Intro: G#m
verse 1: Nipsey Hussle
G#m
Look, my nigga this is dedication, this is anti-hesitation
G#m E
This a real nigga celebration, this a Dime Blocc declaration
E E E
Fifty-Ninth and Fifth Ave, granny's house with vanilla wafers
G#m
This the remedy, the separation, 2Pac of my generation
G#m E
Blue pill in the fuckin' Matrix, red rose in the gray pavement
E
Young black nigga trapped and he can't change it
G#m
Know he a genius, he just can't claim it
A#m G#m F#
'Cause they left him no platforms to explain it
E
He frustrated so he get faded
E
But deep down inside he know you can't fade him
G#m
How long should I stay dedicated?
G#m
How long 'til opportunity meet preparation?
E
I need some real nigga reparations
E G#m
'Fore I run up in your bank just for recreation
Nipsey Hussle
G#m B
Dedication, hard work plus patience
C#m E
The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
E
I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
N.C. G#m
Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
E F#
It's dedication, look
verse 2: Kendrick Lamar
G#m
I spent my whole life thinkin' out the box
G#m
Boxin' homies three on one, got DP'ed but I ain't drop
E
Chirp on me, here I come, brrt, spin around the block
E E
They blurped on me, said I ran a stop sign but that's a lie
G#
I spent my whole life starin' at the stage
Playin' Sega, daddy smokin' sherm, mama playin' spades
E
Catchin' vapors, grandma said I'd get some Jordans for my grades
E
That's my baby, when she died my heart broke a hundred ways
G#m
I spent my whole life tryna make it, tryna chase it
E
The cycle of a black man divided, tryna break it
You take a loss, shit don't cry about it, just embrace it
G#m
Minor setback for major comeback, that's my favorite
Gm
My nigga L said you do a song with Nip, K. Dot he a better crip
E
I said he a man first, you hear the words out his lips?
About flourishing from the streets to black businesses?
G#m B
Level four, yard livin' and give in to false imprisonment
G#m
Listen close my nigga, it's bigger than deuces and fours my nigga
E
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
G#m
For generations we been dealt bad hands with bad plans
G#m
Prove your dedication by hoppin' out Grand Am's
E
I'm at the premiere politickin' with Top, Nip, and Snoop
E D
Damn, Pac watchin' the way we grew, from dedication
Interlude: Kendrick Lamar
E A
If it ain't congratulate then it look like hate
D#m
If it ain't congratulate then it look like what, Nipsey?
Hol' up!
verse 3: Nipsey Hussle
G#m
This ain't entertainment, it's for niggas on the slave ship
These songs just the spirituals I swam against them waves wit
E
Ended up on shore to their amazement
I hope the example I set's not contagious
G#m
Lock us behind gates but can't tame us
Used to be stay safe, now it's stay dangerous
E
'Cause ain't no point in playin' defense nigga
That's why I dove off the deep end nigga, without a life jacket
G#m
Couple mil, tour the world, now my life crackin'
G#m E
Cook the books, bring it back so it's no taxes
E
Royalties, publishing, plus I own masters
I'll be damned if I slave for some white crackers
G#m
I was mappin' this out, I hit the heights backwards
G#m E
Hoppin' out the eighty-five in Reebok classics
Ran a couple marathons just to get established
N.C.
To make it happen, you got to have it
Nipsey Hussle
G#m
Dedication, hard work plus patience
G#m F#
The sum of all my sacrifice, I'm done waitin'
E
I'm done waitin', told you that I wasn't playin'
B
Now you hear what I been sayin', dedication
E B |E |B
It's dedication
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