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