T.I. - Dead & Gone (Feat. Justin Timberlake)

Ever had one of dem
days you wish woulda
stayed home
Run into a group of
niggas who getting
they hate on
You walk by they get
wrong you reply then
shit get blown
Way outta proportion
way past discussion
Just you against them
pick one then rush em
Figure you get jumped
here thats next
They don't wanna stop
there now they bustin
Now you gushin
ambulance rushin
you to the hospital
with a bad concussion
Plus ya hit 4 times bullet
hit ya spine paralyzed
waist down
now ya wheel
chair bound
Never mind that now
you lucky to be alive
Just think it all started
you fussin with 3 guys
Nigga ya pride in the
way but ya pride is
the way
You could fuck around
get shot die any day
Nigroes die every day
all over bull
dope money
Dice game ordinary
hood shit
Could this be cuz of
hip hop music
Or did the ones with
the good sense not
use it
Usually nigroes don't
know what to do
When their back
against the wall so
they just start shootin
For red or for blue
or for blow I guess
From Bankhead or
from your projects
No more stress now
I'm 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 I'm blessed
to say the old me
dead and gone away
Ohh I've been travelin
on this road too long
too long
Just trying to find
my way back home
back home
The old me is dead
and gone dead
and gone and
Ohh I've been travelin
on this road too long
too long
Just trying to find
my way back home
back home
The old me is dead
and gone dead and gone
I ain't never been
scared I lived
through tragedy
Situation coulda
been dead lookin
back at it
Most of that shit
didn't even have
to happen
But you don't think
about it when you
out there trappin
In apartments hangin
smokin and rappin
Nigroes start stuff
next thing ya know
we cappin
Get locked up then
didn't even get mad
Now think about
damn what a life
I had
Most of that shit
I look back just laugh
Some stuff still look
back get sad
Maybe my homeboy
still be around
Had I not hit the nigga
in the mouth that time
I won that fight I lost
that war
I can still see my
nigroes walkin out
that door
Who'da thought I'd
never see Philant
no more
Got enough dead
homies I don't want
no more
Cost a nigga his jaw
cost me more
I'da took that whoopin
now for sure
Now i think before
I risk my life
Take them chances to
get my stripes
A nigga put his hands
on me alright
Otherwise stand there
talk shit all night
Cuz I hit you and you
sue me
I shoot you get locked
up who me
No more stress now
I'm 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 I'm blessed
to say the old me dead
and gone away
Ohh I've been travelin
on this road too long
too long
Just trying to find my
way back home
back home
The old me is dead
and gone dead
and gone
Ohh I've been travelin
on this road too long
too long
Just trying to find
my way back home
back home
The old me is dead
and gone dead
and gone
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 is dead
and gone but the
new me will be alright
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 is dead
and gone but the
new me will be alright
Ohh I've been travelin
on this road too long
too long
Just trying to find my
way back home
back home
The old me is dead
and gone dead and
gone and
Ohh I've been
travelin on this road
too long too long
Just trying to find my
way back home
back home
The old me is dead
and gone dead
and gone hey eh