Dead And Gone

【Intro: T.I.】

Ayy, let me kick it to you right quick, man

Not on some gangsta ****

Man, on some real ****

Anybody done been through the same thing

I'm sure you feel the same way

Big Phil, this for you, pimpin'

【Chorus: Justin Timberlake & T.I.】

Ohh, I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long)

Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

And ohh, I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long)

Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, hey

【Verse 1: T.I.】

Ever had one of them days wish you woulda stayed home

Run into a group of *****s who gettin' they hate on?

You walk by, they get wrong

You reply, then **** get blown

Way outta proportion, way past discussion

Just you against them, pick one, then rush him

Figure you get jumped, hell, that's nothin'

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 four times, plus it hit yo' spine

Paralyzed waist-down, now you're wheelchair-bound

Never mind that now, you lucky to be alive

Just think, it all started, you fussin' with three guys

Now your pride in the way, but your pride is the way

You could **** around, get shot, die any day

*****s die everyday, all over bull****

**** money, dice game, ordinary hood ****

Could this be ‘cause of hip hop music?

Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?

Usually *****s don't know what to do when

Their back against the wall, so they just start shootin'

For red or for blue or for blow, I guess

From Bankhead up to yo projects

【Pre-Chorus: T.I.】

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 and gone away

【Chorus: Justin Timberlake & T.I.】

Ohh, I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long)

Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

And ohh, I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long)

Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, hey

【Verse 2: T.I.】

I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragic

Situation coulda been dead lookin' back at it

Most of that **** didn't even have to happen

But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'

In apartments, hangin', smokin' and rappin'

*****s start ****, 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 ****, look back, just laugh

Some ****, still look back, get sad

Maybe my homeboy still be around

Had I not hit the ***** in the mouth that time

I won that fight, I lost that war

I can still see my ***** walkin' out that door

Who'da thought I'd never see Philant no more?

Got enough dead homies, I don't want no more

Cost a ***** his jaw, cost me more

I'da took that ass-whoopin' now for sure

Now think before I risk my life

Take them chances to get my stripe

A ***** put his hands on me, alright

Otherwise, stand there, talk **** all night

‘Cause I hit you, you sue me

I shoot you, get locked up, who? Me?

【Pre-Chorus: T.I.】

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 and gone away

【Chorus: Justin Timberlake & T.I.】

Ohh, I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long)

Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

And ohh, I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long)

Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, hey

【Bridge: 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

The old me is dead and gone

But the new me will be alright

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

The old me is dead and gone

But the new me will be alright

【Chorus: Justin Timberlake & T.I.】

Ohh, I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long)

Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

And ohh, I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long)

Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, hey