[Verse 1: Hussle] Look, my nigga this is dedication, is anti-hesitation This a real celebration, this a don blonde declaration Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, house with vanilla wafers This the remedy, the separation, of my generation pill in the fuckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray pavement Young black trapped and he can't change it he a genius, he just can't claim it 'Cause they left him no to explain it He so he get faded But deep down inside he know you can't him How should I stay dedicated? How long opportunity meet preparation? I need some real nigga 'Fore I run up in your bank for recreation
[Chorus: Nipsey Dedication, hard plus patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done I'm done waitin', told you I wasn't playin' Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication, look
[Verse 2: Kendrick I spent my life thinkin' out the box Boxin' homies three on one, got DP'ed but I drop Chirp on me, I come, brrt, spin around the block They blurped on me, said I ran a sign but that's a lie I spent my life staring at the stage Playin' Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, playin' spades Catchin' vapors, grandma I'd get some Jordans for my grades That's my baby when she died my broke a hundred ways I spent my whole life make it, tryna chase it The cycle of a man divided, tryna break it You take a loss, shit don't cry about it, embrace it Minor setback for major comeback, that's my My nigga L said you do a with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip I said he a man first, you hear the out his lips? About from the streets to black businesses? four, yard livin' and give in to false imprisonment Listen close my nigga, it's bigger than deuces and my nigga Since elementary we close my nigga, yeah, like that I give you the game, go back to the and give it right back For generations we dealt bad hands with bad plans your dedication by hoppin' out Grand Am's I'm at the premiere with Top, Nip, and Snoop Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, dedication
Kendrick Lamar] If it ain't congratulate it look like hate If it ain't congratulate then it look what, Nipsey? up!
[Verse 3: Hussle] This entertainment, it's for niggas on the slave ship These songs the spirituals I swam against them waves wit Ended up on shore to their I hope the example I set's not Lock us behind but can't tame us Used to be stay safe, now stay dangerous 'Cause ain't no point in defense nigga That's why I off the deep end nigga, without a life jacket mil, tour the world, now my life crackin' Cook the books, bring it back so no taxes Royalties, publishing, I own masters I'll be damned if I slave for some white I was this out, I hit the heights backwards Hoppin' out the in Reebok classics Ran a couple just to get established To make it happen, you got to it
Nipsey Hussle] Dedication, hard work plus The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm waitin' I'm done waitin', told you that I playin' Now you hear I been sayin', dedication It's