[Verse 1: Hussle] Look, my nigga is dedication, this is anti-hesitation This a nigga celebration, this a don blonde declaration Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's house vanilla wafers This the remedy, the separation, of my generation pill in the fuckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray pavement Young black nigga trapped and he can't it he a genius, he just can't claim it 'Cause left him no platforms to explain it He frustrated so he get But deep down inside he know you can't him How long should I dedicated? How 'til opportunity meet preparation? I need some nigga reparations 'Fore I run up in bank just for recreation
[Chorus: Hussle] Dedication, hard work patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm waitin' I'm done waitin', you that I wasn't playin' Now you what I been sayin', dedication dedication, look
[Verse 2: Kendrick I spent my whole thinkin' out the box Boxin' homies three on one, got DP'ed but I drop on me, here 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 Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades Catchin' vapors, said I'd get some Jordans for my grades That's my when she died my heart broke a hundred ways I spent my whole life tryna make it, chase it The cycle of a black man divided, break it You a loss, shit don't cry about it, just embrace it Minor setback for comeback, that's my favorite My nigga L said you do a with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip I he a man first, you hear the words out his lips? About flourishing from the to black businesses? Level four, yard livin' and give in to imprisonment Listen my nigga, it's bigger than deuces and fours my nigga Since elementary we close my nigga, yeah, straight like I give you the game, go back to the and give it right back For generations we been dealt bad hands with bad Prove your dedication by out Grand Am's I'm at the premiere politickin' Top, Nip, and Snoop Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, from
Kendrick Lamar] If it ain't congratulate then it like hate If it ain't congratulate it look like what, Nipsey? up!
[Verse 3: Hussle] This ain't entertainment, for niggas on the slave ship These songs just the spirituals I swam against waves wit Ended up on shore to amazement I hope the example I set's not Lock us gates but can't tame us Used to be stay safe, now stay dangerous ain't no point in playin' defense nigga That's why I dove off the deep end nigga, a life jacket Couple mil, tour the world, now my life Cook the books, bring it back so no taxes Royalties, publishing, I own masters I'll be damned if I slave for white crackers I was this out, I hit the heights backwards Hoppin' out the in Reebok classics Ran a marathons just to get established To make it happen, you got to it
[Chorus: Nipsey Dedication, hard work plus The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm waitin' I'm done waitin', you that I wasn't playin' Now you what I been sayin', dedication dedication