Dedication

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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
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 a Dime Blocc declaration
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Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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
The cycle of a black man divided, 
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tryna break it
You take a loss, shit don't cry 
about it, just embrace it
Minor setback for major comeback, 
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that's my favorite
My nigga L said you do a song with 
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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?
Level four, yard livin' and give in 
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to false imprisonment
Listen close my nigga, it's bigger 
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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,
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 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 
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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 
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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 
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done waitin'
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I'm done waitin', told you that I 
wasn't playin'
Now you hear what I been sayin', 
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dedication
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It's dedication
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