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Phase

by LOJAL

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lojal? 01:50
“Man, I’ll be going on, you can tag along Be the Friend I talk to when I’m trippin’ off my zone. Just don’t come calling me late-night on my phone Saying shi* ain’t right, cause you told me I was wrong.”
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2. Apex of This Life (This feeling’s coming back) You can’t find me now, this feeling’s coming! You can’t find me now. You can’t find me now, this feeling’s coming home. You can’t find me! [Verse] This feels, this feels like home. That chord, this moment on I’m free. Can’t find me, ain’t hiding, you just can’t see, just can’t see. Find my sleep, hold my keys and please tell me you’ll let me be. It hasn’t been long, few weeks since you’ve gone. Come girl, set me free! Mind’s a traveler, usually I’m more of a rebel-er! Haven’t heard something like his or none quite similar, An Original, writ by the man who was feeding her, keeping her, the protector, of the hand you were giving her. (You can’t find me now, this feeling’s coming home). [Dialogue] She bites me, I like it. Spend two afternoons, we private. No spiked shi*, arrived with - fresh sweet *anja and we light it. Up a little at a time, up in my bed, down on my line. Needed a friend- guess who I find? (this feeling!) Could be in Paris, could be in China But India’s spirited and this girl’s designer. [Rap] Tables are turning, water is burning, Won’t be surprised if you left in the morning. You’re absorbing – energy. Hate addiction, might need morphine. Color me, color you. Color everybody in the room Cause we need a different view. He the devil, she the witch. One level down and she a bitch. One trip to town and he’s a snitch, everybody tries until they quit Which I’m not too accustomed with, I mean everybody falls sometimes but you, you got that shi*, did I ever say it? Shit how you gonna handle all that heat? Mostly faking when they show you that cli*, most shit’s hiding down by the dic*! Lit got me workin’ out, some they be sellin’ out, dumb ass TV commercials and shit! It’s all real though, what you see, what you don’t on the TiVo Kill an innocent, kill a militant hit the reload! And my concern, I confirm – we need a motha****** HALO! Some gotta say true, I’m thankful that you do. See that ‘lil sis gon’ come through, she gonna grow up to be just like you! Man, why you play dumb? Like you free but you stuck on your gum, Like you need plans for an outcome, so you’re happy and smiling when it’s all done. (unh!) [Chorus] 2 K 1 9 and I’m caught in a bad patch, U K? I’m Fine. Man! Just f*** all these short texts. 1K score time, let’s go boom in the jam pads Funky groove lines and I’m right, right, right back! [Outro] (I ain’t got time, I ain’t got time!) I ain’t got time, Tyler’s creating. Send me beats, make sure they’re amazing. I ain’t got time, man we all fading on all these politics and crimes and all these hatings! I ain’t got time, I was just leaving but someone’s got to stay around to make room for some healing. I ain’t go time, but damn you’re amusing, maybe I’ll stay around and play you some music.
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3. I’m Gone, (You’re Home) [Intro] There's a storm inside my head, I believe it's yours to take. There's a calm inside your eyes they want to steal (still), It makes you feel afraid, afraid, afraid, Don't be afraid! [Verse] Feels like something's going down tonight, Take your mind and make you feel alright, Take your time and maybe spare the night. Hope she stays longer than morning light, Hope these days don't come without a fight, Dope, drugs, alcohol and colored lies. What f***’s given, text my phone, no words spoken - lose a home. [Chorus] Say, “I'm gone”, (no roads) And say, “you're home”. [Verse] Man, I need help, give me your hands. Promise won't forget you when I ascend, When it's all dealt with don't even pretend, You took me in, made me a hell of a man. I'm tripping, I'm tripping, I'm tripping, I'm tripping! You asking me why the f*** can't I fit in? I see you talking but I do not listen, You do this sh**, I'll go do something different And 20 years later, way down the road – Hope you succeed cause you carried your load. Buy all the things that your money affords And I will not fail cause I gave you my word. No, I don’t doubt it - my vision is clouded Your weight on my eyelids, you're sick and I caught it, My heart is so jaded, you're feeling so faded, How I hurt you was the one thing I hated. (Damn!) [Chorus] Say .... Gone! Say You’ve been.... [Verse] Life is a headache, drive automatic, dive anti-climactic, I'm done when I make it. (Shadows will carry me) I hope it's exactly the way I imagine, day of the crossing, remember the mad s***. (Who holds them back) Pardon attention, build it a mansion, give it a vision, show it affection. (We were not meant to be) You have a dream, lately it seems faded within, go grow your wings, pack up your things. (So, don't be sad). [Outro] Sup with the vibe? Get on a ride, work for the light Go from the wrong, Grow from the wrong. Things ain't running right Turn up the tone, pick up the phone!
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Phase 04:01
4. PHASE [Verse] Outlet, let’s go - need a window All that lingo, social ego She no hero but she fly, she go 0-95. Phases make me feel alive, embraced two-many different sides Faceless words by my bedside - restless, haunt me late at night. But the feeling is real, Depression in for the kill And my body is still figuring out what to feel. When I play my music Man, I feel alive! Scared if I will lose it, cause I have just arrived. But right now, I just need to focus, grow this art form Man, where I’m from? Glad I could go on, so long and so on Put down all my pain, joy and anger in one song. Clear to me, see you get near to me, needing me, you been there like family But you don't do the best for me. You're testing me, you're messing me up! But the best of me had to see you lifted me up. I’ve had suicidal thoughts cross my mind 5,6,7,8,9 times, Wine sipping, trees trippin’ don’t do a thing Depression is a b**** but damn She a Queen. [Chorus] (Boy be witness; I am here for you) I leave you behind but in time I’ll be there for you. (Call me “Sadness” in a room for two) You can call me whatever, wherever I’ll be right through. Come let me drown in your head, (So much water). Lay me down high on your bed, (Drown in your water). If this is a warzone where nobody's watching And it hurts me to see you like that! [Verse] Usually quiet, I'm usually nice but I'm human too, got an ego that is usually (unusually) sized. I must be wrong; you should be right. Meet up tonight? Talk about our issues and avoid us a fight. (You're just a feeling, it's all in my head Stuck to me funny, how you got my back). “You don’t know how long it takes, Turn around and hide your face. Wonder where we’ll meet next place, Only if you run away (You run, you run, you run).” Run, Run! I’m all out of fun, I just got serious, no I’m not done. “Maaya” got game, “lojals” and puns, dreaming of albums long since beat tape 1. Lost and depressed, dazed by the sun, upwards and downwards we chase for a hunt, Outwards and in, damned phase of a man, damn stop if you can. Bro can you stand? Give me your hand, this crew is a band, hope you understand, I’ll be your friend; we conquer the land. Fuck fortune and fame And come to my lane, we're playing the game. [Outro] I'll go wherever you (go), show wherever you (show) and do whatever you (know).
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Not My Fault 02:13
5. Not My Fault. They might have loved you. They might have said, They didn’t want you to run away. They might’ve touched you, You might’ve swayed But if they knew you, you might have stayed. Noises in whispers Laughter and breath Out on the inverse, Life over death. Hath hate had me Kept late, drawn in part. In waiting, lonely When Hurt hurts the heart. Go I, I Go High, Go High. (Artist’s Note) Everybody loves, in one way or another. Everybody meets souls in the journey of life, some learn and choose to stay for a while, some are just passing by and some, or very few rather are meant forever. . A lover accepts a partner’s past and connections and learns to know without asking and this is something I wish I realized as clearly, when I had the chance. . I dwell on memories in this song, drawn from many places old and recent but mostly from who I am today. . Pain and hatred distanced me from reality and I blame myself for the time and love I wasted while I was going through that and for the people I hurt. . You learn to accept that sometimes the best gift is time, for yourself and the ones you love, no matter how much it hurts in turn and just hope/trust that after you come down from your high, they’ll be there, ready and waiting.
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6. 9 (ft. Hanumankind) [Chorus] Turn in on your deepest fears, you armed yourself and let them near. Those shadows that won’t disappear, you’ve been around for’ bout a year. [Hanumankind] Been around, Yeah, you’ve been involved. When I’m up, when I fall. There’s times where I feel short and times where I must rise above all now. Stick around or make a call, where you feel most at home No, that don’t mean where you’ve been that don’t mean those locations flown. Now! Home is where the heart is regardless of where you been to, so. Most times I find myself in the middle of where I should not be. I need to be dropping, these habits they clearly show that my demons sit around and mock me. You see I’m not probably, going with the ways of what’s been, what’s done, what’s shown in instruction, drawn to destruction it’s human nature. Fail to see what builds and what gon’ break you now. [lojal] These thoughts! Man, I want to carry them When one day they’ll be relevant. F***ed up mistakes well they teach a man How the hustle is made, where you lay man that's your bed. When facts align and the lies don't hurt no more, Like I told you before, I’m loyal to come back till you lock your doors, And I climbed these floors, know I didn't come to f*** s*** up though. My Love is too deep, your knees are too weak. I drowned in my sleep; I shouldn't speak. Gotta keep up, they drink from my cup It's never enough, it’s never enough! My Love is too deep, your knees are too weak. I shouldn't speak. You shouldn’t speak! [Dialogue - Hanumankind] [Outro] (I don't fear you anymore You can’t stop acting like an animal. I don’t feel you anymore You can’t stop acting like an animal.)
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7. Let Down (ft. Banrap Lyngdoh) O Lord, am I? Am I a...? [Chorus] O lord am I, Am I a Let Down? O Lord am I, am I a Let Down? Held me up too many times So, I need to sit down. Moved on and I ain't willing to quit now. Told my father that my battle's out on the streets now. [Verse] Outgoing, incoming. I'm waiting, you're leaving me. I'm calling, you answer. You tore me, been sad for me. But damn it ain't easy, When the going gets rough. Mmh. When the friends start to leave And you lose your One True Love. Damn! Grateful that you have stood by me Peacefully send you above, bye. Honored that you had stood by me So thankfully send you above. [Banrap Lyngdoh] I'd give it all if I had a chance, God let me have her just for one dance. Death bed time story I not tell, Let the song do the cry, still a man! Still stare at the moon. Hallucinate, I see you with a spoon, Bending like a voodoo groove on the loop, I smoked like a Snoop but the pain won't puke. This pain ain't shook, In vein life swooped Digits off the cards like all's been took God and his mysterious ways, what the fook. Blass for me. Yeah right, what the fook! I wish we could chill under the sunny days, You breathin’ okay and we play like it's all good, But they took you away, he took you away! Still look around, never visit your grave. [Chorus] O Lord am I, am I a Let Down? O Lord am I, am I a Let Down? O Lord am I, am I a Let Down? (when you lose the ones you love, Damn) O Lord am I.. O Lord am I, am I a Let Down? O Lord am I.. O Lord am I, Am I a Let Down?
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happy? 02:24
Happy? Outro [Verse] Ain’t no mountain, or sea That can measure who I’m supposed to be. Ain’t no love to slip I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be, Free. [Chorus] I listen to your heartbeat, happy? I try to make you listen in. With all these thoughts, believed that you’d know I can’t leave. [Outro] Girl relax, it lasts for a minute. Rest your back, here's mine if you need it. Take a stroll come home in a few days, Know you're cold, don't put me to waste! Keep you warm in a million ways, I know you're broken but it's just a phase. Irie, irie, irie, iris See into, into, your eyelids. Wonder why we're sat here lonely. Let's get high on Sunday mornings. (Artist’s Note) The process that took the album to complete lasted for about 10 months from start to finish. Although it flew by really fast, I learnt a lot about the people who still stand by me and more importantly- about myself. . I grew up not really having “role models” in life except for the thought that I’d become better than everything I hated. Well, I’m still a mess but time and wise people teach you that you are the best measure of yourself. Also, love doesn’t come in “minimums”, it sees you at your worst and rejoices at your best. Wherever and however you are is freedom if you let it be. . Chorus is simply about how I really just want to be there for the One. . Like how I was crushed and taught numerous times by the universe, I’m sure everyone else has been too, or is, or will be. Just remember, the pain may or may not go away but better things do definitely come, everything heals. Learn to love, it takes a while. . Last but not the least, I end the note by telling you that you are amazing and special no matter what you’ve been through or are going through at the moment (I’m not in the best of places as a write this as well). But we try, we need to. . The entire song ends to say, “I’m fine, it’s alright but I miss you and I’m always here for you”.

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His solo-album ‘Phase’ is a 26 minute montage of 8 genre-bending tracks abducting the listener onto an emotional sonic voyage between vocal harmonies, melodies and grooves that compliment the songwriting and vocal-pockets curated by lojal.

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released March 1, 2020

Written & Performed by Martin J. Haokip
Produced by Nisthula Murphy & Martin J. Haokip
Recorded by Nisthula Murphy at Maaya Studios, Pune
Mixed by Nisthula Murphy at Space Cat Studio, Mumbai
Mastered by Nisthula Murphy at Space Cat Studio, Mumbai
Artwork by (@oddesque)

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