Lil Tjay counts his blessings on his poignant new observe, “Beat the Odds,” which finds the Bronx MC recounting his restoration from an almost deadly ambush taking pictures throughout a botched theft try in June. “I do my very own factor, f–ok it, I took seven pictures, no disgrace/ Again to wall, I’m nonetheless gon’ blow you down, I ain’t no stain/ Movement on Wayne, I don’t give a f–ok about no ceiling,”
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The video for the observe that dropped on Friday (August 26) opens with frantic 911 calls from the day of the incident — together with a lady’s voice saying she thinks the sufferer is “deceased” — earlier than fading in on Tjay laying down together with his eyes shut, an oxygen masks over his face. It then focuses on him writing and recording lyrics whereas hooked as much as screens, the bandages on his neck in full view as he data his verses from his hospital mattress.
In response to a launch saying the track, the 21-year-old “Laneswitch” rapper was handled for gunshot wounds after being shot 7 instances, together with within the lungs, neck and chest. We watch Tjay learn to stroll once more, caress the injuries on his chest and get sprung in a wheelchair as he makes his means again to the studio amid footage of him acting on stage within the visible directed by the MC. The scene ends in a church, the place Tjay provides thanks for his survival and religion.
“Grateful for the s–t I received ’trigger I come from a tough life/ Demons on my psychological, noticed some s–t I wanna archive/ Feds lookin’ out tryna deliver a n—a down/ Simply thinkin’ ’bout the likelihood, I frown,” he raps on the refrain. “Far out on that water, Father, don’t let me drown/ I can hear my grandma sayin’, ‘Don’t let me down’/ Folks wanna kill me, all the time preserve my gun ’spherical/ Pray I squeeze first, I can’t lose the millies I discovered.”
“I’m grateful for the love and assist I’ve obtained from my followers, household and mates,” the rapper stated in an announcement. “This has been an extended highway to restoration however I’m blissful to have a second probability. Keep tuned… I’m again.”
Watch the “Beat the Odds” video beneath.
