Cute Is What We Aim For - Dead And Gone (T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake)

Ooooooo I've been travelin on this road too long Just trying to find my way back home The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone Ever had one of dem days you wish woulda stayed home Run into a group of niggas getting they hate on You walk by they get wrong You reply then shit get blown Way outta proportion way past discussion Just you against them, pick one then rush em Figure you get your hair? that next They dont wanna stop there now they buzzin Now you gushin, ambulance rushin you 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 Never mind that now you lucky to be alive, Just think it all started you fussin with 3 guys Now ya pride in the way but ya pride is the way You could fuck around get shot die anyday People 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 people 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 Bankhead or from 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 Ooooooo I've been travelin on this road too long Just trying to find my way back home The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone I ain't never been scared, I lived 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 out there trappin In apartments hangin smokin and rappin **** start shit didn't next thing ya know we cappin 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 just 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 nigga walkin out that door Who'da thought I'd never see Philant no more Got enough dead homies I don't want no more Cost a nigga his job, cost me more I'da took that ass-whoopin now for sure Now think before I risk my life Take them chances to get my stripes A *** 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 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 Ooooooo I've been travelin on this road too long Just trying to find my way back home The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone 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 Ooooooo I've been travelin on this road too long Just trying to find my way back home The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone