[00:07.52]Look, my niggas this is dedication, this is anti-hesitation
[00:12.51]This a real nigga celebration,
[00:14.28]This a Dime Blocc declaration
[00:16.22]Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave,
[00:17.56]Granny's house with vanilla wafers
[00:19.21]This the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation
[00:22.86]Blue pill in the ****in' Matrix,
[00:24.62]Red rose in the gray pavement
[00:26.51]Young black nigga trapped and he can't change it
[00:28.95]Know he a genius, he just can't claim it
[00:31.46]'Cause they left him no platforms to explain it
[00:34.02]He frustrated so he get faded
[00:36.31]But deep down inside he know you can't fade him
[00:38.90]How long should I stay dedicated?
[00:41.29]How long 'til opportunity meet preparation?
[00:43.59]I need some real nigga reparations
[00:46.22]'Fore I run up in your bank just for recreation
[00:48.65]Dedication, hard work plus patience
[00:51.49]The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
[00:53.75]I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
[00:56.12]Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
[00:59.39]It's dedication, look
[01:17.64]I spent my whole life thinkin' out the box
[01:20.72]Boxin' homies three-on-one, got DP'ed but I ain't drop
[01:23.03]Chirp on me, here I come, brrt, spin around the block
[01:25.41]They blurped on me,
[01:26.10]Said I ran a stop sign but that's a lie
[01:27.74]I spent my whole life starin' at the stage
[01:30.23]Playin' Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades
[01:32.71]Catchin' vapors,
[01:33.54]Grandma said I'd get some Jordans for my grades
[01:35.25]That's my baby,
[01:35.96]When she died my heart broke a hundred ways
[01:37.74]I spent my whole life tryna make it, tryna chase it
[01:40.64]The cycle of a black man divided, tryna break it
[01:43.08]You take a loss, nigga don't cry about it, just embrace it
[01:45.56]Minor setback for major comeback, that's my favorite
[01:48.00]My niggas L said: "You do a song with Nip,"
[01:49.92]K. Dot he a better crip"
[01:51.08]I said he a man first, you hear the words out his lips?
[01:53.50]About flouri******ng from the streets to black businesses?
[01:55.92]Level four yard livin' given to false imprisonment
[01:58.36]Listen close my nigga,
[01:59.43]It's bigger than deuces and fours my nigga
[02:01.29]Since elementary we close my nigga,
[02:02.92]Yeah, straight like that
[02:04.02]I give you the game,
[02:05.07]Go back to the turf and give it right back
[02:06.84]For generations we been dealt bad hands with bad plans
[02:09.49]Prove your dedication by hoppin' out Grand Am's
[02:12.02]I'm at the premiere politickin' with Top, Nip, and Snoop
[02:14.97]Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, from dedication
[02:18.42]If it ain't congratulate then it look like hate
[02:22.39]If it ain't congratulate then it look like what, Nipsey?
[02:25.45]Hol' up!
[02:26.02]This ain't entertainment,
[02:27.81]Nipsey Hussle Dedication (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Dedication (feat. Kendrick Lamar) It's for niggas on the slave ship
[02:29.20]These songs just the spirituals
[02:30.44]I swam against them waves wit
[02:31.57]Ended up on shore to their amazement
[02:34.24]I hope the example I set's not contagious
[02:36.77]Lock us behind gates but can't tame us
[02:39.12]Used to be stay safe, now it's stay dangerous
[02:41.63]'Cause ain't no point in playing defense nigga
[02:43.67]That's why I dove off the deep end nigga,
[02:45.45]Without a life jacket
[02:46.54]Couple mil, tour the world, now my life crackin'
[02:49.04]Cook the books, bring it back so it's no taxes
[02:51.62]Royalties, publi******ng, plus I own masters
[02:54.08]I'll be damned if I slave for some white crackers
[02:56.49]I was mappin' this out, I hit the heights backwards
[02:59.05]Hoppin' out the eighty-five in Reebok classics
[03:01.48]Ran a couple marathons just to get established
[03:03.82]To make it happen, you got to have it
[03:06.09]Dedication, hard work plus patience
[03:08.45]The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
[03:10.93]I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
[03:13.37]Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
[03:20.09]It's dedication