Dead and Gone

T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake
Dead and Gone

Aye, let me kick it to you right quick man
Not on some gangsta ****,man, on some real ****
Anybody done been through the same thing, Im sure you feel the same way
Big Phil, this for you pimpin

[Chorus]
Ooh (Hey)
I've been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
And ooh,(Hey)
I've been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone

[Verse]
Ever had one of them days you wish you woulda stayed home?
Run into a group of ****** who gettin they hate on
You walk by
They get wrong
You reply, then **** get blown
Way outta proportion, way past discussion
Just you against them, pick one then rush em
Figured you'd get jumped, yeah thats that
They dont wanna stop there, now they bustin
Now you gushing, ambulance rushing
You to the hospital with a bad concussion
Plus you hit four times, bullets hit your spine
Paralyzed from the waist down, now you're wheelchair bound
Nevermind that now, you lucky to be alive
Think it all started, you fussing with three guys
Now your pride in the way, but your pride is the way
You can **** around get shot, die anyday
****** die everyday, all over bullshit
Dope money, dice game, ordinary hood ****
Could this be cause of hip-hop music?
Or did the one's with the good sense not use it?
Usually
****** dont know what to do when they back against the wall so they just start shooting
For red or for blue or for blow I guess
From Bankhead up to your projects
No more stress, now Im straight
Now I get it, now I take
Time to think before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets Im blessed to say
The old me, dead and gone away

[Chorus]
Ooh (Hey)
I've been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Im just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
And ooh (Hey)
I've been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone

[Verse]
I aint never been scared
I live through tragic situations, coulda been dead looking back at it
Most of that **** didnt even have to happen
But you dont think about it when you out there trappin
In apartments hanging, smoking and rappin
****** start ****, the next thing you know we cappin
Get locked up, then didn even get mad
Now think about, "Damn what a life I had"
Most of that **** look back just laugh
Some ****, still look back, get sad
Maybe my homeboy still be around
Had I not hit the ***** in the mouth that time
I won that fight, I lost that war
I can still see my ***** walking out that door
Who woulda thought I'd never see Philant no more
Got enough dead homies, I dont want no more
Cost a ***** his jaw, cost me more
I woulda took that *** whooping now for sure
Now think before I risk my life
Take them chances to get my stripes
A ***** put his hands on me alright
Otherwise, stand there talk **** all night (So)
Cause I hit you, and you sue me
I shoot you, get locked up, who me?
No more stress, now Im straight
Now I get it, now I take
Time to think before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets Im blessed to say
The old me, dead and gone away

[Chorus]
Ooh (Hey)
I've been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Im just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
And ooh (Hey)
I've been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone

[Bridge] 2x
I turn my head to the east, I dont see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the north
Swallow that pill, that they call pride
That old me's dead and gone
But the new me will be alright

[Chorus]
Ooh (Hey)
I've been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
And ooh (Hey)
I've been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone