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"Lil Wayne has come out to thank a soldier who credits the rapper with saving his life during combat in Afghanistan.  Private First Class Lander Chappell recently revealed that the performer&amp;#039;s music kept him alive after losing his leg in a roadside bomb attack.  Chappell says he sang the lyrics of Lil Wayne&amp;#039;s song &amp;#039;Tie My Hands&amp;#039; while he waited for rescue, explaining, &amp;quot;It got my mind off it and finally the medevac [medical evacuation] came. &amp;quot;We were still singing. We get on to the medevac. It&amp;#039;s one of the things I really appreciate him doing for me.&amp;quot; Wayne took to his Twitter account after hearing the news with a message for Chappell.  He tweeted: &amp;quot;PFC Lander Chappell, I&amp;#039;ve always known that my musik (sic) could change lives but I never knew it could save em (sic) as well. Thank u (sic).&amp;quot; Lil Wayne recently hinted that he may be retiring from music after two more albums. Listen to Lil Wayne&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Tie My Hands&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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