Will Smith took the 2024 BET Awards to church when he performed his new song, “You Can Make It” with Chandler Moore, Kirk Franklin and the Sunday Service Choir.
“I don’t know what’s going on in your life right now,” Smith says at the beginning while standing in a ring of fire, “but whatever’s going on in your life, you can make it.”
Smith starts the song by rapping about struggling with hopelessness in the middle of pain and suffering, feeling “broken and tired, and all your hope is expired.”
But then Moore hops in, with Sunday Service Choir’s harmonies backing him up, to deliver a powerful and hope-filled message.
“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 along/ Don’t lost sight of where you’re going/ ‘Cause I know you can make it, oh woah,” Moore sang before a storm came and rained down on Smith.
And before the performance wraps up, Kirk Franklin walks on stage to deliver a moving message about persevering through tough times with God’s grace.
Watch the full performance here:
