| Never let nobody tell you that you can’t dream
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| It’s a beautiful thing (it's a beautiful thing)
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| If you workin 9 to 5 or hustlin for your green
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| It’s a beautiful thing (it's a beautiful thing)
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| When you take care of your seed, you feedin your own king
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| It’s a beautiful thing (it's a beautiful thing)
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| You could be dead or in the bing but you not, high like you got wings
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| It’s a beautiful thing (it's a beautiful thing)
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| Yeah, I’m dope enough to have your hundred dollar bill rolled up
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| Headed for my CD when the cops show up
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| When they ask you where you get the stuff
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| Say, «Compound yeah that’s what’s up~!»
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| 50 years ago we sayin thanks for chitlins
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| Now this hip-hop music got us bankin millions
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| Thank them older white people wanna spank they children
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| (Oakland) Killafornia is the state we live in
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| Goin out to my people all over the earth
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| Better look inside yourself so you can know what you worth
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| I done put in both illegal and legitimate work
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| Now I finally started gettin the perks, no longer dealin with jerks
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| My mind abstract, my grind NASDAQ
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| Hip-Hop cat with a 9 in the backpack
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| Protectin my seed and my beautiful queen
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| I love life, it’s a beautiful thing, it’s a beautiful thing
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| I’m dope enough to have your hundred dollar bill rolled up
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| Headed for my CD when the cops show up
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| When they ask you where you get the stuff
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| Say, «Hiero yeah that’s what’s up~!»
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| Ay whattup wit’chu? |
| What you fin' to do?
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| Baby comin through I’m 'bout to shoot through the hoop
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| Scootin the building you knew it about to do it to her
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| Blew about 2 without you
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| Yeahhh it’s a beautiful thang
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| Cause when they get 10 they give 2 to the kang, hmmmmm
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| My grape and lobster dream ain’t to rock a bling
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| But yeah my boys ring like Dr. King
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| Your partner clean, baby wasn’t sayin nothin they be frontin
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| Maybe wasn’t payin nuttin
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| I dream on and sing gone
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| Smash Rockwell is him embellishin his elegance
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| Beautiful thing, it’s a beautiful thing
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| «You fools! |
| You meddling curious prying fools!
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| I will not be caught by a petty policeman in a country town!» |