A5                                             C5
Ooooooo I've been travelin on this road to long 
                                    G5
Just trying to find my way back home 
                          F5              G5
The old me is dead and gone dead and gone (2x)


(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)