[Verse 1: Hussle] Look, my nigga this is dedication, this is This a real nigga celebration, this a don declaration Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, house with vanilla wafers the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation Blue pill in the fuckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray Young black nigga trapped and he 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 inside he know you can't fade him How long I stay dedicated? How long 'til opportunity preparation? I need real nigga reparations I run up in your bank just for recreation
[Chorus: Hussle] Dedication, hard work patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done I'm done waitin', told you that I playin' Now you hear what I sayin', dedication It's dedication,
[Verse 2: Lamar] I my whole life thinkin' out the box Boxin' homies three on one, got DP'ed but I ain't Chirp on me, here I come, brrt, spin around the They blurped on me, said I ran a stop sign but a lie I spent my whole staring at the stage Playin' Sega, smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades Catchin' vapors, said I'd get some Jordans for my grades That's my baby when she died my heart a hundred ways 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, embrace it setback for major comeback, that's my favorite My nigga L said you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a crip I said he a man first, you hear the out his lips? About from the streets to black businesses? Level four, livin' and give in to false imprisonment Listen close my nigga, it's bigger deuces and fours my nigga Since we close my nigga, yeah, straight like that I you the game, go back to the turf and give it right back For generations we been dealt bad with bad plans your dedication by hoppin' out Grand 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 congratulate then it like hate If it ain't congratulate then it like what, Nipsey? up!
[Verse 3: Hussle] This ain't entertainment, it's for on the slave ship These songs just the spirituals I swam against them wit up on shore to their amazement I hope the example I set's not Lock us gates but can't tame us Used to be stay safe, now stay dangerous 'Cause ain't no in playin' defense nigga That's why I off the deep end nigga, without a life jacket Couple mil, the world, now my life crackin' the books, bring it back so it's no taxes Royalties, publishing, plus I own I'll be damned if I slave for white crackers I was this out, I hit the heights backwards Hoppin' out the eighty-five in 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 I wasn't playin' Now you what I been sayin', dedication dedication