Will Smith Delivers Uplifting Performance of ‘You Can Make It’ at BET Awards

For anybody feeling down within the dumps, Will Smith is providing a hand to drag you out. The actor made a rare live appearance at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday to carry out his newly-released single “You Can Make It.” The file, which options Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir, finds Smith popping out of his unofficial rap retirement to educate listeners by way of overcoming hardships and adversity.

“Through some of my darkest moments, music has always been there for me — to lift me and help me grow,” Smith wrote on Instagram forward of the music’s launch on Friday. “It’s my humble wish that it can do the same for you and bring you all the joy and light you deserve.”

His efficiency at the BET Awards on Sunday discovered him standing alone in a stone-like construction hearth pit, which was surrounded by actual flames, because the choir sang on a platform above him. “I don’t know who needs to hear this right now,” Smith stated earlier than launching into his new music. “But whatever’s going on in your life, I’m here to tell you, you can make it.” Kirk Franklin, who Smith collaborated with on the music, was a shock visitor throughout the efficiency. “Can I get a witness?,” Franklin sang, urging that nobody is “stuck on a bad chapter” endlessly.

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“The darker the hell you gotta endure, the brighter the heaven you get to enjoy/The harder the fall, the higher you soar/God opens a window when the devil closes the door/Believe me, they tried to bleed Will Smith/In the rearview, I see adversity was the gift,” Smith rapped. “To lift me higher gifts requires faith/So dry your eyes and then you’ll find the way/Out of the madness, out of the maze/And out of the saddest into the rays/The darkest of nights turns into day/And every storm runs out of rain, hold on.”

During the “You Can Make It” refrain, Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir sang: “Don’t give up on me, I need you to hold on/Know you’re deep up in the storm/But I know you can face it/It can get dark on the road and you’re feeling all alone/Don’t lose sight of where you’re going.”

Smith closed the music with extra positivity. “We are not being punished, we are forged,” he stated, including: “Dance in your darkest moments.”

The 2024 BET Awards marks the primary main awards ceremony look from Smith because the 2022 Academy Awards, when he made Oscars historical past by slapping Chris Rock. The actor and musician obtained intense criticism following the occasion. “Believe me, they tried to bleed Will Smith” might sound somewhat dramatic till you bear in mind Judd Apatow’s since-deleted tweet concerning the incident that egregiously claimed: “He could have killed him.”

“Who hasn’t been in a dark place? Who hasn’t gone through the fire? What connects us is knowing that you are not alone! @willsmith reminds us of that common connection! That if you’re willing, there are life lessons in dark places! The journey not only produces healing, but also provides growth and wisdom,” Sunday Service Choir shared on Instagram forward of the efficiency. “It was our pleasure to collaborate on this song with @willsmith and @fridayy as we continue to inspire the world with four simple words that will change your life…YOU CAN MAKE IT‼️”

From Rolling Stone US.