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