T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake - Dead and Gone – lyrics      Chorus:    Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to long (to long)   Just trying to find my way back home (back home)   The old me is dead and gone… dead and gone… dead and gone   Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to long   Just trying to find my way back home   The old me is dead and gone… dead and gone… eeyy      Verse 1 (T.I.)   Ever had one of dem days u wish woulda stayd home   Run into a group of ni&&as getting they hate on   U walk by they get wrong u reply then sh*t get blown   Way outta proportion way past discussion    Just u against them, pick one then rush em   Figure you get jump, yeah that next   They don’t wanna stop there now they bussin   Now u gushin, ambulance rushin u to the hospital with a bad concussion   Plus ya hit 4 times bullet hit ya spine paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair bound   Nevermind that now u lucky to be alive, Just think it all started u fussin with 3 guys   Now ya pride in the way but ya pride is the way u could *uck around get shot die anyday   Ni&&as die every day all over bull sh*t dope money dice game ordinary hood sh*t    Could this be cuz of hip hop music or did the ones with the good sense not use it   Usually ni&&as don’t kno what to do whith their back against the wall so they just start shootin   For red or for blue or for blow I guess, from Bankhead upto ya projects   No more stray, now im 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 im blessed to say the old me dead and gone away.      Chorus   oooooooooo i've been travelin on this road to (to long)   just tryn to find my way back home (back home)   the old me's dead and gone (dead and gone) (x2)       Verse 2 (T.I.)   I aint never been scared, I lived through tragic   Situations coulda been dead lookin back at it   Most of that sh*t didn’t even have to happen   But u don’t think about it when u out there trappin   In apartments hangin smokin and rappin   Ni&&as start sh*t next thing ya kno we cappin   Get locked up then didnt even get mad   Now think about damn what a life I had   Most of that sh*t look back just laugh   Some sh*t still look back get sad   Maybe my homboy still be around    Had I not hit the ni&&a in the mouth that time   I won that fight, I lost that war   I can still see my ni&&a 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 ni&&a his job, 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 ni&&a put his hands on me alright   Otherwise stand there talk sh*t all night   Cuz I hit you , you sue me,    I shoot you, get locked up, who me?   No more stress, now im 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 im blessed to say the old me dead and gone away.      Chorus   Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to long (to long)   Just trying to find my way back home (back home)   The old me is dead and gone… dead and gone… dead and gone   Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to long   Just trying to find my way back home   The old me is dead and gone… dead and gone      Verse 3 (J.T.)   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, 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, the new me will be alright      Chorus    oooooo i've been travelin on this road to long(to long) just tryin to find my way back(back home) the old me's dead and gone dead gone (x2)