[00:03.51]Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man,
[00:05.77]Nawt on some gangsta sh*t man on some real sh*t
[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 *s who gettin their hate on,
[00:46.43]You walk by - they get wrong,
[00:47.75]You reply then sh*t 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]Ni**a pride in the way but your pride is the way you can f**k
[01:10.02]Around get shot down anyday,
[01:10.87]*s die everyday,
[01:11.49]All little *, d**e money, dice games, for their hood sh*t,
[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 *s 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 sh*t 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]*s start sh*t 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 sh*t look back just laugh,
[02:24.09]Some sh*t still look back get sad,
[02:25.92]Thinkin my home boy still be around had
[02:27.70]I not hit the ni**a in the mouth that time,
[02:29.37]I won that fight I lost that war,
[02:31.18]I could still see my ni**a 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 ni**a 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 ni**a put his hands on me alright,
[02:45.42]Otherwise stand there talk sh*t 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...