An example of this that I run into often is, "I was just teasin' ya!" Usually by a person who is mocking me by trying to speak to me in AAVE when they are not AA and do not know the dialect.
Yeah, the “I was just kidding/teasing” is lame to hang on to when you’ve misstepped. It’s ok to misstep, as long as you truly own it, learn from it, and don’t do it again.