[Verse 1: Hussle] Look, my nigga is dedication, this is anti-hesitation a real nigga celebration, this a don blonde declaration Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's house vanilla wafers the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation Blue pill in the Matrix, red rose in the gray pavement Young black trapped and he can't change it Know he a genius, he can't claim it 'Cause left him no platforms to explain it He so he get faded But deep down he know you can't fade him How long should I stay How long 'til opportunity preparation? I need some nigga reparations 'Fore I run up in your bank for recreation
[Chorus: Hussle] Dedication, work plus patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm waitin' I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't 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 stop sign but a lie I my whole 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 baby when she died my 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, don't cry about it, just embrace it Minor setback for major comeback, that's my My nigga L said you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a crip I he a man first, you hear the words out his lips? About from the streets to black businesses? Level four, 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, straight that I give you the game, go back to the turf and give it back For generations we been dealt bad hands with bad 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, dedication
[Interlude: Lamar] If it ain't congratulate then it look hate If it congratulate then it look like what, Nipsey? up!
[Verse 3: Nipsey This ain't entertainment, it's for niggas on the slave These songs just the I swam 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 stay safe, now it's stay 'Cause no point in playin' defense nigga That's why I dove off the deep end nigga, without a jacket mil, tour the world, now my life crackin' Cook the books, bring it 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 heights Hoppin' out the in Reebok classics Ran a couple just to get established To it happen, you got to have it
[Chorus: Nipsey Dedication, work plus patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm waitin' I'm done waitin', told you that I playin' Now you hear I been sayin', dedication It's