T.I. - Dead and Gone (album version) lyrics

T.I Hey, let me kick it to you right quick, man Not on some gangsta sh** man, on some real sh** Anybody done been through the same thing, I'm sure you feel the same way Big Phil, this for you pimpin' Justin Timberlake and Timbaland Oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone And oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, dead... T.I Ever had one of them days you wish you would've stayed home? Run into a group of n***as who gettin' they hate on You walk by, they get wrong You reply, then sh** get blown Way outta proportion, way past discussion Just you against them, pick one then rush 'em Figure you get jumped, here that's next So they don't wanna stop there, now they bustin' Now you gushin', ambulance rushin' You to the hospital with a bad concussion Plus you're hit 4 times, bullet hit your spine Paralyzed waist down, now ya wheelchair bound Never mind that now, you lucky to be alive Just think it all started you fussin' with three guys Now your pride in the way, but your pride is the way You could f** around, get shot, die any day n***as die everyday All over bullsh** dope money, dice game, ordinary hood sh** Could this be 'cos of hip hop music? Or did the ones with the good sense not use it? Usually n***as 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 Justin Timberlake and Timbaland Oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone And oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, dead... T.I I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragic situations Could've been dead lookin' back at it Most of that sh** didn't even have to happen But you don't think about it when you out there trappin' In apartments hangin' smokin' and rappin' n***as start sh**, next thing you know we cappin' Get locked up then didn't even get mad Now I think about "Damn, what a life I had" Most of that sh**, look back, just laugh Some sh** still look back get sad Maybe my homeboy still be around Had I not hit the n***a in the mouth that time I won that fight, I lost that war I can still see my n***a walkin' out that door Who would've thought I'd never see Philant no more? Got enough dead homies I don't want no more Cost a n***a his job, cost me more I had done took that a** whippin' now for sure Now think before I risk my life Take them chances to get my stripe A n***a put his hands on me alright Otherwise stand there talk sh** all night 'Cos 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 Justin Timberlake and Timbaland Oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone And oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone Justin Timberlake I turn my head to the east I don't 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 that new me will be alright I turn my head to the east I don't 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 that new me will be alright 'cause... Justin Timberlake and Timbaland Oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone And oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, dead...