[Verse 1:] I sit back and I admire things And I Go to sleep and have beautiful dreams And I Find ways to escape from reality, cus my mentality is motivated by my salary In actuality, my race is punished by brutality Here's a toast for the ones that always doubted me And I ain't mad, I just think it's kinda sad, that you hatin that I made it when really you should be glad I ain't stressin over old times or things I never had I'm infatuated with life, y'all thrilled by the fads And I'm praying to God, through the good and the bad, wish I could add a few years to the life of my granddad (Ruben) But I keep goin Every step is progression growin Got the heart of a lion, so I keep roarin (Yeah) And I keep my hands up, cus life keep on throwin Wa**up (Wa**up) [Hook:] I just have beautiful dreams, I I just have beautiful dreams I just have beautiful dreams, and I Learned to admire these things cus I just have beautiful dreams, I I just have beautiful dreams I just have beautiful dreams, and I Learned to admire these things [Verse 2:] After every dark night, there's a bright day after Can't relive moments, so enjoy each laughter Things fallin in place, when you thinkin they shattered Have faith in the word, and God will give you a answer Don't waste any time with the ones that don't matter Every step you get closer like you climbing a ladder Once your pockets get fatter, then they startin to gather But when you needed a dollar, everybody straight scattered But that's the way that life goes, gotta pray through the struggles cus God knows you're gonna have a lot of those Appreciate the little things, AI showed us you can be great, and you don't ever have to win a ring It's all about the way you played the game and how you leave it If you believe in yourself, then you can achieve it Even down at your worst gotta keep believing I never sleep, but ironically I'm still dreamin [Hook:] I just have beautiful dreams, I I just have beautiful dreams I just have beautiful dreams, and I Learned to admire these things, cus I just have beautiful dreams, I I just have beautiful dreams I just have beautiful dreams, and I Learned to admire these things [Outro:] I'd like to dedicate this song to my parents, Shaneka and Cornelius My grandmothers, Minnie and Eddie Bell My grandfathers, Ruben and Eddie My sisters Ty, Shanti, and Kara And to my lil bro ZaKaden I love y'all Yeah [Hook:] I just have beautiful dreams, I I just have beautiful dreams I just have beautiful dreams, and I Learned to admire these things, cus I just have beautiful dreams, I I just have beautiful dreams I just have beautiful dreams, and I Learned to admire these things