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Do Re Mi Queen So La Ti Fa

from Songs of Songs by One Be Lo

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This is another poem that I wrote to honor the women in my life who inspired me in one way or another. This is, taken from my forthcoming bio, Placenta. Her name is Sister McCall, but to keep her remaining anonymous, I call her Sister WhatchaMcCallit.

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You don't need tracks
To train

You don't need a studio

Do-Ra-Mi-Fa
So-La-Ti-Do

Vocal cords can plug into any space

Hide in the corners like BASS!

“How low can you go?”


In kid zone,

not even baritone

Maybe alto

Sister whatchaMcCaller was more than the choir teacher

She was married to the preacher

A singer

Do-Ra-Mi Queen

So La-Ti-Fah

She ‘set it off’ in church service worship

the ‘First Lady’ voice was perfect

She didn't play the piano in churches, but she played at our school concerts and rehearsals


She was the first real music person

That I knew in person

A Madonna closer to Virgin than industry version

I played with her sons, they treated me like cuz'

I was the only one in school choir who knew who she was

On a scale of 1 to 8

She coulda been a tenor

Or a Soprano bread winner

She was the truth though
even in falsetto

That was the ‘Nature of a sistah’

Diva Queen

Singing my life with her song

Strumming away with her fingers


My ‘Ladies First’ music teacher

Do-Ra-Mi Queen

So La-Ti-Fah

Sister whatchaMcCaller

credits

from Songs of Songs, released November 7, 2022
Poem written by One Be Lo

Choir Sample - This. Idle school Choir record that I had in my stash.

Beat/Production - Reese Maryum

Painting - Naim ibn Nahshid

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One Be Lo Pontiac, Michigan

One Be Lo is a HipHop writer/emcee/producer from Pontiac Michigan, currently living in Cairo, Egypt.

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