--- title: David Beckham Has Jay Z Lyric Tattoo on Hand description: Did you just get a tattoo to prove it? I didn't think so. canonical: https://time.com/3329539/david-beckham-beyonce-jay-z-lyric/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-11T22:25:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:26.856Z og:title: David Beckham just proved he's a bigger Bey and Jay fan than you og:description: Did you just get a tattoo? I didn't think so. og:url: https://time.com/3329539/david-beckham-beyonce-jay-z-lyric/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: David Beckham just proved he's a bigger Bey and Jay fan than you twitter:description: Did you just get a tattoo? I didn't think so. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Beckham Just Proved He's a Bigger Fan of Jay and Bey Than Anyone Of Us Will Ever Be by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Sep 11, 2014 10:25 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Sep 11, 2014 10:25 PM UTC You might like Beyoncé and Jay Z. You might even _love_ them. But David Beckham probably just one upped your super fandom by tattooing one of Jay Z’s lyrics from the On the Run tour on his hand. The picture below shows four words Jay Z shouted into the crowd during a performance: “Dream big, be unrealistic.”  David Beckham NCP/Star Max—GC Images According to an August tweet, Victoria was a fan of the inspiring mantra, as well: > [](https://twitter.com/victoriabeckham/status/496014693975478272) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3329539/david-beckham-beyonce-jay-z-lyric/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3329539/david-beckham-beyonce-jay-z-lyric/"},"headline":"David Beckham Just Proved He's a Bigger Fan of Jay and Bey Than Anyone Of Us Will Ever Be","datePublished":"2014-09-11T22:25:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:26.856Z","description":"Did you just get a tattoo to prove it? I didn't think so.","url":"https://time.com/3329539/david-beckham-beyonce-jay-z-lyric/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Jay-z","entertainment","celebrity","David Beckham"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3329539/david-beckham-beyonce-jay-z-lyric/","name":"David Beckham Just Proved He's a Bigger Fan of Jay and Bey Than Anyone Of Us Will Ever Be"}}]}] ```