Album Name

Victory Lap

Artist

Nipsey Hussle

Genre

랩/힙합

Release Date

2018.02.16

Release Agency

워너뮤직

Dedication (Feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Nipsey Hussle
Look my nigga this is dedication
this is anti hesitation
This a real nigga celebration
This a Dime Blocc declaration
Fifty Ninth and Fifth Ave
granny's 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
This ain't entertainment
it's for niggas on the slave ship
These songs just the spirituals
I swam against them waves wit
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
now 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 eighty five
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