[Verse 1: Hussle] Look, my nigga this is dedication, this is This a real nigga celebration, this a don blonde and Fifth Ave, granny's house with vanilla wafers This the remedy, the separation, of my generation Blue pill in the fuckin' Matrix, red rose in the pavement Young nigga trapped and he can't change it Know he a genius, he can't claim it 'Cause they left him no to explain it He frustrated so he get But deep down inside he know you fade him How long should I dedicated? How long 'til opportunity preparation? I need real nigga reparations 'Fore I run up in your just for recreation
[Chorus: Nipsey Dedication, work plus patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm waitin' I'm waitin', told you that I wasn't playin' Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication, look
[Verse 2: Lamar] I spent my 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 blurped on me, said I ran a stop sign but that's a lie I spent my whole life at the stage Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades Catchin' vapors, grandma said I'd get Jordans for my grades That's my baby when she died my heart broke a hundred I spent my whole life make it, tryna chase it The cycle of a black man divided, tryna it You take a loss, don't cry about it, just embrace it Minor for major comeback, that's my favorite My nigga L said you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a better I said he a man first, you hear the out his lips? About flourishing from the streets to businesses? four, yard livin' and give in to false imprisonment Listen close my nigga, it's bigger than deuces and fours my Since elementary we close my nigga, yeah, like that I give you the game, go to the turf and give it right back For generations we been dealt bad with bad plans Prove your by hoppin' out Grand Am's I'm at the premiere politickin' Top, Nip, and Snoop Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, from
[Interlude: Lamar] If it ain't congratulate it look like 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 songs just the spirituals I swam against them waves wit Ended up on shore to their I the example I set's not contagious us behind gates but can't tame us Used to be stay safe, now stay dangerous 'Cause no point in playin' defense nigga That's why I dove off the deep end nigga, 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 for some white crackers I was mappin' out, I hit the heights backwards out the eighty-five in Reebok classics Ran a couple just to get established To it happen, you got to have it
Nipsey Hussle] Dedication, hard plus patience The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm waitin' I'm done waitin', told you I wasn't playin' Now you hear I been sayin', dedication dedication