[T.I.:] Hey Let me kick it to you right quick, partner Not as a gangsta, but as a grown man What matters more than the mistakes you've made Is what you able to learn from it. Big Phil This for you pimpin'.
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)] Ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone And ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
[Verse 1: T.I.] Ever had one of them days you wish you would've stayed home? Run into a group of suckers who gettin' they hate on You walk by They get wrong You reply then things get blown Way outta proportion Way past discussion Just you against them, pick one then rush 'em Figure you'll get dropped, hell that's nothin' So They don't wanna stop there now they bustin' Now you gushin' ambulance rushin' You to the hospital with a bad concussion Plus you hit 4 times Bullet hit your spine Paralyzed waist down now your wheel chair bound Nevermind that now you lucky to be alive Just think it all started you fussin' with 3 guys Now your pride in the way, but your pride is the way You could mess around, get shot, die anyday People die everyday All over nonsense, **** money, dice game, stash box contents. Could this be 'cos of hip hop music? Or did the one's with the good sense not use it? Usually people don't know what to do When they back against the wall so they just start shootin' For red or for blue or for blow I guess From Bankhead or from your projects No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake That part of me left yesterday The heart of me is strong today No regrets I'm blessed to say The old me dead & gone away.
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)] Ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone And ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
[Verse 2: T.I.] I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragedy Situation could've been dead lookin' back at it Most of that stuff didn't even have to happen But you don't think about it when you out there trappin' In apartments hangin' smokin' and rappin' Suckers start somethin' next thing you know we cappin' Get locked up then didn't even get mad Now think about: "Damn, what a life I had!" Most of that stuff, look back, just laugh Some stuff still look back get sad Maybe my homeboy still be around Had I not hit the sucker in the mouth that time I won that fight I lost that war I can still see my homey walkin' out that door. Who would've thought I'd never see Philant no more? Got enough dead homies I don't want no more Cost a sucker his job Cost me more I should've walked off and take that loss for sure Now think before I risk my life Take them chances to get my stripe Somebody put they hands on me alright Otherwise stand there talk trash all night 'Cos I hit you and you sue me I shoot you, get locked up, who me No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake That part of me left yesterday The heart of me is strong today No regrets I'm blessed to say The old me dead & gone away.
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)] Ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone And ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
[Justin Timberlake:] I turn my head to the East I don't see nobody by my side I turn my head to the West Still nobody in sight So I turn my head to the North Swallow that pill that they call pride That old me is dead & gone But that new me will be alright. [x2] Cause...
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)] Ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone And ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
[T.I.:] Hey Let me kick it to you right quick, partner Not as a gangsta, but as a grown man What matters more than the mistakes you've made Is what you able to learn from it. Big Phil This for you pimpin'.
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)] Ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone And ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
[Verse 1: T.I.] Ever had one of them days you wish you would've stayed home? Run into a group of suckers who gettin' they hate on You walk by They get wrong You reply then things get blown Way outta proportion Way past discussion Just you against them, pick one then rush 'em Figure you'll get dropped, hell that's nothin' So They don't wanna stop there now they bustin' Now you gushin' ambulance rushin' You to the hospital with a bad concussion Plus you hit 4 times Bullet hit your spine Paralyzed waist down now your wheel chair bound Nevermind that now you lucky to be alive Just think it all started you fussin' with 3 guys Now your pride in the way, but your pride is the way You could mess around, get shot, die anyday People die everyday All over nonsense, **** money, dice game, stash box contents. Could this be 'cos of hip hop music? Or did the one's with the good sense not use it? Usually people don't know what to do When they back against the wall so they just start shootin' For red or for blue or for blow I guess From Bankhead or from your projects No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake That part of me left yesterday The heart of me is strong today No regrets I'm blessed to say The old me dead & gone away.
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)] Ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone And ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
[Verse 2: T.I.] I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragedy Situation could've been dead lookin' back at it Most of that stuff didn't even have to happen But you don't think about it when you out there trappin' In apartments hangin' smokin' and rappin' Suckers start somethin' next thing you know we cappin' Get locked up then didn't even get mad Now think about: "Damn, what a life I had!" Most of that stuff, look back, just laugh Some stuff still look back get sad Maybe my homeboy still be around Had I not hit the sucker in the mouth that time I won that fight I lost that war I can still see my homey walkin' out that door. Who would've thought I'd never see Philant no more? Got enough dead homies I don't want no more Cost a sucker his job Cost me more I should've walked off and take that loss for sure Now think before I risk my life Take them chances to get my stripe Somebody put they hands on me alright Otherwise stand there talk trash all night 'Cos I hit you and you sue me I shoot you, get locked up, who me No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake That part of me left yesterday The heart of me is strong today No regrets I'm blessed to say The old me dead & gone away.
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)] Ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone And ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
[Justin Timberlake:] I turn my head to the East I don't see nobody by my side I turn my head to the West Still nobody in sight So I turn my head to the North Swallow that pill that they call pride That old me is dead & gone But that new me will be alright. [x2] Cause...
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)] Ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone And ohhhh (hey) I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
