[00:01.24]Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man,[00:05.13]Nawt on some gangsta shit man on some real shit[00:08.07]Anybody who been through the same thing im sure you feel the same way[00:13.90][00:14.05]Ohh (hey)[00:15.42]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[00:18.82]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[00:22.44]But the old me's dead and gone,[00:25.52]Dead and Gone,[00:28.09]And Ohh.. (hey)[00:29.55]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[00:33.11]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[00:36.65]But the old me's dead and gone,[00:39.78]Dead and Gone, dead and...[00:42.03][00:42.20]Every had one of them days wish you would have stayed home,[00:43.92]Run into a group of niggas who getting their hate on,[00:45.83]You walk by - they get wrong,[00:47.51]You reply then shit get blown,[00:49.28]Way out of proportion way bad discussion,[00:51.18]Just you against them pick one then rush them,[00:53.16]Figure you get jumped here thats next,[00:54.77]They don't wanna stop there now they bustin,[00:56.44]Now you gushin ambulance rushin,[00:58.21]You to the hospital with a bad concusion,[01:00.01]Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine,[01:02.26]Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound,[01:03.59]Never mind that now you lucky to be alive,[01:04.88]Just thinkin it all started fussin wit three guys,[01:07.04]Bitches pride in the way but your pride is the way you can ****[01:09.00]around get shot down anyday,[01:10.62]Niggas die everyday,[01:11.34]All little bastards, **** money, dice games, for their hood ****,[01:15.06]Could this be cuz of hip-hop music,[01:16.12]Or did the ones with the good sense not use it,[01:17.89]Usually niggas don't know what to do when they back against the wall,[01:20.63]So they just start shootin,[01:21.52]For red or for blue or for blow I guess,[01:22.70]From Bankhead at the old projects,[01:24.83]No more stress now I'm straight,[01:26.71]Now I get it now I take time to think before I make mistake just for my[01:31.01]family stake,[01:32.13]That part of me left yesterday[01:33.84]The harder me is strong today,[01:35.60]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,[01:39.20][01:39.37]Ohh (hey)[01:40.66]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[01:44.39]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[01:47.72]But the old me's dead and gone,[01:50.82]Dead and Gone,[01:53.34]And Ohh.. (hey)[01:54.82]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[01:58.60]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[02:02.14]But the old me's dead and gone,[02:04.96]Dead and Gone, dead and...[02:07.52][02:07.72]I ain't neva been scared I live through tragic,[02:09.29]Situations could been dead lookin back at it,[02:11.17]Most of that shit didn't even have to happen,[02:12.93]But you think about it when you out there trappin',[02:14.70]In the appartments hangin', smokin and rappin,[02:16.38]Niggas start shit next thing we know we cappin,[02:18.33]Get locked up then didn't even get mad,[02:20.03]Now I think about that what a life I had,[02:21.83]Most of that shit look back just laugh,[02:23.62]Some shit still look back get sad,[02:25.41]Thinkin my home boy still be around had[02:27.11]I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time,[02:28.91]I won that fight I lost that war,[02:30.61]I could still see my nigga walkin out that door[02:32.49]Who would of thought I'd never see Philant no more,[02:34.07]Got enough dead homies I don't want no more,[02:35.86]Cuz a bitch his jump cost me more[02:37.69]I'd a took that ass whoppin out for sure,[02:39.46]Now think before I risk my life,[02:41.33]Take them chances to get my stripes,[02:43.14]A bitch put his hands on me alright[02:44.89]Otherwise stand there talk shit all night,[02:46.70]Cuz I hit you and you sue me,[02:48.34]I shoot you get locked up poor me,[02:50.21]No more stress now I'm straight,[02:52.10]Now I get it now I take time to think[02:53.85]before I make mistake just for my[02:55.53]family stake,[02:56.54]That part of me left yesterday[02:59.14]The harder me is strong today,[03:01.17]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,[03:04.55][03:04.71]Ohh (hey)[03:05.95]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[03:09.69]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[03:13.27]But the old me's dead and gone,[03:16.16]Dead and Gone,[03:18.66]And Ohh.. (hey)[03:20.18]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[03:23.94]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[03:27.46]But the old me's dead and gone,[03:30.27]Dead and Gone, dead and...[03:33.23][03:33.41]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side,[03:36.77]I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight,[03:40.41]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride,[03:44.11]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright,[03:47.47]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side,[03:50.93]I turn my head to the west still nobody in sight,[03:54.48]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride,[03:58.05]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright,[04:01.57][04:01.76]Ohh (hey)[04:02.83]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[04:06.56]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[04:10.21]But the old me's dead and gone,[04:12.99]Dead and Gone,[04:15.48]And Ohh.. (hey)[04:17.03]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[04:20.78]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[04:24.39]But the old me's dead and gone,[04:27.18]Dead and Gone, dead and...[04:39.06]