This is a song we wrote during the lockdown. Jason D., one of our greatest friends and collaborators, came to us w/ the idea to create something that could potentially give hope and a nod to other people on lockdown who were going through a hard time, struggling to create or work - basically LIVE. The rest is history. Shouts out to DJ Jason D.
lyrics
(Intro - MCMD)
Aye yo
This one goes out to everyone who stayed Dedicated
How you feel right now, Dave?
(Verse 1 - DTF)
Being in public - that's overrated
But you know David - your boy stays Dedicated
I used to wanna "make it" - airquotes
Now I "make it" every day upstairs yo
"It" being the songs - see, for so long, I had it all wrong
Funny how things change with age, I just wanna go home
and focus on the craft, forget about the cash
Being Dedicated was never exclusive to rap
(MCMD)
I know some losers who rap real nice in a tight fitted
The type who pick up a a mic - "ALRIGHT HIT IT!"
Fresh out the ward - you know, committed
But after every show they don't know where their damn kid is
Production or in function, never fuck with a dead beat
Dedicated to providing whatever my kids need
Chasing their dreams before chasing my own
Our rhymes are for bedtime and counting our toes
(Chorus)
Whether downtown or locked down, we're never knocked down cause we be:
(DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED!)
We don't miss, we look forward to hearing this again:
(DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED!)
Are they dead? Or are they dedicated - let me hear you say it:
(DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED!)
No matter what goes down, do not back down - just be:
(DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED!)
(Verse 2 - MCMD)
Yeah I stay dedicated, dead and reincarnated
Just to listen to my track and to ask em who had made it
I guess I'm a fanatic for some elegant prose
Get that bump in your trunk like an elephant nose
(DTF)
Welcome to the show - 2020
Now that's a dedicated circus, and it's not even funny
But the best comeback stories come from shit shows
So don't look at Windows, try to look out windows
(MCMD)
Disconnect from the net, it was all a mistake
Dedicate your time to making this world a better place
for the ones that you love, sit and bask in the sun
and just be amazed that someday it will all burn up
(DTF)
So burn one up, toast up or whatever you like
Don't forget to enjoy life throughout this strife
Look, it doesn't even matter if I got the residuals
You showed me nothing but love - the feeling mutual
(Chorus)
And when I move on, play this at my funeral and say it:
(DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED!)
We don't miss, we look forward to hearing this again:
(DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED!)
Are they dead? Or are they dedicated - let me hear you say it:
(DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED!)
No matter what goes down, do not back down - just be:
(DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED! DEDICATED!)
(Outro - DTF)
Just be...just be...j-just be...listen...
Just be...Jason D.
credits
released December 17, 2021
Produced by: J. Duncan
Written by: D. Boutdy | M. Dixon
Dave the Fave & MCMD are the writers. Spin Master Mugen is the DJ/producer. We are music/wrestling/video game enthusiasts from Boise, ID. Thank you for listening.
