Just calm down, no need to worry now. Learn it as it comes..
How basic are you talking about? Like ln(e^(x))=x?
I used purple math a lot for algebra, it helped more than anything else.
Then again when I learned factoring in 9th grade I assumed I would never use it again and didn't really learn it.... I'm taking cal 2 now, we still use it... and I'm still no good.