[Verse 1: Hussle] Look, my nigga is dedication, this is anti-hesitation This a real celebration, this a don blonde declaration Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's with vanilla wafers the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation Blue pill in the fuckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray black nigga trapped and he can't change it Know he a genius, he just claim it 'Cause left him no platforms to explain it He so he get faded But down inside he know you can't fade him How should I stay dedicated? How long 'til meet preparation? I need real nigga reparations 'Fore I run up in bank just for recreation
[Chorus: Hussle] Dedication, hard work plus The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done I'm done waitin', told you I wasn't playin' Now you hear I been sayin', dedication It's dedication,
2: Kendrick Lamar] I my whole life thinkin' out the box Boxin' homies three on one, got 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 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 broke a ways I spent my whole tryna make it, tryna chase it The cycle of a black man divided, tryna it You take a loss, shit don't cry about it, just it Minor setback for comeback, that's my favorite My nigga L you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip I said he a man first, you the words out his lips? flourishing from the streets to black businesses? Level four, yard livin' and give in to 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 dealt bad hands with bad plans Prove your dedication by out Grand Am's I'm at the premiere with Top, Nip, and Snoop 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 ain't entertainment, it's for niggas on the slave ship These songs just the spirituals I swam against them wit Ended up on to their amazement I the example I set's not contagious Lock us gates but can't tame us Used to be stay safe, now it's stay 'Cause ain't no point in defense nigga That's why I dove off the deep end nigga, a life jacket mil, tour the world, now my life crackin' Cook the books, bring it back so it's no Royalties, publishing, I own masters I'll be damned if I slave for some crackers I was mappin' out, I hit the heights backwards Hoppin' out the in Reebok classics Ran a couple just to get established To it happen, you got to have it
Nipsey Hussle] Dedication, hard work 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