[ti:Dead And Gone (As Made Famous By T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake)]
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[00:02.00]Ay lemme kick it to you right quick man
[00:06.06]Not on some gangsta sh*t man on some real sh*t
[00:08.99]Anybody who been through the same thing
[00:10.93]I'm sure you feel the same way
[00:12.65]You feel that you see paint
[00:14.96]Oh hey I've been travelin' on this road too long
[00:20.14]Just tryin' to find my way back home
[00:23.88]But the old me's dead and gone
[00:26.59]Dead and gone
[00:28.97]And oh hey I've been travelin' on this road too long
[00:34.34]Just tryin' to find my way back home
[00:37.90]But the old me's dead and gone
[00:40.39]Dead and gone
[00:43.38]Ever had one of them days wish you would have stayed home
[00:45.69]Run into a group of niggas who gettin' their hate on
[00:47.63]You walk by they get wrong you reply then sh*t get blown
[00:49.75]Way out of proportion way past discussion
[00:51.51]Just you against them pick one then rush them
[00:53.82]Figure you get jumped here that's next
[00:55.50]They don't wanna stop there now they bustin'
[00:57.19]Now you gushin' ambulance rushin'
[00:58.50]You to the hospital with a bad concussion
[01:00.75]Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine
[01:02.99]Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound
[01:04.37]Never mind that now you lucky to be alive
[01:06.30]Just thinkin' it all started fussin' wit three guys
[01:08.23]Ni**a pride in the way but your pride is the way you can f**k
[01:10.92]Around get shot down any day
[01:12.10]Niggas die everyday all little bullshit
[01:13.60]D**e money dice games ordinary hood sh*t
[01:15.47]Could this be cuz of hip-hop music
[01:17.03]Or did the ones with the good sense not use it
[01:19.15]Usually niggas don't know what to do when they back against the wall
[01:21.83]So they just start shootin'
[01:22.84]For red or for blue or for blow I guess
[01:24.70]From Bankhead at the old projects
[01:25.89]No more stress now I'm straight
[01:27.21]Now I get it now I take time to think
[01:30.63]Before I make mistakes just for my family sake
[01:32.88]That part of me left yesterday
[01:34.50]The heart of me is strong today
[01:36.56]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away
[01:40.31]Oh hey I've been travelin' on this road too long
[01:45.36]Just tryin' to find my way back home
[01:49.05]But the old me's dead and gone
[01:51.91]Dead and gone
[01:54.28]And oh hey I've been travelin' on this road too long
[01:59.34]Just tryin' to find my way back home
[02:03.33]But the old me's dead and gone
[02:06.53]Dead and gone
[02:08.71]I ain't neva been scared I live through tragic
[02:10.70]Situations could been dead lookin' back at it
[02:12.33]Most of that sh*t didn't even have to happen
[02:14.14]But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'
[02:16.32]In the apartments hangin' smokin' and rappin'
[02:17.76]Niggas start sh*t next thing we know we cappin'
[02:19.50]Get locked up then didn't even get mad
[02:21.38]Now I think about that what a life I had
[02:23.18]Most of that sh*t look back just laugh
[02:24.68]Some sh*t still look back get sad
[02:26.06]Thinkin' my home boy still be around
[02:27.99]Had I not hit the ni**a in the mouth that time
[02:30.17]I won that fight I lost that war
[02:31.80]I could still see my ni**a walkin' out that door
[02:33.87]Who would of thought I'd never see Philant no more
[02:36.06]Got enough dead homies I don't want no more
[02:38.61]Cuz a ni**a his jump cost me more
[02:40.11]I'd a took that a** whoopin' out for sure
[02:41.88]Now think before I risk my life
[02:43.19]Take them chances to get my stripes
[02:43.45]A ni**a put his hands on me alright
[02:45.43]Otherwise stand there talk sh*t all night
[02:47.31]Cuz I hit you and you sue me
[02:49.05]I shoot you get locked up poor me
[02:51.12]No more stress now I'm straight
[02:52.67]Now I get it now I take time to think
[02:55.05]Before I make mistake just for my family sake
[02:57.99]That part of me left yesterday
[02:59.93]The heart of me is strong today
[03:01.73]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away
[03:05.66]Oh hey I've been travelin' on this road too long
[03:10.72]Just tryin' to find my way back home
[03:14.35]But the old me's dead and gone
[03:17.17]Dead and gone
[03:19.68]And oh hey I've been travelin' on this road too long
[03:24.60]Just tryin' to find my way back home
[03:28.60]But the old me's dead and gone
[03:31.47]Dead and gone
[03:33.16]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side
[03:37.15]I turn my head to the west still nobody in sight
[03:41.21]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride
[03:44.26]That old me's dead and gone but the new me will be alright
[03:47.44]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side
[03:52.00]I turn my head to the west still nobody in sight
[03:55.43]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride
[03:59.13]That old me's dead and gone but the new me will be alright 'cause
[04:02.25]Oh hey I've been travelin' on this road too long
[04:07.49]Just tryin' to find my way back home
[04:11.18]But the old me's dead and gone
[04:13.99]Dead and gone
[04:16.56]And oh hey I've been travelin' on this road too long
[04:20.92]Just tryin' to find my way back home
[04:25.48]But the old me's dead and gone
[04:28.70]Dead and gone