[00:03.51]Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man,[00:05.77]Nawt on some gangsta shit man on some real shit[00:08.70]Anybody who been through the same thing i'm sure you feel the same way[00:14.31]Ohh (hey)[00:15.72]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[00:19.72]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[00:23.12]But the old me's dead and gone,[00:25.88]Dead and Gone,[00:28.24]And Ohh.. (hey)[00:29.95]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[00:33.85]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[00:37.32]But the old me's dead and gone,[00:40.17]Dead and Gone, dead and...[00:42.07]Every had one of them days wish you would have stayed home,[00:44.71]Run into a group of niggas who gettin their hate on,[00:46.43]You walk by - they get wrong,[00:47.75]You reply then shit get blown,[00:49.80]Way out of proportion way bad discussion,[00:51.69]Just you against them pick one then rush them,[00:53.44]Figure you get jumped here thats next,[00:55.23]They don't wanna stop there now they bustin,[00:57.22]Now you gushin ambulance rushin,[00:58.13]You to the hospital with a bad concusion,[01:00.50]Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine,[01:02.54]Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound,[01:03.99]Never mind that now you lucky to be alive,[01:05.59]Just thinkin it all started fussin wit three guys,[01:07.25]Nigga pride in the way but your pride is the way you can ****[01:10.02]Around get shot down anyday,[01:10.87]Niggas die everyday,[01:11.49]All little niggas, dope money, dice games, for their hood shit,[01:14.75]Could this be cuz of hip-hop music,[01:16.47]Or did the ones with the good sense not use it,[01:18.47]Usually niggas don't know what to do when they back against the wall,[01:21.23]So they just start shootin,[01:22.12]For red or for blue or for blow I guess,[01:23.80]From Bankhead at the old projects,[01:25.43]No more stress now I'm straight,[01:27.67]Now I get it now I take time to think before I make mistake just for my[01:31.26]Family stake,[01:32.41]That part of me left yesterday[01:34.32]The harder me is strong today,[01:36.16]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,[01:39.03]Ohh (hey)[01:40.97]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[01:44.87]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[01:48.38]But the old me's dead and gone,[01:51.38]Dead and Gone,[01:51.93]And Ohh.. (hey)[01:55.21]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[01:59.04]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[02:02.53]But the old me's dead and gone,[02:05.44]Dead and Gone, dead and...[02:06.99]I ain't neva been scared I live through tragic,[02:09.72]Situations could been dead lookin back at it,[02:11.67]Most of that shit didn't even have to happen,[02:13.73]But you think about it when you out there trappin',[02:15.67]In the appartments hangin', smokin and rappin,[02:17.46]Niggas start shit next thing we know we cappin,[02:19.00]Get locked up then didn't even get mad,[02:20.50]Now I think about that what a life I had,[02:22.23]Most of that shit look back just laugh,[02:24.09]Some shit still look back get sad,[02:25.92]Thinkin my home boy still be around had[02:27.70]I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time,[02:29.37]I won that fight I lost that war,[02:31.18]I could still see my nigga walkin out that door,[02:32.97]Who would of thought I'd never see Philant no more,[02:35.04]Got enough dead homies I don't want no more,[02:36.93]Cuz a nigga his jump cost me more,[02:38.23]I'd a took that a** whoppin out for sure,[02:39.99]Now think before I risk my life,[02:41.39]Take them chances to get my stripes,[02:43.66]A nigga put his hands on me alright,[02:45.42]Otherwise stand there talk shit all night,[02:47.16]Cuz I hit you and you sue me,[02:49.01]I shoot you get locked up poor me,[02:50.80]No more stress now I'm straight,[02:52.78]Now I get it now I take time to think[02:54.41]Before I make mistake just for my[02:57.13]Family stake,[02:57.47]That part of me left yesterday[02:59.65]The harder me is strong today,[03:01.51]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,[03:04.51]Ohh (hey)[03:06.43]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[03:10.18]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[03:13.77]But the old me's dead and gone,[03:16.56]Dead and Gone,[03:18.93]And Ohh.. (hey)[03:20.55]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[03:24.49]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[03:27.95]But the old me's dead and gone,[03:30.73]Dead and Gone, dead and...[03:33.74]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side,[03:37.17]I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight,[03:40.72]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride,[03:44.33]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright,[03:47.83]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side,[03:51.44]I turn my head to the west still nobody in sight,[03:54.94]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride,[03:58.50]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright,[04:01.55]Ohh (hey)[04:03.20]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[04:07.20]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[04:10.59]But the old me's dead and gone,[04:12.77]Dead and Gone,[04:15.76]And Ohh.. (hey)[04:17.43]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)[04:21.42]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)[04:24.84]But the old me's dead and gone,[04:26.67]Dead and Gone, dead and gone...