Dedicated
(sung to the rap Medicated by Wiz Khalifa)

this is a rap done for entrepreneurs in the grind, making their way in the worl…enjoy

You can be anything you want
Just keep going, going, gone, gone, gone
It don’t stop here ‘preneur

Back when I was in college I had dreams of making startups
Then my professors sat me down and schooled me to the hardships
I was with some unbelievers put me all to shame
Told me if you tryin’ to make your move you gotta know your lane homie

All you got your cash and your fridge so never break it
Startup life you pay the price you fuck the chance, make it
Cause most preneurs never make it they stranded where I’m from
Ain’t no term sheet conversation all they understand is there ain’t none

I was riding in an Uber hoping I could make it
Out selling ideas and poking people avoiding failure right up the street
Way back in the day before I had all of this paper
before I had all of these coders, before I had all of these haters

Now I remember when I seen it and to me it was stuntin’
I remember when, I thought it and they said it was nothin’
Always in a different state so now they labeled me a dreamer
I ain’t come up out of nowhere I’m from straight up off the corner

Now everywhere we go, they probably know my name cause I been there
Now everywhere we go, they said how much they need when I’m in there
And I’m throwing up my money for the ones who want to make it
Saying’ fuck the ones who hated, pull one up and celebrate

Now let’s get dedicated
Man, let’s get dedicated
Let’s get dedicated
Man I’m hella faded
Now let’s get dedicated
Man, let’s get dedicated
Let’s get dedicated
Man I’m hella faded

Pull up that Mac and smoke it
Take your code home and tweak it
Juicy be emailing VC like crazy
Thank God I got a reply
Only good Cali venture
Pulling allnighters tired as fuck
Just like a youngin’ my preneur
Juicy do all them codes
Preneurs eating that pizza free
I’ll be on that light cheese
Pop red bull in the after hours
A member of the no sleep team
get a whole Monster chug it everyday
Or maybe after TechCrunch with my homie @pmarca

You know I’m fresh up off that corner, twistin’ code and drama
They copy us, they clone us
yeah we so fly we owners

Got acting like they been before

But they ain’t never been at all
I go big and they go small
Ain’t have Apple Watch to fuck with y’all
In ‘N Out we celebrate
Keen time so I ain’t late
Middle finger we getting paid
It cost a lot don’t tap that app wait

That dotted line signing away
Comic book picture me illustrate
Like C&H when they lift that cane
My startup died wish I can get that day
back like it’s a vertabrae
Been that preneur on Sand Hill Road
Talk about it never be about it
Their API like nasty mold
So any terms you need to know ping me
And that’s OG, I swear homie

Walking down to Starbucks the way I’m Jonesing is unique
My city holding on to me so preneurs on their heat
Throwing up their side, tablets on the brief
All we do is code live, all we want is peace
Always on the grind that’s everyday looking
I’m just coding killing bugs and tryin’ to stay away from cooking
yeah my preneurs thirsty dreaming I just had to make it
And let me dent the universe as steve jobs fuckin’ say it

Now let’s get dedicated
Man, let’s get dedicated
Let’s get dedicated
Man I’m hella faded
Now let’s get dedicated
Man, let’s get dedicated
Let’s get dedicated
Man I’m hella faded

words by step_jam, an entrepreneur and venture investor

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