Dedication (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

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 their amazement
 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 heights backwards
 Hoppin' out the 85 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