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SPLIT DECISION

by LHA (Leehahn & Adikkal)

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1.
Rise Up 02:58
From the beats, to the streets to each and everyone that's come for fun we're here outta nowhere appeared to a cheer from our peers cos they like what they hear from the far to near the bass drum in their ear to the hats and the sax, the raps, catch the flow sharper than an axe, the reaction whoa, your synapses snap and explode what a crack to the bones a ZAP to attack your soul Rise Up All of those that keep hating Keep waiting, keep suffering from de-motivation Rise Up This goes to those who know that We can’t be held back Rise Up We got the vision to lead, We’ve got the will to achieve our dreams Rise Up We keep our heads high and we rise I feel the vibe building from the women and children from the floor to the ceiling avoid those who bring you down cos they act like a ball and chain to contain, instead of trying to improve they just bitch and complain thats why they remain the same and don't change cos they can't break out of the frame their life so mundane as they cast blame to explain how they became so set in their ways Rise Up All of those that keep hating Keep waiting, keep suffering from de-motivation Rise Up This goes to those who know that We can’t be held back Rise Up We got the vision to lead, We’ve got the will to achieve our dreams Rise Up We keep our heads high and we rise Fallin, we've all been there before, and i'm calllin out cos I need some help a post mortem of the fall to outline the root cause to ensure I don't ignore the law of gravity anymore what goes up, must come down and i'm taking a parachute the next time round the end ain't always the end more an opportunity to start over again
2.
ll i ever seem to feel is frustration
 adjacent to the dream that i'm chasing
 facing the fact that i'm not that dope 
self doubt, selling out, trading in my hope
 for negative mindsets, the mic gets trashed
 and I get smashed, forget to write tracks 
my raps don't catch, the mic gets axed 
next time maybe I should focus on the cash 
procrastinate and become a hater
 make up excuses why I am a failure 
all of the time I said i'd do it later
I should've been in touch with the main motivator 
wait a minute, fates a litte bit of a bitch
 but which situation would you currently switch?
 pick up the pieces i've thrown away
 sitting at home on my own today 
is as good a time as any to get it back together
 stop reacting, instead start planning my actions 
my passion is music, so it's about fucking time I used it 
the truth is, dedication is fleeting
 and often I feel like i'm under achieving
 competing in the bogus hocus pocus about who's the dopest
 then I remember that I wrote this and my hope is reignited
 cos I might just have the fight inside I idolised
 revitalised, I decide to write a rhyme
 inspired by the idea that my ears might clear
 and the rhythm right here might make the crowd cheer

 this is your life, 
it's my life 
so live it now, 
this is your life, 
you only get one life 
so step into the spotlight
 
I sit listenin, still driftin, siftin 
still on a mission to deliver my vision
 but i'm blind, need a guide to wake me
 break me from the shackles, shake me up
t ake me on a ride to get the ball rollin'
 cos the fire inside has been stolen 
now i'm pedalling this cycle of self denial
 the more I keep riding the more I get tired
 up uninspired, somebody tell me why, 
is it because I ain't done *** with my life? 
a wise man heard this, he said "the purpose of life is a life of purpose"
and I thought 'maybe that's why I felt worthless'
i'd make it work if i persevered
through the fear and the apathy
 now i've got a strategy to reach in the cavity, break out of the gravity
 that'll be the day that I deliver on my dreams 
now free to be what I always wanted to be 
dismissing the resistance and shifting positions
 now i'm in the mix it's just a matter of persistence
 I know i'll go the distance,
 driven by the wisdom of those who are with this
t his is the path for greatness to grow
 the dizzying highs to the perilous lows 
you only get one shot at living and greatness ain't given 
on a platter, as a matter of fact
 you gotta shatter the barriers that are holding you back 
i've got a plan of attack
 and this track is a testament to that
 

this is your life, 
it's my life
 so live it now,
this is your life, 
you only get one life
 so step into the spotlight
3.
we first met in a work context i’d flirt and her breasts had me thinking of sex but I’ve got to keep it cool, play it professional so I don’t come off as a fool how do I mix this tuition with flirty intermissions? I gotta listen to my intuition But I’m leaving soon, I make it obvious I’m leaving the room I see she’s making moves so I walk real slow To the elevator make a move and then go “What you doing this afternoon? I’m thinking me and you
goto the beach and drink brew” who would have thought she’d be with it? In a minute we’d visit my side of town Sit down chill out, What an unexpected way, to end my day I plant a kiss on her lips and say You are like the star that shines The next time, like a copy of the first time Except by now, I know we’re bout to get down I can feel it when we kiss with the lock of the lips The electricity hits and it’s hard to resist The next day,I cruise by her work place Creep away for some loving on a lunch break We met by the harbour, nothing I’d rather do than be in the sunshine with you the kissing and hugging has got me bugging so much I’m feeling the rush every time that we touch It’s not enough I want more But for now it’s back to my job How can I focus on spreadsheets When all I’m thinking bout is getting her in my bedsheets Like “ooo so sexy”, She sent one text which led to the next, The sort of sex I could never forget You are like the star that shines One two three four five I lost count Of the times we got down, times we hung out From beer to win to getting high and getting food To you and me putting together a BBQ It is what it is and I’m enjoying each day Cos I know some day you gonna up and fly away You’re leaving soon, but now I think I’m needing you But this embrace has a time and a place And it makes me happy but I ain’t gonna chase Put my hand on your waist And brush the hair off your face Like you’re my girl and I may just leave it all up to fate I said I wasn’t ready for another relationship But you and me connect there’s no escaping it Pull me out of my head and into you As you think about the crazy things we do You are like the star that shines
4.
situation at hand as we land at my predicament it’s something that I learned a lot from but now I’m sick of it ridiculous the way that I was played and turned time passed by but the fire still burned but as it flickered, I gradually started to figure became bitter at the thought that she didn’t consider the needs of another, maybe she did but the self centre nature creates a real big beautiful hole it’s what I call this mould of feelings, together forever but the exteriors peeling dealin with issues like this on the regular she knows it herself and I’ve said it in front of her face the reaction? Acceptance. At least she’s aware how the insecure knew a way to get me over there Don’t look back, Don’t be afraid to step up I was lost and longing hanging onto a thread A cacophony of sounds swirled around in my head All the while I endured a method of madness See-sawing in between the happiness and sadness I had this feeling, what was it she was stealing? Half of my heart had heaved and I was reeling Ready. To take my heart back I was steady Then it came apart like a cracker of confetti Infatuation had me waiting so long To say that I was strung along wouldn’t be wrong So many songs on the way I was feeling Page after page just replaying the feelings Dealing with the same ***, the lame *** Make me rack my brain *** The pleasure and the pain flowin in the same with the love It’s a shame that I couldn’t rise above Don’t look back, Don’t be afraid to step up It’s a new world, I got a new girl And I’m happily travelling with the speed of a javelin The process of the hopeless best left to the young When did under the wing become under the thumb? The sun sets on those days and I feel like all the lines that I wrote when my throat was choked so devoid of hope, when all I did was mope should be made into a track for you people to play and if you can relate to what I say I hope you ain getting played in the same way Shameful maybe now paraded plainly It’s part of what made me who I am today
5.
Come on float with a note that spoke to me Like the rhythm that I’m hearing in the rustle of the leaves It’s a breeze that sweeps through my soul Clear out the doubts that hold back my goals From manifesting, I get that feeling in my chest when Then bass shakes away the congestion And this is my confession Pump me up or come soothe me But if I’m jumping up the come move me Choose me to be the man on a mission to stand With the mic in my hand to hype all the fans Like bam here I am to embody the beat To be the ants in your pants and the rhythm in your feet When you hear it it hits, feel the lift into overdrive To provoke your mind It’s the sound that I feel In the music deep within That nurtures my soul It’s the love that I’ve found In the freedom of the sound Awakening me whole These days I don’t know which ways the right way A wake up call could now set me straight Got a few habits that I need to break Shake the foundations, pull it all away And see what we’re made from This road was paved on openness, Now I’ve lost focus But the sound of music, Nurtures my soul. It’s the sound that I feel In the music deep within That nurtures my soul It’s the love that I’ve found In the freedom of the sound Awakening me whole
6.
theres only one moment 
and that moment is now
no past no future
no ins and outs
the mistakes we make 
create our fate
and i'll be damned if I will ever take the bait
make my own track even if it's wrong
I belong to the path that I'm on
history might be written by the victor
a thousand words to create the picture
i'm on a journey
just as the world keep turnin
i'm still learning the lessons as I go
and I may never know
how much I don't know
how much I will grow
how can I reload
and be ready for life like a tiger
with stripes and agility
strike like a viper
I am a virus
getting inside ya
just like to make your life a little more vibrant

when the sun is shinin
and my eyes are vibrant
got a smile that i just can't hide
and it reminds me of the good times

moonlight reflects in my iris
and i pen my rhymes to papyrus
move like a virus into your head
and raise the dead like Osiris
thats that spirit that I like to see
that moment in time to let your mind fly free
escape the stress and negativity 
and be just who you wanna be
no haters in the place and we silenced the critics
erased the fakes and inspired the cynics
make no mistake you feel the fire within it
you think it's hot now? I ain't finished
I envisage life with diamonds in it
not because I like bling but the shine within it
it's the force that you feel when we're shinin
inspiring, vibin, to a life so vibrant
7.
no place like home no pain no gain no time like the present no shame to my game you bet your bottom dollar that i'm the big cheese with an ace up my sleeve i'm busy as a bee like night and day I got the right of way bring a knife to a gun fight bad mistake I shoot to kill for thrills and dollar bills and I got the whole field reinventing the wheel i'm second to none, and your swimmin with the shark runnin rings around you doughies in my car I take it to the limit so you better take 5 take one for the team you got taken for a ride take a break take a breather take a leak take a number wait in line and i'll serve you in a week nothing to thumb you nose at time to hit the road jack you opened the gates, ain’t no way that you can go back LHA and 2Deep And we’ve got Lee Hahn up on the beat 2Deep verse LHA and 2Deep And we’ve got Lee Hahn up on the beat Ay yo we’e expanding across the globe Ya’ll know this *** is bout to explode Ohh no, I thought I told you before 2Deep LHA we back for more *** right, we’re here to steal the spotlight blowin up the scene like dynamite say BOOM, LHA, 2Deep/Adikkal we got bars for days!
8.
let's get chimey, you know where you might find me locked up and it's time to untie me kicking to the rhythm of the bass drum fellas looking for the girls like “where they gone?” so take one look at the dance floor brother slam that drink down then buy another its about this four on the floor disco-funk to vibrate the walls caught, within a vortex and your next to get swept up with the rest so get your back up off the wall you should be dancing to the beat the names Adikkal and im here to say its time to move your feet and with Lee Hahn here we’re bout to go and turn up the heat lets get chimey, yeh come on let’s get crunk chime in, chime out, yeh i got my chime on now with my iPhone out no doubt about it the crowd was all about it so I shouted louder just to get a little more rowdy that's about the time that the place lights up touch the roof and then raise it up too high, too low, too many ways to go, sip on a mai tai or a long island iced tea, couple of those and you'll be chimey mix it with the tunes in the room and soon your like boom shake shake the room back in 09 it was time to shine but in 2011 it's all about the chime from the womb to the tomb from the cradle to the grave there's only one way to behave lets get chimey, yeh come on let’s get crunk let’s get chimey let’s get crunk all my people down for what
9.
Lead Single of Album "Split Decision". Collaborated with Visual artist Parpunk. Watch the music video at www.youtube.com/lhamusic lyrics I go tick tock like the arm of a clock When my hands on my glock and I’m poppin some shots off The bar, cos I aint a gangsta I’m a middle class guy from suburbia Doin the 9 to 5 bit, the bide my time bit, Till rhymes that I spit can help me buy *** The suit and tie fit, but I despise it I’d prefer to live my life in fly kicks This aint just a dream when I’m stepping on the scene And I’m reppin my team Ladies at our shows who be lookin so fly Pretty little lady got that look in her eye I know what you are thinking And you can buy me a drink this instant Pretty girl got a sound to soothing To keep improving and keep it movin I keep it movin, movin I keep it movin Yo I’m back, and I’m sorry I left But it was best that I let you all catch your breath When I step on the stage expect I spit flames Rejecting the lame and embracing the game The name? Adikkal. The brain? Fanatical The reign of LHA now firmly under way *** being the guys that are humble and quiet Look at the fire in my eyes man title is mine We shine brighter and drink the cider from the rider And all of you biters better get out the highlighter I write a rhyme like a prize fighter throws a fist You noticed I’m the dopest vocalist Flows like water, rock and shock like a taser I know that I’ve got the type of focus of a laser Major league melodies have readily made ya Develop energy and get you steadily raised up I keep it movin, movin I keep it movin
10.
Now or Never 03:42
I feel like i'm battling the clock from the tick to the tock time won't stop to watch me drop I slip in and out between the more and less through the lens of the rose but with the thorn in my chest we keep vibin, enjoin life and smiling dreaming of life on a paradise island time enough to get so tied up that when the time is up I feel my mind is stuck they say better to have loved and lost than never loved at all right? i know i'll be alright, deadline got me looking at my watch every time I think about it got me looking at the loss time, slips through my hand like grains of sand, turn the hourglass over again, I watch the sand fall but I know where I stand inspired by life with the mic in my hand You can do this now or never No this life won’t last forever Even if you know you’ll fall It’s better than to not climb at all You could do it now or never, This life won’t last forever i chose to embrace the days and I suppose those moments I was swept away had me blissed out, as if the here and now was all i'd ever have but now i'm getting weirded out to have to hold keep us warm in the cold is the story i told that will never unfold i'm old enough to know better than to expect we'd stay together better now than never whatever, I knew what I was getting into and it's true, it's you it's me it's the chemistry it's a moment in time and it was meant to be but all things end eventually the sun has to set before the stars will show within the dark they glow, as the darkness grows while my heart beat fast when you depart I know that your a part of me as i watch you go You can do this now or never No this life won’t last forever Even if you know you’ll fall It’s better than to not climb at all You could do it now or never, This life won’t last forever
11.
baby let me say, I know theres some days that make you wanna fade away and you can't contain that feelin of depression the second guessing of every step has got me stressing like you'd never expect cos I can see the wave when it takes you, recreates you, shakes you down and breaks you and makes you stronger in the end, you'll go through it again I won't lie, but you know that i'll be right by your side work through the struggle and get you outta trouble when you're stuck in the rubble i'ma do what I can to be your man and I might not understand but i'll be the first to make you smile and take you by hand so when you feel like there ain't no escape from the weight just remember that tomorrow is a brighter day theres little things in life that'll light the way so anytime your feeling down you might hear me say… you are my everything baby I will never let you go You are my everything I will never let you go I’m so lucky, I’m so free The way you feel about me So lucky I’m so free, The way you feel about me
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Alright 05:04
too blinded by the light that shines out of our arse too self absorbed too even care to ask about another, too old to listen to the wisdom of your mother two timin on your lover too much money but not enough time too busy to be waiting in line too many days been wasted away with your head buried in your black berry wary of strangers so for the remainder of the bus ride home you isolate and refrain from makin eye contact or conversation but who can blame them? for this isolation captured by these innovations so oblivious to our situation so take this here as an awakening some information, that the world out there is waiting! It’ll be alright jaded, looking at life and i hate it how come I haven't made it? 9 to 5 is over-rated my energy deflated and i'm hardly motivated I could quote the party line verbatim but inside i'm still debating hesitating, contemplating I feel tired in the eyes and i'm waiting it's like i'm on the train but i'm stuck at the station starin into space I suddenly awaken I see a man snappin pics another couple are chattin away up in the mix, the suns setting and this momentary eclipse has got me heading adrift as I realise how much i've got in my life and I guess I let stress get the best of me perpetually testin me, so the next time it steps to me i'll kill it like a villain, argggh who am I kidding? i'll probably be in the same position It’ll be alright at the moment I feel like i'm not livin the high life and even the high lights of life are too bright turn the music down, it hurts my head I just wanna sit around and curl up in my bed no way that I can take on the world today so just get outta my way unless you want me to say something rude, yeh i'm in a bad mood and i've got an attitude so what does that prove? it won't prove nothing, it proves that Im through with the bluffing and pretending it's all good , I stopped rushin when the truth is, well the truth is useless i've used up all the stupid excuses so trapped by my own thoughts I react to my own course but I know more or less music lets me express and get this *** off my chest i'll turn the metal to gold, musical alchemist it’ll be alright
13.
Let You Go 02:51
Wake up I’m still numb Still felt like we’re still one The light the warmth the life like the sun But that life is done and I’ll likely shun the wifey type I thought I’d won but I did it, I quit it, avoided the visits that ripped at my heart accepted that we’re apart time for a fresh start now it’s all about me invigorated with an incredible energy the truth of the matter is I’m shattering the barriers of apathy shedding the ties that once shackled me no longer held by your gravity they say love is blind, but it can be blinding I needed reminding that I was declining Kept pandering to your demands And became less of a man So while it hurts like hell for me to let you go You letting me grow is gonna let me grow Let me show you how I never meant to be slow I’m inspired to connect with my glow I’m contemplating places, thinking bout the faces And how the day erases motivation when you’re going through the paces I wanna be more courageous, putting pen to pages Maybe than I may just make it No longer am I faded, got rid of the haze when I made the decision to give up the blazing Maybe I’m complacent, maybe I’m lazy Maybe I should never let it phase me Or maybe I’m impatient, maybe I’m vacant, Maybe I’m destined for greatness Maybe I’m empowered maybe I’m sour Maybe i’m the man of the hour Maybe I’ve moved on maybe this new song is nothing but the truth Up and away, this is what I’d like to say So while it hurts like hell for me to let you go You letting me grow is gonna let me grow Let me show you how I never meant to be slow I’m inspired to connect with my glow
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LHA, Leehahn & Adikkal, a soulful producer / MC duo based in Sydney Australia. Korea born producer Lee-Hahn joins Australia born and bred emcee Adikkal in this cross cultural collaboration of hiphop and soul. LHA offer a unique brand of hiphop that connects with more than lovers of hip hop, but speaks to lovers of music in general..
This album is a 14 track debut album by LHA in 2011

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released August 17, 2011

Lyrics by Adikkal
Music Prod by Leehahn
Guest DJ & Scratch by DJ Cbay, DJ Dlect
Guest Vocal by KOO, Diolita, 2Deep
Guest Guitar by Nikko, MK Kang, Seong-won Lee
Mix&Master by LeeHahn
Artwork by Nan the Artist

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