16) Dead And Gone ft. Justin Timberlake [Paper Trail 2008]
[Chorus - Justin Timberlake]: Ohh I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) Just trying to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone Ohh I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) Just trying to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
[Verse 1 - T.I.]: Ever had one of dem days you wish woulda stayed home Run into a group of niggas who getting they hate on You walk by they get wrong you reply then shit get blown Way outta proportion way past discussion Just you against them, pick one then rush em Figure you get jumped here thats next They don't wanna stop there now they bustin Now you gushin, ambulance rushin you to the hospital with a bad concussion Plus ya hit 4 times bullet hit ya spine paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair bound Never mind that now you lucky to be alive, Just think it all started you fussin with 3 guys Nigga ya pride in the way but ya pride is the way You could fuck around get shot die any day Nigroes die every day, all over bull , dope, money Dice game, ordinary hood shit Could this be cuz of hip hop music? Or did the ones with the good sense not use it? Usually nigroes 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 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 and gone away
[Chorus - Justin Timberlake]: Ohh I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) Just trying 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 trying to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
[Verse 2 - T.I.]: I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragedy Situation coulda 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 apartments hangin, smokin and rappin Nigroes start stuff , next thing ya know we cappin Get locked up then didn't even get mad Now think about damn what a life I had Most of that shit look back just laugh Some stuff still look back get sad Maybe my homeboy still be around Had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time I won that fight, I lost that war I can still see my nigroes 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 nigga his jaw, cost me more I'da took that whoopin now for sure Now i 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, 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 and gone away.
[[Chorus - Justin Timberlake]:
[Justin Timberlake]: I turn my head to the east I dont 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 and gone, but the new me will be alright I turn my head to the east I dont 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 and gone, but the new me will be alright