Listen to Cowboys’ Cole Beasley drop the beats in new rap release

Cole Beasley’s season ended early because of an illness but the Dallas Cowboys’ receiver hasn’t been lounging around the house.

Beasley dropped his debut single “80 Stings” from an album he’ll release this spring. The track was produced by Victor “Phazz” Clark for Beasley’s entertainment company ColdNation Records.

“80 Stings” is a three-minute, five-second rap without a chorus where Beasley describes his rough route to the NFL being a 5-foot-8, 180-pound receiver. He name-checks Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and quarterback Dak Prescott.

“Jerry’s boss now when I ball out, I’m dog out when Dak get the ball out,” Beasley raps at one point. Much of the upbeat, high-energy song is dedicated to Beasley providing for his family.

“If you’re talking money then you lost me,

I’m saving all of it for my offspring.

Can’t stand your necklace up off me

Because I don’t have one,

spent that on college funds for both my sons.

Competition yeah I have a ton,

When you don’t look the part you have to,

When you do have opportunity, sack up,

Like the odds against me

I just have one opportune moment

But’s that all I need, because I own it ...”

Beasley said in a release that football will always come first.

“Some people may question my loyalty to football, but the passion for that WILL NOT change,” he said. “I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.”

This story was originally published January 9, 2018 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Listen to Cowboys’ Cole Beasley drop the beats in new rap release."