Dead and Gone
Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to longJust trying to find my way back home
Justin TimberlakeThe old me is dead and gone… dead and gone… dead and gone
Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to longJust trying to find my way back homeThe old me is dead and gone… dead and gone… eeyy
Verse 1 (T.I.)Ever had one of dem days u wish woulda stayd homeRun into a group of ni&&as getting they hate onU walk by they get wrong u reply then sh*t get blownWay outta proportion way past discussionJust u against them, pick one then rush emFigure you'll get jumped, hell that's nothingThey don’t wanna stop there now they bussinNow u gushin, ambulance rushin u to the hospital with a bad concussionPlus ya hit 4 times plus it hit ya spine paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair boundNevermind that now u lucky to be alive, Just think it all started u fussin with 3 guysNow ya pride in the way but ya pride is the way u could *uck around get shot die anydayNi&&as die every day all over bull sh*t dope money dice game ordinary hood sh*tCould this be cuz of hip hop music or did the ones with the good sense not use itUsually ni&&as don’t kno what to do when their back against the wall so they just start shootinFor red or for blue or for blo I guess, from Bankhead or from your projectsNo more stress, now im straight, now I get it now I takeTime to think, before I make mistakes just for my family’s sakeThat part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong todayNo regrets im blessed to say the old me dead and gone away.
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Verse 2 (T.I.)I aint never been scared, I lived through tragedySituation coulda been dead lookin back at itMost of that sh*t didn’t even have to happenBut u don’t think about it when u out there trappinIn apartments hangin smokin and rappinNi&&as start sh*t didn’t next thing ya kno we cappinGet locked up then didn’t even get madNow think about damn what a life I hadMost of that sh*t look back just laughSome sh*t still look back just sadMaybe my homboy still be aroundHad I not hit the ni&&a in the mouth that timeI won that fight, I lost that warI can still see my ni&&a walkin out that doorWho’da thought I’d never see Philant no moreGot enough dead homies I don’t want no moreCost a ni&&a his job, cost me moreI’da took that ***-whoopin now for sureNow think before I risk my lifeTake them chances to get my stripeA ni&&a put his hands on me alrightOtherwise stand there talk sh*t all nightCuz I hit you , you sue me,I shoot you, get locked up, who me?
No more stress, now im straight, now I get it now I takeTime to think before I make mistakes just for my family’s sakeThat part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong todayNo regrets im blessed to say the old me dead and gone away.
ChorusVerse 3 (J.T.)I turn my head to the east… I don’t see nobody by my sideI turn my head to the west… still nobody in sightSo I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call prideThe old me is dead and gone, the new me will be alrightI turn my head to the east… I don’t see nobody by my sideI turn my head to the west… still nobody in sightSo I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call prideThe old me is dead and gone, the new me will be alright