[ti:dead and gone] [ar:T.I] [al:300094] [by:] [offset:0] [00:03.48]Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man, [00:05.74]Nawt on some gangsta sh*t man on some real sh*t [00:08.67]Anybody who been through the same thing i'm sure you feel the same way [00:14.27]Ohh （hey） [00:15.69]I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long） [00:19.69]Just tryin find my way back home （back home） [00:23.09]But the old me＇s dead and gone, [00:25.85]Dead and Gone, [00:28.21]And Ohh.. （hey） [00:29.92]I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long） [00:33.81]Just tryin find my way back home （back home） [00:37.29]But the old me＇s dead and gone, [00:40.14]Dead and Gone, dead and... [00:42.04]Every had one of them days wish you would have stayed home, [00:44.68]Run into a group of niggas who gettin their hate on, [00:46.39]You walk by - they get wrong, [00:47.72]You reply then sh*t get blown, [00:49.77]Way out of proportion way bad discussion, [00:51.66]Just you against them pick one then rush them, [00:53.41]Figure you get jumped here thats next, [00:55.19]They don＇t wanna stop there now they bustin, [00:57.19]Now you gushin ambulance rushin, [00:58.10]You to the hospital with a bad concusion, [01:00.47]Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine, [01:02.51]Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound, [01:03.96]Never mind that now you lucky to be alive, [01:05.56]Just thinkin it all started fussin wit three guys, [01:07.21]Ni**a pride in the way but your pride is the way you can f**k [01:09.99]Around get shot down anyday, [01:10.84]Niggas die everyday, [01:11.46]All little bullshit, d**e money, dice games, for their hood sh*t, [01:14.72]Could this be cuz of hip-hop music, [01:16.43]Or did the ones with the good sense not use it, [01:18.44]Usually niggas don＇t know what to do when they back against the wall, [01:21.20]So they just start shootin, [01:22.09]For red or for blue or for blow I guess, [01:23.76]From Bankhead at the old projects, [01:25.40]No more stress now I＇m straight, [01:27.64]Now I get it now I take time to think before I make mistake just for my [01:31.23]Family stake, [01:32.38]That part of me left yesterday [01:34.29]The harder me is strong today, [01:36.12]No regrets I＇m blessed to say the old me dead and gon away, [01:39.00]Ohh （hey） [01:40.94]I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long） [01:44.84]Just tryin find my way back home （back home） [01:48.35]But the old me＇s dead and gone, [01:51.35]Dead and Gone, [01:51.90]And Ohh.. （hey） [01:55.18]I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long） [01:59.01]Just tryin find my way back home （back home） [02:02.50]But the old me＇s dead and gone, [02:05.40]Dead and Gone, dead and... [02:06.96]I ain＇t neva been scared I live through tragic, [02:09.69]Situations could been dead lookin back at it, [02:11.64]Most of that sh*t didn＇t even have to happen, [02:13.69]But you think about it when you out there trappin＇, [02:15.64]In the appartments hangin＇, smokin and rappin, [02:17.43]Niggas start sh*t next thing we know we cappin, [02:18.97]Get locked up then didn＇t even get mad, [02:20.47]Now I think about that what a life I had, [02:22.20]Most of that sh*t look back just laugh, [02:24.06]Some sh*t still look back get sad, [02:25.89]Thinkin my home boy still be around had [02:27.66]I not hit the ni**a in the mouth that time, [02:29.34]I won that fight I lost that war, [02:31.15]I could still see my ni**a walkin out that door, [02:32.94]Who would of thought I＇d never see Philant no more, [02:35.01]Got enough dead homies I don＇t want no more, [02:36.90]Cuz a ni**a his jump cost me more, [02:38.19]I＇d a took that a** whoppin out for sure, [02:39.96]Now think before I risk my life, [02:41.36]Take them chances to get my stripes, [02:43.63]A ni**a put his hands on me alright, [02:45.39]Otherwise stand there talk sh*t all night, [02:47.12]Cuz I hit you and you sue me, [02:48.98]I shoot you get locked up poor me, [02:50.77]No more stress now I＇m straight, [02:52.75]Now I get it now I take time to think [02:54.38]Before I make mistake just for my [02:57.09]Family stake, [02:57.43]That part of me left yesterday [02:59.62]The harder me is strong today, [03:01.48]No regrets I＇m blessed to say the old me dead and gon away, [03:04.48]Ohh （hey） [03:06.40]I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long） [03:10.15]Just tryin find my way back home （back home） [03:13.73]But the old me＇s dead and gone, [03:16.53]Dead and Gone, [03:18.90]And Ohh.. （hey） [03:20.52]I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long） [03:24.46]Just tryin find my way back home （back home） [03:27.92]But the old me＇s dead and gone, [03:30.70]Dead and Gone, dead and... [03:33.71]I turn my head to the east I don＇t see nobody by my side, [03:37.14]I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight, [03:40.68]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride, [03:44.29]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright, [03:47.80]I turn my head to the east I don＇t see nobody by my side, [03:51.41]I turn my head to the west still nobody in sight, [03:54.91]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride, [03:58.47]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright, [04:01.52]Ohh （hey） [04:03.17]I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long） [04:07.17]Just tryin find my way back home （back home） [04:10.56]But the old me＇s dead and gone, [04:12.74]Dead and Gone, [04:15.72]And Ohh.. （hey） [04:17.40]I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long） [04:21.39]Just tryin find my way back home （back home） [04:24.81]But the old me＇s dead and gone, [04:26.64]Dead and Gone, dead and gone...