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Criminal x Fiona Apple

from The Indie Experiment Volume 3 by Cee

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This song changed my life in 1998. That was before I could admit I liked rock music; I was a Hip Hop cat and still in my teens, I was too staunch for my own good. Years later, Ms Apple has become one of my favourite artists and I tried in vain to find a producer who could flip this sample for me. Since that couldn't happen, I decided to do one better and just spit over the original tune for this tape. Fictional story.

lyrics

[Verse 1: Cee]
Yeah, I got a feeling that my lady, she ain't actin' proper lately,
Man she wildin' and she crazy,
But that just ain't like her, she cool and she logical,
Something ain't right and I dunno what the fuck she tryina do,
I'm being staunch but that seems to make her want me more,
And I don't wanna speak the name of what is going on,
She gotta tell me herself, and then it's come what may,
And if you ask her what the fuck the deal, I think she'll say

[Verse: Fiona Apple]
I've been a bad bad girl
I've been careless with a delicate man
And it's a sad sad world
When a girl will break a boy
Just because she can
Don't you tell me to deny it
I've done wrong and I want to
Suffer for my sins
I've come to you cause I need
Guidance to be true
And I just don't know where I can begin

[Hook: Fiona Apple]
What I need is a good defense
Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal
And I need to redeemed
To the one I've sinned against
Because he's all I ever knew of love

[Verse 2: Cee]
I stay staunch but that seems to make her want me more,
I still ain't wanna speak the name of what is going on,
She gotta tell me herself, and then it's come what may,
And if you ask her what the fuck the deal, she'll keep on sayin'

[Verse: Fiona Apple]
Heaven help me for the way I am
Save me from these evil deeds
Before I get them done
I know tomorrow brings the consequence
At hand
But I keep livin' this day like
The next will never come
Oh help me but don't tell me to deny it
I've got to cleanse myself
Of all these lies till I'm good
Enough for him
I've got a lot to lose and I'm
Bettin' high
So I'm beggin' you before it ends
Just tell me where to begin

[Hook: Fiona Apple]

[Bridge: Fiona Apple]
Let me know the way
Before there's hell to pay
Give me room to lay the law and let me go
I've got to make a play
To make my lover stay
So what would an angel say
The devil wants to know

[Hook: Fiona Apple]x2

[Verse 3: Cee]
Bitch, you fuckin' with the wrong guy,
And I'm hearing that you sorry, what a fuckin' lie,
I know your games and I ain't' bout to play along with 'em,
Be a woman and admit it, or I'm gone, dippin',
And even if nothing happened, then why you actin' strange?
You turning up at the crib after you gone for days,
With no texts, no calls, no tweets,
No emails, no Facebook posts or Instagram flicks,
So where the fuck has you been at?
You say I treat you like a criminal but damn, what else you expect, man?
I'm a faithful dude, I'm cool and patient too,
And now I'm thinking about it, I'm fuckin' great to you,
So what the deal, ma? Talking 'bout I'm delicate,
Nah boo, I'm just allergic to bullshit,
And I believe it's only fair I put up with a little bit,
But this shit is ridiculous, chick you best be talking quick,
OK, so you showing remorse,
And that's a good start, to fix this it's finna take a lot more,
Saying you sinning and was tempted into fucking up,
It only goes to show that you never really believed in us,
And now you want another chance to make amends,
And repair the tattered frame of this relationship before we dead it,
But over here it ain't the same and wouldn't I regret it,
If I didn't hear you out? Shit I think it all depends,
You need to be redeemed to feel intact again,
And that it ain't your fault that you attracting men,
I hate it that you know my fuckin' rapper friends,
And every cat that hollers is smug when you smiling back at them,
Listen, I'm tryina make this work,
But you gotta give me something coz straight up, shit hurts,
And I ain't about to get up in some arguments and start some shit,
I just want some peace and to be happy with the broad I'm with,
It's your call ma, you ain't on trial,
Fuck a lawyer, fuck a witness, it's just us right now,
And I don't wanna be the judge but I'mma stay mad thorough,
I'mma loosen up my belt, you been a bad, bad girl

credits

from The Indie Experiment Volume 3, released August 10, 2012
Recorded by Cee and Notion
Mixed, Mastered and Engineered by Notion @ Illnote Studios, Toronto, Canada

Twitter: @CeeFor
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All photography, artwork and logo by Josh Telfer for believedreamsdesignlife
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graphics@believedreamsdl.com

Model: Tiffany Alexis
Twitter/Instagram: @starlexis

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Cee Montreal, Québec

Cee is an MC from Melbourne, Australia, now located in Montreal, Canada.

Debut album 'This Is All I Know' - Top 10 in Canada & Australia in the iTunes Hip Hop Charts.

Manager/Co-Founder of The Movement Fam.

Co-Founder & Partner of High Season Co., TMF's Management Team.
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