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[Verse 1: Nipsey Hussle]
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Look, my nigga this is dedication, this is anti-hesitation
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This a real nigga celebration, this a Dime Blocc declaration
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Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's house with vanilla wafers
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This the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation
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Blue pill in the fuckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray pavement
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Young black nigga trapped and he can't change it
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Know he a genius, he just can't claim it
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'Cause they left him no platforms to explain it
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He frustrated so he get faded
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But deep down inside he know you can't fade him
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How long should I stay dedicated?
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How long 'til opportunity meet preparation?
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I need some real nigga reparations
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'Fore I run up in your bank just for recreation

[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle]
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Dedication, hard work plus patience
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The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
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I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
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Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
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It's dedication, look

[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
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I spent my whole life thinkin' out the box
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Boxin' homies three on one, got DP'ed but I ain't drop
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Chirp on me, here I come, brrt, spin around the block
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They blurped on me, said I ran a stop sign but that's a lie
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I spent my whole life starin' at the stage
Playin' Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades
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Catchin' vapors, grandma said I'd get some Jordans for my grades
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That's my baby, when she died my heart broke a hundred ways
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I spent my whole life tryna make it, tryna chase it
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The cycle of a black man divided, tryna break it
You take a loss, shit don't cry about it, just embrace it
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Minor setback for major comeback, that's my favorite
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My nigga L said you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip
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I said he a man first, you hear the words out his lips?
About flourishing from the streets to black businesses?
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Level four, yard livin' and give in to false imprisonment
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Listen close my nigga, it's bigger than deuces and fours my nigga
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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
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For generations we been dealt bad hands with bad plans
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Prove your dedication by hoppin' out Grand Am's
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I'm at the premiere politickin' with Top, Nip, and Snoop
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Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, from dedication

[Interlude: Kendrick Lamar]
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If it ain't congratulate then it look like hate
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If it ain't congratulate then it look like what, Nipsey?
Hol' up!

[Verse 3: Nipsey Hussle]
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This ain't entertainment, it's for niggas on the slave ship
These songs just the spirituals I swam against them waves wit
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Ended up on shore to their amazement
I hope the example I set's not contagious
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Lock us behind gates but can't tame us
Used to be stay safe, now it's stay dangerous
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'Cause ain't no point in playin' defense nigga
That's why I dove off the deep end nigga, without a life jacket
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Couple mil, tour the world, now my life crackin'
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Cook the books, bring it back so it's no taxes
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Royalties, publishing, plus I own masters
 I'll be damned if I slave for some white crackers
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I was mappin' this out, I hit the heights backwards
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Hoppin' out the eighty-five in Reebok classics
Ran a couple marathons just to get established
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To make it happen, you got to have it

[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle]
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Dedication, hard work plus patience
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The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
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I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
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Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
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It's dedication
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