░ Wait dear, The time is getting late here, I'm all washed u…
We have lyrics for these tracks by One Be Lo:
Anybody [Intro One.Be.Lo] {*Beatboxing*} Aight, I'm ready How y'al…
Axis {*"Man it's a trip"*} {*"Man it's a trip"*} (turn) {*"Man it…
Deceptacons [Chorus] Some things change, some things stay the same Feeli…
Hip Hop Heaven Yo, yo, last night it was dead I feel asleep early,…
Oggie [OneBeLo] This is dedicated to the third George, aiyyo I mi…
Propaganda [Chorus] Who got the props? Who got the props? Magazines a…
The Future [Female] What are you thinkin about right now? [Verse 1 -…
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Help us build the world's largest lyrics collection by contributing lyrics in the comments below.
by One Be Lo
We have lyrics for 'Sleepwalking' by these artists:
(This Wild Life acoustic cover)Bring me the Horizon My secrets are buried now From my heart and my bones…
04 Limited Sazabys my heart is empty again I'm sleeping alone but(the) night go…
120 Days In a trance, in a trance, I could dance this…
Al Stewart The stranger comes to town He is greeted like a prince…
American Minor As we get older, don't you know That this life it…
Ammonia Sleepwalking. Soul-searching. Means nothing, To find out …
Analog Sway Sleep walking through the party Just like everybody Your d…
Avantasia [Blackwell:] Wandering barefoot into nowhere Just another …
Ben Lee So glad you're coming I've nothing on my mind If I could…
Blindside Words so secure screaming like an alarm Are you trying to…
Bring Me the Horizon My secrets are buried now From my heart and my bones…
Cabaret Voltaire sleepwalking…
Canton Good night everybody I won't bother you tonight Street light…
Carina Dahl You hit me like a wrecking ball Yeah you're that obvious Tal…
Chain Gang Destiny turned her face Nightmares and violent shapes Stat…
Claw Boys Claw Does it want you in your hair? You may ask yourself…
Clinton Washington My secrets are burning a hole through my heart And my…
Corey Russell I want something real, something raw Not tainted, jaded by t…
Crüxshadows Life detaches much less loved a taste familiar but watere…
Daniel Cage Maybe I'm wrong, but it feels like I'm right The days…
Day One Symphony Passing over break of day Breaking away Conscience taking …
Deerhunter I'm not mad about anything You forced on me a hopeless…
Dream Command I must have had a nightmare Cos I'm not seeing straight Th…
Erin McCarley Turn the corner, too familiar Turn around into your past Oh …
Everything Is Made in China I was late, I was late, all roads were closed. Last…
Faker Defensive coaches, as you write here, did you notice the ro…
Gerry Rafferty Out on the street and the rain is fallin', I…
Golden Earring From the Albums: * To the hilt * 2nd Live Last night's …
Hybrid Somnambulistic while, remaining blameless, Encompassing sou…
Jascha Richter Right now is a perfect moment in time Tonight is a…
Jughead's Revenge Standing in the rain You're mad at me again Messages…
Kahimi Karie How funny to wake up in my bare feet In…
Kittie Watching me fall Into the flames Of a broken soul tonight …
Lissie I woke up at the foot of my bed With my…
Los Stellarians Sleepwalking Walking all over the world Trying to find someo…
Lovett Lyle Last night you know I couldn't sleep I was tossing, turning,…
Magnum Lost in the shadows, Rain clouds all day, There's a ghost …
Maria Lawson You see them on the corner in the morning Barely…
Mariachi El Bronx Electrify the night Follow the moon Islands don't dream O…
Martin Luther McCoy You and me, sweet sixteen, sitting on another priceless drea…
McCarley Erin Turn the corner, too familiar Turn around into your past Oh …
Memphis May Fire The city hides the secrets of the liars in the…
Mike Felumlee These days are cold, these nights are long, this light's…
Modest Mouse I fell in love and I needed a road map To…
Moses Gunn Collective I can't get to sleep I forget what I want I can't…
My Jerusalem theres danger in conversation i think the neighbors are list…
New Model Army New Model Army Living In The Rose Ep Sleepwalking (Instrum…
Novice The air is freezing The cold weather's coming My favorite …
Ocean Alley Static on the Tv I'm burning cigarettes, oh why Smoky ceilin…
Pas/Hati Present: P.H.A.S.T.I. I hid the keys to unlock love's heart To hold you…
Photek Three months is a long time if you don' t…
Queen Adreena Trippy little Popsicle cod, Did I get it quite right? Brok…
Radical Face I fell asleep in the chair by the fireplace And I…
Rafferty Gerry Out on the street and the rain is fallin', I…
Raveonettes The Think you look good today Pretty in black you got it…
Scratching Post Something awful is coming here I've seen it read I've seen…
Seven Mary Three I awoke in a sinking Manhattan. I played in drunken cathedr…
Smoke or Fire We're just sitting here waiting for the end of the…
Tear Talk I had hidden the knife into the desk. It was for…
The Automatic Nineteen years gone away, the kids have grown up These trai…
The Birthday Massacre Wait dear, The time is getting late here, I'm all washed u…
The Chain Gang 1974 Destiny turned her face Nightmares and violent shapes Stat…
The Cruxshadows Life detaches much less loved a taste familiar but watere…
The Raveonettes Think you look good today Pretty in black you got it…
The Shadow Theory "Last night I heard you Opening doors and rattling chains,…
The Sly Caps It's tuesday morning 2 a.m. Walking around outside my ho…
THE SPECTACLE I have been walking in my sleep and only now I…
TheBirthdayMassacre Wait dear, The time is getting late here, I'm all washed u…
The Chain Gang Of 1974 Destiny turned her face Nightmares and violent shapes Stat…
wait4april I was at an all time low, the night you…
░The Birthday Massacre░ Wait dear, The time is getting late here, I'm all washed u…
We have lyrics for these tracks by One Be Lo:
Anybody [Intro One.Be.Lo] {*Beatboxing*} Aight, I'm ready How y'al…
Axis {*"Man it's a trip"*} {*"Man it's a trip"*} (turn) {*"Man it…
Deceptacons [Chorus] Some things change, some things stay the same Feeli…
Hip Hop Heaven Yo, yo, last night it was dead I feel asleep early,…
Oggie [OneBeLo] This is dedicated to the third George, aiyyo I mi…
Propaganda [Chorus] Who got the props? Who got the props? Magazines a…
The Future [Female] What are you thinkin about right now? [Verse 1 -…
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