[00:00.880]Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man,
[00:04.900]Nawt on some gangsta shit man on some real shit
[00:07.820]Anybody who been through the same thing im sure you feel the same way
[00:11.240]
[00:13.630]Ohh (hey)
[00:15.040]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[00:18.320]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[00:22.170]But the old me's dead and gone,
[00:25.000]Dead and Gone,
[00:27.740]And Ohh.. (hey)
[00:29.080]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[00:32.650]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[00:36.430]But the old me's dead and gone,
[00:39.130]Dead and Gone, dead and...
[00:41.790]
[00:42.410]Every had one of them days wish you would have stayed home,
[00:43.960]Run into a group of niggas who gettin their hate on,
[00:45.640]You walk by - they get wrong,
[00:47.560]You reply then shit get blown,
[00:49.340]Way out of proportion way bad discussion,
[00:51.200]Just you against them pick one then rush them,
[00:52.760]Figure you get jumped here thats next,
[00:54.400]They don't wanna stop there now they bustin,
[00:56.390]Now you gushin ambulance rushin,
[00:57.870]You to the hospital with a bad concusion,
[00:59.940]Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine,
[01:01.630]Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound,
[01:03.450]Never mind that now you lucky to be alive,
[01:05.010]Just thinkin it all started fussin wit three guys,
[01:07.020]Nigga pride in the way but your pride is the way you can f**k
[01:09.200]around get shot down anyday,
[01:10.580]Niggas die everyday,
[01:11.510]All little bullshit, dope money, dice games, for their hood shit,
[01:14.340]Could this be cuz of hip-hop music,
[01:15.970]Or did the ones with the good sense not use it,
[01:17.750]Usually niggas don't know what to do when they back against the wall,
[01:20.290]So they just start shootin,
[01:21.360]For red or for blue or for blow I guess,
[01:22.950]From Bankhead at the old projects,
[01:24.790]No more stress now I'm straight,
[01:26.670]Now I get it now I take time to think
[01:29.390]before I make mistake just for my family stake,
[01:32.020]That part of me left yesterday
[01:33.740]The harder me is strong today,
[01:35.540]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,
[01:39.250]
[01:39.940]Ohh (hey)
[01:40.610]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[01:44.020]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[01:47.790]But the old me's dead and gone,
[01:50.640]Dead and Gone,
[01:53.140]And Ohh.. (hey)
[01:54.860]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[01:58.300]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[02:02.060]But the old me's dead and gone,
[02:04.890]Dead and Gone, dead and...
[02:07.560]
[02:07.820]I ain't neva been scared I live through tragic,
[02:08.980]Situations could been dead lookin back at it,
[02:11.000]Most of that shit didn't even have to happen,
[02:12.900]But you think about it when you out there trappin',
[02:14.620]In the appartments hangin', smokin and rappin,
[02:16.420]Niggas start shit next thing we know we cappin,
[02:18.330]Get locked up then didn't even get mad,
[02:19.930]Now I think about that what a life I had,
[02:21.770]Most of that shit look back just laugh,
[02:23.470]Some shit still look back get sad,
[02:25.190]Thinkin my home boy still be around
[02:27.020]had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time,
[02:28.880]I won that fight I lost that war,
[02:30.250]I could still see my nigga walkin out that door,
[02:32.380]Who would of thought I'd never see Philant no more,
[02:34.170]Got enough dead homies I don't want no more,
[02:35.910]Cuz a nigga his jump cost me more,
[02:37.710]I'd a took that ass whoppin out for sure,
[02:39.450]Now think before I risk my life,
[02:41.230]Take them chances to get my stripes,
[02:43.040]A nigga put his hands on me alright,
[02:44.750]Otherwise stand there talk shit all night,
[02:46.620]Cuz I hit you and you sue me,
[02:48.340]I shoot you get locked up poor me,
[02:50.110]No more stress now I'm straight,
[02:52.100]Now I get it now I take time to think
[02:54.650]before I make mistake just for my family stake,
[02:57.290]That part of me left yesterday
[02:59.040]The harder me is strong today,
[03:00.920]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,
[03:04.430]
[03:04.800]Ohh (hey)
[03:05.810]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[03:09.280]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[03:13.110]But the old me's dead and gone,
[03:15.900]Dead and Gone,
[03:18.680]And Ohh.. (hey)
[03:20.190]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[03:23.610]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[03:27.400]But the old me's dead and gone,
[03:30.130]Dead and Gone, dead and...
[03:33.130]
[03:33.420]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side,
[03:36.780]I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight,
[03:40.220]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride,
[03:43.780]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright,
[03:47.420]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side,
[03:50.920]I turn my head to the west still nobody in sight,
[03:54.400]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride,
[03:57.860]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright, coz
[04:01.250]
[04:01.550]Ohh (hey)
[04:02.770]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[04:06.640]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[04:10.160]But the old me's dead and gone,
[04:12.930]Dead and Gone,
[04:15.530]And Ohh.. (hey)
[04:17.140]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[04:20.840]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[04:24.350]But the old me's dead and gone,
[04:27.120]Dead and Gone, dead and...