Songwriters: Harris, C; Tadross, R; Timberlake, J;Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man  Not on some gangsta shit man on some real shit  Anybody who been through the same thing  I'm sure you feel the same way    Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long  Just tryin' to find my way back home  But the old me's dead and gone  Dead and gone  And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long  Just tryin' to find my way back home  But the old me's dead and gone  Dead and gone, dead and    Ever had one of them days wish you would have stayed home  Run into a group of niggas who gettin' their hate on  You walk by, they get wrong, you reply then shit get blown  Way out of proportion way past discussion  Just you against them, pick one then rush them  Figure you get jumped here that's next  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 but it hit yo spine  Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound  Never mind that now you lucky to be alive  Just thinkin' it all started fussin' wit three guys  Nigga pride in the way but your pride is the way you can fuck  Around get shot down any day    Niggas die everyday, all little bullshit  Dope money, dice games, ordinary hood shit  Could this be cuz of hip-hop music  Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?  Usually niggas 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 at the old 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 stake  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    Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long  Just tryin' to find my way back home  But the old me's dead and gone  Dead and gone  And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long  Just tryin' to find my way back home  But the old me's dead and gone  Dead and gone, dead and    I ain't neva been scared, I live through tragic  Situations could been dead lookin' back at it  Most of that shit didn't even have to happen  But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'  In the apartments hangin', smokin' and rappin'  Niggas start shit next thing we know we cappin'  Get locked up then didn't even get mad  Now I think about that what a life I had    Most of that shit look back just laugh  Some shit still look back get sad  Thinkin' my home boy still be around  Had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time  I won that fight I lost that war  I could still see my nigga walkin' out that door  Who would of thought I'd never see Philant no more  Got enough dead homies I don't want no more    Cuz a nigga his jump cost me more  I'd a took that ass whoopin' out for sure  Now think before I risk my life  Take them chances to get my stripes  A nigga put his hands on me alright  Otherwise stand there talk shit all night  Cuz I hit you and you sue me  I shoot you get locked up poor me    No more stress now I'm straight  Now I get it now I take time to think  Before I make mistake just for my family stake  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    Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long  Just tryin' to find my way back home  But the old me's dead and gone  Dead and gone  And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long  Just tryin' to find my way back home  But the old me's dead and gone  Dead and gone    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's 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  That old me's dead and gone but the new me will be alright, 'cause    Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long  Just tryin' to find my way back home  But the old me's dead and gone  Dead and gone  And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long  Just tryin' to find my way back home  But the old me's dead and gone  Dead and gone, dead and        these lyrics are submitted by Erricia A.K.A EBabii  these lyrics are last corrected by ricky carson