Nipsey Hussle, Kendrick Lamar - Dedication lyrics

Look, my nigga this is dedication
This is anti hesitation
This a real nigga celebration
This a Dime Blocc declaration
59th and 5th Ave
Granny house with vanilla wafers
This the remedy, the separation
2Pac of my generation
Blue pill in the fuckin' Matrix
Red rose in the gray pavement
Young black nigga trapped and
He can't change it
Know he a genius, he just can't claim it
'Cause they left him no
Platforms to explain it
He frustrated so he get faded
But deep down inside he know
You can't fade him
How long should I stay dedicated?
How long 'til opportunity meet preparation?
I need some real nigga reparations
'Fore I run up in your
Bank just for recreation

Dedication, hard work plus patience
The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
I'm done waitin'
Told you that I wasn't playin'
Now you hear what I been sayin' dedication
It's dedication, look

I spent my whole life thinkin' out the box
Boxin' homies three-on-one
Got DP'ed but I ain't drop
Chirp on me, here I come, brrt
Spin around the block they blurped on me
Said I ran a stop sign but that's a lie
I spent my whole life starin' at the stage
Playin' Sega, daddy smokin' sherm
Mama playin' spades catchin' vapors
Grandma said I'd get some
Jordans for my grades that's my baby
When she died my heart broke a hundred ways
I spent my whole life tryna make it
Tryna chase it
The cycle of a black man divided
Tryna break it
You take a loss? Shit, don't cry about it
Just embrace it
Minor setback for major comeback
That's my favorite
My nigga L said, "You do a
Song with Nip, K dot, he a better Crip"
I said, "He a man first
You hear the words out his lips
About flourishing from the streets
To black businesses?"
Level four, yard livin'
Given to false imprisonment
Listen close, my nigga
It's bigger than deuces and fours, my nigga
Since elementary we close, my nigga, yeah
Straight like that i give you the game
Go back to the turf and give it right back
For generations we been dealt bad
Hands with bad plans
Prove your dedication by hoppin'
Out Grand Am's
I'm at the premiere politickin'
With Top, Nip, and Snoop
Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew
From dedication

If it ain't congratulate then
It look like hate
If it ain't congratulate then
It look like what, nipsey?
Hol' up

Look this ain't entertainment
It's for niggas on the slave ship
These songs just the spirituals I
Swam against them waves with
Ended up on shore to they amazement
Now I hope the example I set's not contagious
Lock us behind gates but can't tame us
Used to be, "Stay safe, " now it's
"Stay dangerous"
'Cause ain't no point in playin' defense
Nigga
That's why I dove off the deep end, nigga
Without a life jacket
Couple mil', tour the world, dawg
My life crackin' cook the books
Bring it back so it's no taxes
Royalties, publishing, plus I own masters
I'll be damned if I slave
For some white crackers
I was mappin' this out
I hit the heist backwards
Hoppin' out the eighty-five
In Reebok Classics
Ran a couple marathons just
To get established
To make it happen, you got to have it

Dedication, hard work plus patience
The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
I'm done waitin'
Told you that I wasn't playin'
Now you hear what I been sayin' dedication
It's dedication