मेरा

Mera (मेरा) is a 2022 solo rap single by independent Mumbai rapper Emiway Bantai (real name Bilal Shaikh), released as part of his short 9-track album 8 Saal, which dropped on 9 May 2022 to mark eight years since he began releasing music independently. Produced by Pendo46 and written by Emiway himself, Mera is a reflective, mid-tempo track in which the rapper reasserts his self-made identity and staying power in the Indian hip-hop scene, distinct from the aggressive diss records ('Chusamba', 'KR L$DA SIGN') he was simultaneously dropping that same year during his highly publicized feud with KR$NA and Kalamkaar Music. The official music video was released via Emiway's own YouTube channel and has drawn several million views, part of the broader 8 Saal rollout that doubled as both an anniversary statement and a victory lap amid the year's rap beef headlines.

Produced by Pendo46, Mera sits at a medium tempo with a mellower, more introspective production than the confrontational diss tracks Emiway released in the same period, giving the rapper room to deliver measured, flowing bars rather than rapid-fire punchlines. As with most of his 8 Saal-era output, the track was written and performed solo, keeping the arrangement lean — beat, hook, and verses built around Emiway's own vocal delivery without featured guest artists.

The opening couplet — 'zindagi hai maslo me atke mat reh, tum hass lo main faslo me rehta hatke' (life's here, don't get stuck in its problems; you can laugh, I keep my distance from the mess) — sets up the song's core idea: choosing perspective and distance over getting dragged into noise. The title itself, 'Mera' (mine), underlines a possessive, self-directed voice running through the verses, a common Emiway trope of asserting ownership over his own story and success rather than measuring himself against rivals.

8 Saal was released on 9 May 2022 as Emiway Bantai's independent celebration of eight years in the music business, having built his career outside the traditional Bollywood/label system through YouTube uploads and viral diss battles since 2014. Mera arrived alongside the anniversary album in the same window that Emiway was locked in a very public feud with Delhi rapper KR$NA and the Kalamkaar Music label, following his April 2022 diss track 'Chusamba' and the subsequent back-and-forth with 'Lil Bunty' and 'KR L$DA SIGN' — making Mera's calmer, reflective tone a deliberate counterpoint within the same release cycle.

As an album track rather than a diss single, Mera did not chart the way Emiway's beef tracks did, but its official video has drawn several million YouTube views and remains part of the well-regarded 8 Saal project among his fanbase as a marker of his independent-artist milestone. It is frequently cited alongside his other 2022 output when discussing his prolific release pace that year.