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00:00and if God is for real you just wonder if he'll listen so many tests for the flesh exhausted
00:06gasping to catch your breath walking through the valley of the shadow of death when you think you
00:11got nothing left keep going don't give up on me i need you to hold on no you gave up in the storm
00:18but i know you can faith in jim lamar sunday service
00:24the 2024 BET awards brought the music the style and of course the show-stopping performances
00:31the award show hosted by taraji p henson which took place on june 30th and honored the
00:36outstanding accomplishments across the industry and black community globally had many memorable
00:41moments including usher's recognition with this year's lifetime achievement BET award
00:46and will smith's performance of his new song you can make it access hollywood is breaking
00:50down the highlights from culture's biggest night which began with a fiery performance
00:54from megan b stallion
01:15but she must stand for koopas
01:26afterwards host taraji took the stage with her opening monologue as she played off of
01:30kendrick lamar's track not like us it's not about you or me it's about we forget about everything
01:37easy 24 gonna be fire
01:55and the performances didn't stop there rappers sexy red ice spice and more
02:00took center stage as well as BET award winners tyla and victoria monet
02:08i just want to live in a fantasy
02:12we deserve it right top of the memory i've ever made in my life
02:21permanent ecstasy
02:32plus will smith performed at the award show for the first time ever as he unveiled his
02:37new song you can make it along with kirk franklin chandler moore and sunday service choir
02:43if god is for real you just wonder if he'll listen
02:47so many tests for the flesh exhausted gasping to catch your breath
02:51walking through the valley of the shadow of death when you think you got nothing left
02:55keep going
03:07this year BET honored usher with the lifetime achievement award
03:11before he accepted it kiki palmer childish gambino
03:14tanashi and more delivered tributes to the superbowl halftime star
03:41oh
03:49once on stage usher who earlier in the night won best male r&b pop artist
03:55delivered an emotional speech despite some audio issues
04:00i was trying to make sense of this name that a man gave me that didn't stick around because
04:07he didn't love me or at least that was my perception of it because i had to live long
04:13enough in order to understand that you have to have a forgiving heart in order to understand
04:20the true pitfalls and hardships of a black man in america
04:23and my father he was a product of that tell you they solid and it ain't about a record
04:39as the 2024 election years the award show also included a cameo
04:43from vice president kamala harris i'm worried about the election
04:47women's reproductive rights are on the line our supreme court is on the line
04:51our basic freedoms are being tested madam vp i know you've been traveling across the country
04:57what are you hearing yeah girl i'm out here in these streets and let me tell you you're right
05:02taraji there is so much at stake in this moment the majority of us believe in freedom and equality
05:09but these extremists as they say they're not like us no they're not