has dropped a new song three weeks after he was released from Cook County Jail in , , Travel pending an appeal of his conviction after allegedly faking a hate .
The Empire star, 39, took to Instagram on Friday and posted a lyric video set to his new tune, Thank You God, where he touches on his recent legal troubles.
‘Some people searching for fame / Some people chasing that clout / Just remember this …this ain’t that situation / You think I’m stupid enough to kill my reputation?’ he sings.
Musician: Jussie Smollett, 39, has dropped a new song three weeks after he was released from Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, after being sentenced for faking a hate crime; Pictured March 10 at his sentencing hearing
‘Just simply to look like a victim / Like it’s something fun / Y’all better look at someone else / You got the wrong one,’ he goes on.
The actor notes that ‘100% of the profits’ from the song will be donated to Rainbow Push Coalition, the Illinois Innocence Project and Secure the Bag Safety.
The one-minute clip starts out with a message that reads: ‘Channeling these thoughts the best way I know how.Love You… – JUSSIE.’
Addressing his legal woes: The Empire star took to Instagram on Friday and posted a lyric video set to his new tune, Thank You God, where he touches on his recent legal troubles
Reputation: ‘Some people searching for fame / Some people chasing that clout / Just remember this …this ain’t that situation / You think I’m stupid enough to kill my reputation?’ he sings
He then goes on to sing: ‘It’s like they’re hell-bent on not solving the crime / Taking out the elements of race and trans and homophobia that’s straight taking lives / But turn around and act like I’m the one that killed the strides.’
The star continues, singing, ‘Maybe we stick together / Maybe we read more / Instead of saying that ‘It’s above me now’ / Brother you sure?’
Elsewhere in the song he speaks of betraying others. ‘Let me rephrase that / Cuz the narrative they played / I really over-stand the reason why y’all felt betrayed.’
A victim?’Just simply to look like a victim / Like it’s something fun,’ he goes on
The wrong one: ‘Y’all better look at someone else / You got the wrong one,’ the artist states
‘They had my own people / Thoughts going off the wall / That’s why from L.D.to Don I still got love for y’all / I know we’ll meet again / Talk like real men / Instead of sharing shade in rooms and up on CNN.’
Towards the end of the song he appears to have a positive outlook, speaking about pushing through the clouds.
‘Thunder’s mad loud / Still I’m pushing through the clouds / All I’ve ever really wanted to do was make my people proud,’ he sings.
Smollett finishes the song by revealing his thoughts on fame, singing: ‘Fame is nothing real / It’s how you make them feel / Celebrity is for the birds / I ain’t no man of steel.’