[Verse 1: Nipsey Look, my nigga this is dedication, is anti-hesitation This a real celebration, this a don blonde declaration Fifty-Ninth and Ave, granny's house with vanilla wafers This the remedy, the separation, 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 just claim it they left him no platforms to explain it He frustrated so he get But down inside he know you can't fade him How long I stay dedicated? How long 'til opportunity preparation? I need some nigga reparations I run up in your bank just for recreation
[Chorus: Hussle] Dedication, hard plus patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done I'm done waitin', told you that I playin' Now you hear what I been sayin', It's dedication,
[Verse 2: Lamar] I spent my whole life 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, I ran a stop sign but that's a lie I spent my whole life at the stage Playin' Sega, daddy sherm, mama playin' spades Catchin' vapors, grandma said I'd get some Jordans for my That's my baby when she died my heart broke a ways I spent my whole tryna make it, tryna chase it The cycle of a man divided, tryna break it You take a loss, don't cry about it, just embrace it Minor setback for major comeback, my favorite 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? Level four, yard livin' and in to false imprisonment Listen close my nigga, it's bigger than and fours my nigga Since elementary we close my nigga, yeah, 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 dedication by hoppin' 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 like If it ain't then it look like what, Nipsey? up!
[Verse 3: Hussle] This ain't entertainment, it's for niggas on the slave These songs just the spirituals I swam against waves wit Ended up on shore to amazement I hope the example I not contagious Lock us gates but can't 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, without a jacket Couple mil, tour the world, now my crackin' Cook the books, it back so it's no taxes Royalties, publishing, I own masters I'll be damned if I slave for white crackers I was mappin' this out, I hit the heights Hoppin' out the eighty-five in Reebok Ran a couple marathons to get established To make it happen, you got to it
[Chorus: Nipsey Dedication, hard plus patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done I'm done waitin', you that I wasn't playin' Now you what I been sayin', dedication dedication