Sev Statik, Listener - I Apologize lyrics

I'll show up on ya block
Grippin' a microphone with promises
Nostradamus couldn't foretell - well
Enough to make clear
Reasons for insanity i hold dear
For keepsake so i can wake the
World over kicks and snares
Prepare now for the outcome of
Pain in point blank code
No hidden words no lies or
Disguises in my flows
Low budget 'cause that's all i know
Til i'm able to blow the spot not with empty
Songs and colorful videos
Yo integrity is worth more -
Than a 50 thousand
Dollar advance and caravan for a 2 week tour
It all sounds really great -
Till they stop promotin' and
Believing in y'all with 5 more albums to make
It somehow made sensе - before
You signed that dotted line
Thought you was gettin' over now
You under contractual binds
Lookin' for a loophole 'cause the loops
Got you in a hole
To them it's music stole now they
All waitin' for they doe
So woe to those emcees with big
Dreams all they got is schemes
Up they sleeve's with a grip of hidden fees
They wanna squeeze the creativity
From you and me
I shoulda warned you before you
Signed - my apologies

I didn't know that you didn't know
The ledge like 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 like 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 like 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 like 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 lah born
Upstate NY - and we exercised the artforms
Of Hip-Hop in full force - from
The start of a culture
Blocks was hot due to the
Uproks and needle pops
If any shootin' took place we
Was aiming at the breeze
Takin' 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 360's Adidas and
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 frontin' cat on
The cardboard it was revealed
When lee patrol came thru you
Was guarding your patches
For any sleepin' cats - sshh - snatched it!
If you was wack in any way
Ya boys wouldn't hold back
It was a movement a 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've seem to have lost our
Way from principles and honesty
I guess all things change- my apologies

I didn't know that you didn't know
The ledge like 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 like you should've known
I couldn't be there for you, now i am sorry
I apologize