T.I. - Paper Trail (2008) - Dead And Gone lyrics

• (feat. Justin Timberlake)
  
  Chorus:
  
  (Justin Timberlake):
  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
  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
  
  (T.I.)
  Ever had one of dem days
  u wish woulda stayd home
  Run into a group of niggas
  getting they hate on
  U walk by
  they get wrong u reply
  then shit get blown
  Way outta proportion
  way past discussion
  Just u against them,
  pick one then rush em
  Figure u get your hair?
  that next
  They dont wanna stop
  there now they bussin
  Now u gushin, ambulance
  rushin u to the hospital
  with a bad concussion
  Plus ya hit 4 times
  plus it 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 fuck around
  get shot die anyday
  Niggas die
  every day all over
  bull shit 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 niggas
  dont kno what to do
  when their back
  against the wall
  so they just start shootin
  For red or for blue
  or for blo I guess,
  from Bankhead
  or from your projects
  No more stress,
  now im straight,
  now I get it now I take
  Time to think,
  before I make mistakes
  just for my familys 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)
  
  (T.I.)
  I aint never been scared,
  I lived through tragedy
  Situation coulda been dead
  lookin back at it
  Most of that shit
  didnt even have to happen
  But u dont think about it
  when u out there trappin
  In apartments hangin
  smokin and rappin
  Niggas start shit didnt
  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 shit
  look back just laugh
  Some shit
  still look back just sad
  Maybe my homboy
  till 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 nigga
  walkin out that door
  Whoda thought Id never see
  Philant no more
  Got enough dead homies
  I dont want no more
  Cost a nigga his job,
  cost me more
  Ida took that ass-whoopin
  now for sure
  Now think before I risk my life
  Take them chances to get my stripe
  A nigga put his hands on me alright
  Otherwise stand there
  talk shit 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 familys 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)
  
  (J.T.)
  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
  The old me is dead and gone,
  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
  The old me is dead and gone,
  the new me will be alright
  
  (Chorus)