Isn't there a conflict between the Present Simple and Present Progressive time tenses in this sentence?

more specifically, I want to know what is the single quotation(') in 'bout means. I know 'bout means about but does that mean we always can use a single quotation for words that start with a vowel? Or is it just some specific words?

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