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 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 eeyy


Verse 1 (T.I.)
Ever had one of dem days u wish woulda stayd home

Run into a group of nias getting they hate on
U walk by they get wrong u reply then sh
t get blown

Way outta proportion way past discussion
Just u against them, pick one then rush em
Figure you get jump, yeah 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 bullet 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
uck around get shot die anyday

Nias die every day all over bull sh
t dope money dice game ordinary hood sh
t

Could this be cuz of hip hop music or did the ones with the good sense not use it
Usually nias dont kno what to do whith their back against the wall so they just start shootin
For red or for blue or for blow I guess, from Bankhead upto ya projects

No more stray, 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


Verse 2 (T.I.)
I aint never been scared, I lived through tragic

Situations coulda been dead lookin back at it
Most of that sh
t didnt even have to happen

But u dont think about it when u out there trappin
In apartments hangin smokin and rappin
Nias start sh

t 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 sh
t look back just laugh
Some sh

t still look back get sad
Maybe my homboy still be around
Had I not hit the nia in the mouth that time

I won that fight, I lost that war
I can still see my nia walkin out that door
Whoda thought Id never see Philant no more

Got enough dead homies I dont want no more
Cost a nia his job, cost me more
Ida took that $$#-whoopin now for sure

Now think before I risk my life
Take them chances to get my stripe
A nia put his hands on me alright

Otherwise stand there talk sh
t 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
Verse 3 (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