Ay... Let me kick it to you right quick, man
Not on some gangsta shit man,
on some real shit
Anybody done been through the same thing,
I'm sure you feel the same way
Big Phil, this for you pimpin'
Oh, (hey) I've been travelin' on this road
too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home
(back home)
The old me is dead and gone,
dead and gone
And oh, (hey) I've been travelin' on this road
too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home
(back home)
The old me is dead and gone,
dead and gone
Ever had one of them days
wish you would've stayed home
Run into a group of niggas
who gettin' 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
Figured you'll get jumped,
hell that's nothing
They don't wanna stop there
now they bussin'
Now you gushin', ambulance rushin'
You to the hospital with a bad concussion
Plus ya hit four times
But it hit your spine
Paralyzed waist down
Then you wheelchair bound
Nevermind that now you lucky to be alive
Just think it all started
you fussin' with three guys
Now ya pride in the way,
but ya pride is the way
You could fuck around, get shot,
die any day
Niggas die everyday all over bullshit,
dope money, dice game, ordinary hood shit
Could this be 'cause of hip- hop music?
Or did the ones with the good
sense not use it?
Usually niggas 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 up to your projects (hey)
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
Oh, (hey) I've been travelin' on this road
too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home
(back home)
The old me is dead and gone,
dead and gone
And oh, (hey) I've been travelin' on this road
too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home
(back home)
The old me is dead and gone,
dead and gone
I ain't never been scared,
I lived through tragic situation
Could've 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'
Niggas start shit,
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 (ha)
Some shit still look back get sad (man)
Maybe my homeboy still 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 (man)
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-whooping 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 (So?)
'Cause I hit you, and 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
Oh, (hey) I've been travelin' on this road
too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home
(back home)
The old me is dead and gone,
dead and gone
And oh, (hey) I've been travelin' on this road
too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home
(back home)
The old me is dead and gone,
dead and gone (hey, hey)
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 is dead and gone
But that 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 is dead and gone
But that new me will be alright 'cause
Oh, (hey) I've been travelin' on this road
too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home
(back home)
The old me is dead and gone,
dead and gone
And oh, (hey) I've been travelin' on this road
too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home
(back home)
The old me is dead and gone,
dead and gone (hey)
