Apani (in mid/late 90s known as Apani B-Fly Emcee) is a female MC from Holl… Read Full Bio ↴Apani (in mid/late 90s known as Apani B-Fly Emcee) is a female MC from Hollis, Queens, New York. She is a founding member of the hip hop super-group Polyrhythm Addicts, along with fellow members DJ Spinna, Mr. Complex, and Shabaam Sahdeeq.

Apani emerged from New York City's underground hip hop scene in the 90's. Over the years, she has gained enough fame and status to work with some of the most revered names in hip hop music, including Da Beatminerz, DJ Spinna, AntiPop Consortium, Talib Kweli, and Pharoahe Monch. She has made a reputation for herself as a lyrical powerhouse and one of the best emcees to ever grace the mic - male or female.

Let Me Know
Apani Lyrics

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Mmm.. My cousin's friend's friend wanna meet me
Saw V on TV, said she needed a sweety
Heard he was the type to do her name in grafitti
Greet her with a kiss kiss
Straight gentlemen need stee, a G
What others meant to be is meant to be
She can slip a smile and make a nigga flip wild
Herand bold name chain, diamond chips crips style

With the magic bracelet, sweat with your case swiss
Athletic chick who run track
Hey miss, pleasure's all mine
Please call me Vik

Okay, I did a full inspection
Head to toe we rocked black denim
Flashed the grin, sweetest sin
Said to him: "Hey, my name is Nikki
You twenty minutes late and almost miss me"
Turn off my CD, I was bumpin' Vinage Vicki
Said: "I love the ways you smile, but your eyes look tricky"
Yo I gotta be home by eight thirty or my moms'll kill me
She spasses out when I'm late, plus she says that I'm too young to date
So overprotective, I'd wish she take a set of different shit
Yea, but that's whatever
What's your perspective, tell me more about you Vik

It's love at first sight that's the proof
You wasn't out right to thirts, but in truth
Fresh as a mayflower, face like power
He had the green light, she asked him: "What's the plan tonight?"
Flavor of the night, Sam Sara from Fahrenheit

He talked, I listened, he listened I spoke
We walked arm-in-arm and split a cherry Coke
Spitting religion and politics, Sega and chess
Roots and culture, hip-hop, skunk and sess
I caught him sneekin' peeks at my breasts
While frontin' name drop and connects

First started out like she was just Vaughn's friend
Used to act grown for pretend, whispering
Speaking on the phone, for hours on end
On a bone from just listening and then:
"Call me back on my phone", spoke the tone, again
Call back and do the same thing tomorrow
Something don't give her, been forced to ignore her
Gettin' on my last nerve, she did it
All this talk and shit and we ain't even hit it yet
It's uncharacteristic of the Vik

Pickies on my neck, the whole last night, I couldn't sleep
Practice the words I used to greet you, the next time we meet
Think of you and feel heat, that make my cheeks blush
Close my eyes and feel your touch, get chills when you slit me tongue
Picture me with you, could my fantasies of T-love come true?
Got me wondering, how far I'll go to prove my moms and everybody wrong
I miss you every time I hear a love song and whenever you're gone
Until I see you, then I feel short of breath
I think maybe I'm ready.. to take the next step.. yes

I got your cab fare, dinner and a movie
Bring a change of clothes, just in case it's all groovy
Watch when I see you, I miss you a lot yo
How about a night cab, maybe a bottle of mo
So V can bite your titties like a big fotographe ho

Oh no you didn't! You called me a what? Don't make me wig out
How you gonna last some shit like that's about your mouth (nah, I was just)
If I was there, I'd smack you in your smirk (ooh), for acting like a jerk
Thought you was cool, but now I doubt the shit is gonna work

I know I played too much
Hey on the way, could you please pick up two dots
Ok peace, see you when you touch
I wondered if she ever had a coodycat eight eight
Vaughn can't wait too long, stroked it on the late late

Wait, first let's get this shit straight straight
Don't call me out my name, I'm not the one to get played played
Out niggaz, go figure 'em out, they're all the same same
With a lame lame story, like my ex-man Mike
Got my best friend pregnant and he's still tryin' to call me
Well fuck Mike and fuck Vik too
I wound up on prozac from all the shit he put me through
Only been off my prescription three weeks
And you got me flippin, rippin' my hair out
Never thought you'd treat me like a pigeon
I'm out, it's over, I'm gone
So long.

I'd rather masturbate, than fuck with Vik Vaughn (let me watch)
I'd rather masturbate, than fuck with Vik Vaughn

(Still so so what time you gonna be here?)
(Aight? You know I'm gonna be waitin', just holla and ring a dozen)

Overall Meaning

The song Let me know by Apani starts with the singer receiving a request to meet a guy from her cousin's friend's friend who saw Vik Vaughn on TV and wanted to meet a cutie. She decides to meet him and goes on to say how she inspects him, makes small talk and how they walk arm in arm, split a cherry coke and talk about religion, politics, and culture, among other things. She admits to feeling chills and wanting to take the next step with him before hitting a conflict where she disagrees with something he says. The song then switches to Vik Vaughn's point of view who has reportedly used name dropping and connects to allegedly sleep with other women.

The song revolves around the singer's interactions with Vik Vaughn and their walks of intimacy that suggests a potential relationship. The singer is optimistic and excited to see where things will go, only to hit a conflict when Vik Vaughn makes a derogatory comment about her. The song set with the Hip-hop backdrop and catchy rhymes shows a vividly detailed conversation that goes from small talk to deeper topics, however, it emphasizes how sexism affect women's lives and relationships.

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