Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man

Not on some gangsta sh*t man on some real sh*t

Anybody who been through the same thing

I'm sure you feel the waysame

You feel that you see paint

Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long

Just tryin' to find my way back home

the But old me's dead and gone

Dead and gone

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

Just tryin' to find my way back home

But the old me's dead and gone

Dead and gone

Ever had one of them days wish you would have stayed home

Run into a group of niggas who gettin' their hate on

You walk by, they get wrong, you reply then sh*t get blown

Way out of proportion way past discussion

Just you against them, pick one then rush them

Figure you get jumped here that's next

They don't wanna stop there now they bustin'

Now you gushin', ambulance rushin'

You to the hospital with a bad concussion

Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine

Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound

Never mind that now you lucky to be alive

Just thinkin' it all started fussin' wit three guys

Ni**a pride in the way but your pride is the way you can f**k

Around get shot down any day

Niggas die everyday, all little bullshit

D**e money, dice games, ordinary hood sh*t

Could this be cuz of hip-hop music

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

Usually niggas don't know what to do when they back against the wall

So they just start shootin'

For red or for blue or for blow I guess

From Bankhead at the old 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 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 hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long

Just tryin' to find my way back home

But the old me's dead and gone

Dead and gone

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

Just tryin' to find my way back home

But the old me's dead and gone

Dead and gone

I ain't neva been scared, I live through tragic

Situations could been dead lookin' back at it

Most of that sh*t didn't even have to happen

But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'

In the apartments hangin', smokin' and rappin'

Niggas start sh*t next thing we know we cappin'

Get locked up then didn't even get mad

Now I think about that what a life I had

Most of that sh*t look back just laugh

Some sh*t still look back get sad

Thinkin' my home boy still be around

Had I not hit the ni**a in the mouth that time

I won that fight I lost that war

I could still see my ni**a walkin' out that door

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

Got enough dead homies I don't want no more

Cuz a ni**a his jump cost me more

I'd a took that a** whoopin' out for sure

Now think before I risk my life

Take them chances to get my stripes

A ni**a put his hands on me alright

Otherwise stand there talk sh*t all night

Cuz I hit you and you sue me

I shoot you get locked up poor me

No more stress now I'm straight

Now I get it now I take time to think

Before I make mistake just for my family 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 hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long

Just tryin' to find my way back home

But the old me's dead and gone

Dead and gone

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

Just tryin' to find my way back home

But the old me's 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 hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long

Just tryin' to find my way back home

But the old me's dead and gone

Dead and gone

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

Just tryin' to find my way back home

But the old me's dead and gone

Dead and gone