We’re looking forward to introducing you to Lost Lyrics. Check out our conversation below.
Good morning Lost , we’re so happy to have you here with us and we’d love to explore your story and how you think about life and legacy and so much more. So let’s start with a question we often ask: What’s more important to you—intelligence, energy, or integrity?
Integrity by far. Integrity isn’t dependent on how you feel or how smart you are, rather where your foundation and/or moral compass relies on. Trust is a gift that should be handled carefully.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Yonas Berhe aka Lost Lyrics and I’m a Producer and Comedian. My brand mainly focuses on producing events, mostly comedy shows.
I started off with making satire skits of my upbringing and gained support and love from my Eritrean and Ethiopian Community due to how they related to them.
I’m focusing more on the stand up space and would love to branch out to acting after.
One thing I want to communicate to the people reading this is that the skits that I’ve created were never to intentionally make fun of my own parents, rather just express my experience in a joking manner.
Matter of fact, my father is probably the funniest person I know haha. No one can roast me better than him. But that’s how I know he loves me.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: Who taught you the most about work?
My father. His work ethic is unmatched. He held down 2 full time jobs and one part time job raising our family, played a leadership role in the Eritrean Community of Houston, and tutored kids for free in math to make sure they passed their exams.
He never took short cuts on his path and always wanted to double check everything was correct.
So when I got my degree, though I wasn’t interested in school, it was my gift to him, my way to honor him.
I can never repay him back but he instilled in me that anything is achievable and the way to last through generations is to be ethical and cross the Ts and dot the I’s.
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
Many times. When I received my first case at the age of 16, I was facing 2-10 years and I believed my future was done. Time went on and I flunked out of college, faced another case, lost 2 friends to mental health, eventually starting work at.a bar for $8 per hour, and took a chance and drove to LA from Houston and slept in my car for 4 months. I was really broke during the time I was sleeping in my car and times I slept hungry. Eventually I started using my pay-checks to eat fast food, became obese, and I was just depressed. I wanted to end it all when I was in LA, especially August 2019.
Their is more I can speak about, but I realized over time the longer you go the better it gets.
You don’t have to be the strongest, you just need to rely on the strongest, which is God.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What’s a cultural value you protect at all costs?
Showing up when times are rough. One thing I love about my community is that when funerals happen, the community spends days and nights with the grieving family.
It can look like financial support or staying at the grieving family house cooking cleaning etc.
And also just being present with the grieving family.
It’s a beautiful thing.
Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. When do you feel most at peace?
RnB and Hot Cheetos.
lol on a serious note, when I know I’m trying my best to please God.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lostlyrics96/?hl=en
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/y-berhe/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/yonasberhe1995
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostLyrics-96
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