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I Apologize

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Christian & Gospel

I Apologize was released on January 1, 2002 by Brandon Ebel Company (BEC) as a part of the album Speaklife

Song Details

Release DateJanuary 1, 2002

LabelBrandon Ebel Company (BEC)

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM92

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Sev Statik

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

David Santos

Composer

Daniel Smith

Composer

Joseph Evans

Composer

Lyrics

I'll show up on your block, gripping a microphone with promises

Nostradamus couldn't foretell, well enough to make clear

Reasons for insanity I hold dear for keepsakes

So I can rake the world over kicks and snares

Prepare now for the outcome of pain at point-blank cold

No hidden words, no lies or disguises in my flow

Low budget 'cause that's all I know till I'm able to blow the spot

Not with empty songs and colorful videos, your integrity is worth

More than a 50,000 dollar advance and a caravan for a two-week tour

It all sounds like it's cake till they start promoting

And believing you are with five more albums to make

It somehow makes sense, before you sign that dotted line

Thought you was getting over, now you under contractual bonds

Looking for a loophole 'cause the loop's got you in a hole

To them this music stole, now they all waiting for their dough

So woe to those MCs with big dreams, all they got are schemes

Up their sleeves with a grip of hidden fees they wanna squeeze

The creativity from you and me

I should've warned you before you signed

My apologies

I didn't know that you didn't know

The ledge life, you should've known

I couldn't be there for you, now I am sorry

I apologize

I didn't know that you didn't know

The ledge life, you should've known

I couldn't be there for you, now I am sorry

I apologize

If I laugh or grin and just walk away, don't take it to your heart

It just might be that I've grown accustomed

To a high representation of the art

I wanna give my all-encompassing apologies to my

Brain, for having to process millions of silly

Words pasted together, mimicking intelligence

My ears, for unselfishly sponging in a lifetime of monotonous beats

Corrupting the hard drives of even the most expensive samplers

And my eyes, for consuming hours of fake images

Convincing and coaxing me to believe everything they see

We've got an army of so-sos being led by actors with high hopes

It's embarrassing to see so many self-titled

Supermen standing on their own capes trying to fly

It's not like I'm Mr

Big Important either, I'm just another guy

And so to you I'd like to extend my most sincere I'm sorries

You can have your opinions and I can have mine

We don't have to be enemies, just

Acquaintances that don't quite see eye to eye

Eye to eye

I didn't know that you didn't know

The ledge life, you should've known

I couldn't be there for you, now I am sorry

I apologize

I didn't know that you didn't know

The ledge life, you should've known

I couldn't be there for you, now I am sorry

I apologize

I was raised on these streets of Arbor Hill, the live born

Upstate New York, and we exercised the art form of

Hip-hop in full force from the start of a culture

Blocks was hot due to the up rocks of needle pops

If any shootings took place, we was aiming at the breeze

Taking titles and names, not lives over break beats

And every MC out was dope, there was no underground

There was no mainstream, but a universal sound

Around all 360s, Adidas or Pumas was

Like uniform and mics was invisible

Freestyle was the norm, and when we said word is bond, it was real

If you was a fronting cat in a cardboard it was revealed

When lead patrol came through, you was guarding your patches

For any sleeping cats, snatched it

If you was wack in any way, your boys wouldn't hold back

It was a movement of love, even white boys was pro-black

But nowadays big business seems to be the theme

Money is a great tool but our downfall is the fire of greed

We seem to have lost our way from principles

And honestly I guess all things change

My apologies

I didn't know that you didn't know

The ledge life, you should've known

I couldn't be there for you, now I am sorry

I apologize

I didn't know that you didn't know

The ledge life, you should've known

I couldn't be there for you, now I am sorry

I apologize

Written by: Daniel Smith, David Santos, Joseph Evans

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