8 years ago
Ooh, I've been travelin' on this road too longJust trying to find, my way back homeThe old me, is dead and gone, dead and goneAnd ooh, I've been travelin' on this road too longJust trying to find, my way back homeThe old me, is dead and gone, dead and goneEver had one of dem days, you wish woulda' stayed homeRun into a group of niggas, getting they hate onYou walk by, they get wrong you replyThen shit get blownWay outta proportion, way past discussionJust you against them, pick one then rush 'emFigure you'll get your head ?That next, they don't wanna stopThere now they bussin', now you gushin', ambulanceRushin' you to the hospital, with a bad concussionPlus ya hit four times, plus it hit yaSpine paralyzed waist down, now ya wheel chair boundNever mind that now, you lucky to be aliveJust think it all started you, fussin' with three guysNow ya pride in the way, but ya pride is the way youCould fuck around, get shot die any dayNiggas die, every day all overBull shit dope money dice, game ordinary hood shitCould this be, 'cause of hip hop musicOr did the ones, with the good senseNot use it, usually niggasDon't know what to do, when their back against the wallSo they just start shootin'For red or for blue or for blo' I guessFrom Bankhead or from your projectsNo more stress, now I'm straightNow I get it now I take time to thinkBefore I make mistakes, just for my family's sakeThat part of me left yesterday, the heart of me is strong todayNo regrets I'm blessed to say, the old me dead and gone awayOoh, I've been travelin' on this road too longJust trying to find, my way back homeThe old me, is dead and gone, dead and goneAnd ooh, I've been travelin' on this road too longJust trying to find, my way back homeThe old me, is dead and gone, dead and goneI ain't never been scared, I live through tragedySituation coulda been dead, lookin' back at itMost of that shit, didn't even have to happenBut you don't think about it, when you out there trappin'In apartments hangin', smokin' and rappin'Niggas start shit didn't, next thing ya know we cappin'Get locked up, then didn't 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 homeboy, 'till be aroundHad I not, hit the niggaIn the mouth that time, I won that fight, I lost that warI can still see my nigga, walkin' out that doorWho'da thought I'd never see, Philant no moreGot enough dead homies, I don't 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 night'Cause I hit you, you sue meI shoot you, get locked up, who me?No more stress, now I'm straightNow I get it now I takeTime to think, before I make mistakesJust for my family's sakeThat part of me left yesterdayThe heart of me is strong todayNo regrets I'm blessed to sayThe old me dead and gone awayOoh, I've been travelin' on this road too longJust trying to find, my way back homeThe old me, is dead and gone, dead and goneAnd ooh, I've been travelin' on this road too longJust trying to find, my way back homeThe old me, is dead and gone, dead and goneI turn my head to the eastI don't see nobody by my sideI turn my head to the westStill nobody in sightSo I turn my head to the northSwallow that pillThat they call prideThe old me is dead and goneBut the new me will be alrightI turn my head to the eastI don't see nobody by my sideI turn my head to the westStill nobody in sightSo I turn my head to the northSwallow that pillThat they call prideThe old me is dead and gone,But the new me will be alrightOoh, I've been travelin' on this road too longJust trying to find, my way back homeThe old me, is dead and gone, dead and goneAnd ooh, I've been travelin' on this road too longJust trying to find, my way back homeThe old me, is dead and gone, dead and gone