Justin Timberlake: Dead and gone

Chorus:(Justin Timberlake):Ooooooo I've been travelin on this road to longJust trying to find my way back homeThe old me is dead and gone dead and goneOoooooo I've been travelin on this road to longJust trying to find my way back homeThe old me is dead and gone dead and gone(T.I.)Ever had one of dem days u wish woulda stayd homeRun into a group of niggas getting they hate onU walk by they get wrong u reply then shit get blownWay outta proportion way past discussionJust u against them, pick one then rush emFigure u get your hair? that nextThey dont wanna stop there now they bussinNow u gushin, ambulance rushin u to the hospital with a bad concussionPlus ya hit 4 times plus it hit ya spine paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair boundNevermind that now u lucky to be alive, Just think it all started u fussin with 3 guysNow ya pride in the way but ya pride is the way u could fuck around get shot die anydayNiggas die every day all over bull shit dope money dice game ordinary hood shitCould this be cuz of hip hop music or did the ones with the good sense not use itUsually niggas dont kno what to do when their back against the wall so they just start shootinFor red or for blue or for blo I guess, from Bankhead or from your projectsNo more stress, now im straight, now I get it now I takeTime to think, before I make mistakes just for my familys sakeThat part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong todayNo regrets im blessed to say the old me dead and gone away.(Chorus)(T.I.)I aint never been scared, I lived through tragedySituation coulda been dead lookin back at itMost of that shit didnt even have to happenBut u dont think about it when u out there trappinIn apartments hangin smokin and rappinNiggas start shit didnt next thing ya kno we cappinGet locked up then didnt even get madNow think about damn what a life I hadMost of that shit look back just laughSome shit still look back just sadMaybe my homboy till be aroundHad I not hit the nigga in the mouth that timeI won that fight, I lost that warI can still see my nigga walkin out that doorWhoda thought Id never see Philant no moreGot enough dead homies I dont want no moreCost a nigga his job, cost me moreIda took that ass-whoopin now for sureNow think before I risk my lifeTake them chances to get my stripeA nigga put his hands on me alrightOtherwise stand there talk shit all nightCuz 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 takeTime to think before I make mistakes just for my familys sakeThat part of me left yesterdaythe heart of me is strong todayNo regrets im blessed to say the old me dead and gone away.(Chorus)(J.T.)I turn my head to the east I dont see nobody by my sideI turn my head to the west still nobody in sightSo I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call prideThe old me is dead and gone, the new me will be alrightI turn my head to the east I dont see nobody by my sideI turn my head to the west still nobody in sightSo I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call prideThe old me is dead and gone, the new me will be alright(Chorus)