[Verse 1: Hussle] Look, my this is dedication, this is anti-hesitation This a nigga celebration, this a don blonde 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 black 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 frustrated so he get But deep down he know you can't fade him How long I stay dedicated? How 'til opportunity meet preparation? I need some nigga reparations 'Fore I run up in your bank for recreation
[Chorus: Hussle] Dedication, hard work patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm waitin' I'm done waitin', told you I wasn't playin' Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication, look
[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, I ran a stop sign but that's a lie I spent my whole staring at the stage Playin' Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, playin' spades Catchin' vapors, grandma said I'd get some for my grades my baby when she died my heart broke 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 setback for major comeback, that's my My nigga L you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip I said he a man first, you hear the out his lips? About flourishing from the streets to businesses? four, yard livin' and give in to false imprisonment Listen close my nigga, it's bigger deuces and fours my nigga Since elementary we close my nigga, yeah, straight that I you the game, go back to the turf and give it right back For generations we been dealt bad hands bad plans Prove dedication by hoppin' out Grand Am's I'm at the premiere politickin' with Top, Nip, and Damn, Pac the way we grew, from dedication
Kendrick Lamar] If it congratulate then it look like hate If it ain't congratulate it look like what, Nipsey? up!
[Verse 3: Nipsey This ain't entertainment, it's for on the slave ship These songs the spirituals I swam against them waves wit Ended up on shore to their I hope the I set's not contagious Lock us behind gates but 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 deep end nigga, a life jacket Couple mil, tour the world, now my crackin' the books, bring it back so it's no taxes Royalties, publishing, I own masters I'll be if I slave for some white crackers I was mappin' this out, I hit the backwards out the eighty-five in Reebok classics Ran a couple marathons just to get To it happen, you got to have it
Nipsey Hussle] 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 I been sayin', dedication It's