Will Smith exhibited excellent breath control while rapping for Lyrical Lemonade.
On Thursday, Lyrical Lemonade shared the veteran artist performing a mashup of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” over Missy Elliott’s “Work It” beat.
Smith was at Lyrical Lemonade’s Chicago HQ to appear on the platform’s Lunch Break Freestyle series. In addition to the mashup, the 56-year-old performed a second song.
“I be overcoming shit that y’all be having trouble with / Let ‘em run they mouth, I mean really, that’s what come with this,” he raps.
Another post from Lyrical Lemonade shows Smith hanging out at the HQ, playing basketball and video games, and even acting in a skit.
Smith recently released his fifth album, Based On A True Story – Season 1: Rave In The Wasteland, with features from DJ Jazzy Jeff, Teyana Taylor, Big Sean, Russ, and Jaden Smith, among others.
Will Smith sat down with Complex to discuss his first offering in 20 years. When asked if Will the person is proud of Will the brand, Smith said, “Well, you can’t really be proud of a brand. You can, but you shouldn’t be. A brand is an idea, like ice cream—it’s something people enjoy.
“But a man, that’s something real. And the man is unbreakable. The brand? That can fall apart. The man is ten toes down. There’s a song on the album called ‘Bulletproof’ that touches on this, about letting go of the pressure to sustain an image. I don’t want to hold up something that isn’t real. I want to be fully me.”
