[Verse 1: Hussle] Look, my nigga this is dedication, this is This a real nigga celebration, a don blonde declaration Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's house with wafers the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation Blue in the fuckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray pavement Young black nigga trapped and he can't it Know he a genius, he can't claim it 'Cause they left him no platforms to it He so he get faded But deep down inside he know you can't him How long I stay dedicated? How long 'til opportunity preparation? I some real nigga reparations 'Fore I run up in your just for recreation
[Chorus: Nipsey Dedication, work plus 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 It's dedication,
[Verse 2: Kendrick I my whole life thinkin' out the box Boxin' homies three on one, got DP'ed but I ain't on me, here I come, brrt, spin around the block They blurped on me, said I ran a stop but that's a lie I spent my whole staring at the stage Playin' Sega, smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades vapors, grandma 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 make it, tryna chase it The of a black man divided, tryna break it You take a loss, shit don't cry it, just 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 he a man first, you hear the words out his lips? About flourishing from the to black businesses? four, yard livin' and give in to false imprisonment Listen my nigga, it's bigger than deuces and fours 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 we been dealt bad hands with bad plans Prove your dedication by out Grand Am's I'm at the premiere politickin' with Top, Nip, and Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, from
[Interlude: Lamar] If it ain't congratulate then it look hate If it ain't congratulate then it look like what, up!
[Verse 3: Nipsey This ain't entertainment, 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 not contagious us behind gates but can't tame us Used to be stay safe, now it's dangerous 'Cause no point in playin' defense nigga That's why I dove off the deep end nigga, without a life mil, tour the world, now my life crackin' Cook the books, it back so it's no taxes Royalties, publishing, plus I own I'll be damned if I for some white crackers I was mappin' this out, I hit the backwards Hoppin' out the in Reebok classics Ran a couple marathons just to get To it happen, you got to have it
[Chorus: Nipsey Dedication, hard work patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't Now you hear what I sayin', dedication It's