[Verse 1]

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

[Hook]

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

[Verse 2]

[Hook]

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

[Verse 3]

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

[Hook]

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