Dead and Gone (feat. Justin Timberlake)

Hey, let me kick it to you right quick, man

Not on some gangsta shit, man, on some real shit

Anybody done been through the same thing

I'm sure you feel the same way

Big feel, this for you pimpin'

Oh, I've been traveling on this road too long

Just tryna find my way back home

But the old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

And oh, I've been traveling on this road too long

Just tryna find my way back home

But the old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

Ever had one of them days wish you would've stayed home?

Run into a group a **** getting they 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 'em

Figure you'll get your head, that's next

They don't wanna stop there now they bussin

Now you gushing, ambulance rushing

You to the hospital with a bad concussion

Plus your hit four times

Gonna hit your spine

Paralyzed waist down, now you're wheel chair bound

Never mind that now, you lucky to be alive

Just think it all started you fussin' with three guys

Now your pride in the way, but your pride is the way you

Could fuck around, get shot die any day

**** die every day all over bullshit

Dope money, dice game, ordinary hood shit

Could this be cause of hip hop music?

Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?

Usually **** 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 bank head into 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

Oh, I've been traveling on this road too long

Just tryna find my way back home

But the old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

And oh, I've been traveling on this road too long

Just tryna find my way back home

But the old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

I ain't never been scared, I live 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're out there trappin'

In apartments hanging, smoking and rapping

**** start shit, next thing you know we capping

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 shit still look back, get sad

Maybe my homeboy still be around had I not hit the ****

In the mouth that time, I won that fight, I lost that war

I can still see my **** walking out that door

Who'd of thought I'd never see Philant no more?

Got enough dead homies, I don't want no more

Cost a **** his job, cost me more

I'd have took that ass whopping now for sure

Now think before I risk my life, take them chances to get my stripe

A **** put his hands on me, alright

Otherwise stand there, talk shit all night

'Cause 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

Oh, I've been traveling on this road too long

Just tryna find my way back home

But the old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

And oh, I've been traveling on this road too long

Just tryna find my way back home

But the old me is 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, I've been traveling on this road too long

Just tryna find my way back home

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

And oh, I've been traveling on this road too long

Just tryna find my way back home

The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone