You Can Make It, a new song by the 55-year-old Hollywood celebrity, was performed on Sunday at the 2024 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
The Men in Black star made a rare live appearance before being barred from the Academy Awards for ten years as a result of the televised slap that happened just before he won his first Oscar.
Smith performed in a post-apocalyptic setting encircled by flames, with a massive sun rising in the distance.
I’m not sure who needs to hear this at this particular moment, but whatever’s going on, Smith said to the crowd as she began the song.
The song’s lyrics read, “The brighter the heaven you get to enjoy, the darker the hell you gotta endure.”
When the adversary shuts the door, God opens a window, and the harsher the fall, the higher you soar.
Smith was surrounded above from a high platform by the gospel choir Sunday Service and singer-songwriter Fridayy.
Kirk Franklin, who collaborated with Smith on the song, also took the stage and began rapping while the song was playing, informing the crowd that nobody “is on a bad chapter forever”.
