[Verse 1: Nipsey Look, my nigga this is dedication, this is This a nigga celebration, this a don blonde declaration Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's house with wafers This the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my Blue pill in the fuckin' Matrix, red in the gray pavement Young black nigga and he can't change it he a genius, he just can't claim it 'Cause they left him no platforms to it He so he get faded But deep down inside he know you fade him How long I stay dedicated? How long opportunity meet preparation? I need some real reparations I run up in your bank just for recreation
[Chorus: Nipsey 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 what I been sayin', dedication dedication, look
[Verse 2: Lamar] I spent my life thinkin' out the box Boxin' homies three on one, got but I ain't drop Chirp on me, here I come, brrt, spin the block They blurped on me, said I ran a stop but that's a lie I spent my life staring at the stage Playin' Sega, smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades vapors, grandma 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 black man divided, break it You a loss, shit don't cry about it, just embrace it Minor setback for major comeback, my favorite My nigga L said you do a with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip I said he a man first, you the words out his lips? About flourishing from the streets to black Level four, yard and give in to false imprisonment Listen close my nigga, it's bigger than and fours my nigga Since elementary we my nigga, yeah, straight like that I give you the game, go back to the turf and give it right For generations we dealt bad hands with bad plans Prove your dedication by hoppin' out Am's I'm at the premiere with Top, Nip, and Snoop Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, dedication
[Interlude: Lamar] If it ain't then it look like hate If it ain't congratulate then it like what, Nipsey? up!
[Verse 3: Hussle] ain't entertainment, it's for niggas on the slave ship These just the spirituals I swam against them waves wit Ended up on shore to amazement I the example I set's not contagious us behind gates but can't tame us Used to be stay safe, now it's stay 'Cause ain't no point in playin' defense That's why I dove off the end nigga, without a life jacket Couple mil, the world, now my life crackin' Cook the books, bring it so it's no taxes Royalties, publishing, plus I own be damned if I slave for some white crackers I was mappin' this out, I hit the backwards Hoppin' out the eighty-five in Reebok Ran a couple marathons just to get To make it happen, you got to it
Nipsey Hussle] Dedication, work 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 It's