Dedication, I did what I had to

Dedication, yeah

Dedication, I did what I had to

Grew up with them wolves, learned to move how the pack do

Dedication, we ain't beggin' for nothin'

Came up from the bottom, turned nothin' to somethin'

Dedication, scars on my soul

Every loss taught me somethin', still ten toes

Dedication, we ain't beggin' for nothin'

Came up from the bottom, turned nothin' to somethin'

They told me pain make a man, I guess I'm fully grown

Sleepin' in this traphouse felt like home

OGs used to lecture me, now they dead and gone

Caught a charge, beat the odds, still ain't changed my tone

Mama prayin' on the daily, I know she felt the pressure

Judge lookin' at my file like a semester

My past taught me lessons, shit, that shit made me better

I hustled in the rain, I get it in any weather

The boys out the city, the mozzarella fellas

Spanky 'bout the gang, shit ain't 'bout no cheddar

Givin' handouts, tryna make sure you do better

Still see the hood in me when I look inside the mirror

Dedication, I did what I had to

Grew up with them wolves, learned to move how the pack do

Dedication, we ain't beggin' for nothin'

Came up from the bottom, turned nothin' to somethin'

Dedication, scars on my soul

Every loss taught me somethin', still ten toes

Dedication, we ain't beggin' for nothin'

Came up from the bottom, turned nothin' to somethin'

I talk pain in my sleep

Nightmares in my lungs, put 'za in this guy belief

Seen my **** in the casket, you ain't seen what I seen

Convos with my ****, like, "I miss you, Scheme"

I was numb, heart heavy, weighin' like a ton

Had to learn to move forward, finish this run

Now they say I'm next, you know pressure come with that

But I been under pressure, ain't no runnin' back

Used to bag nicks and dimes 'til I flipped the quarter sack

Still humble, though, they be woofin' on the 'Gram

I'd rather put my youngin on, teach him how to stand

I'd rather call my daughter so she don't want for no man

Dedication, I did what I had to

Grew up with them wolves, learned to move how the pack do

Dedication, we ain't beggin' for nothin'

Came up from the bottom, turned nothin' to somethin'

Dedication, scars on my soul

Every loss taught me somethin', still ten toes

Dedication, we ain't beggin' for nothin'

Came up from the bottom, turned nothin' to somethin'