[Chorus]
(Justin Timberlake's Part):
[Am]Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to long[C]long
Just trying to find my way back home[G]home
The old me is dead and gone[F]gone… dead and gone[E]gone… (Repeat)
[Verse1]
(T.I.)
[Am]Ever had one of dem days u wish woulda stayd home,
Run into a group of niggas getting they hate on
[C]U walk by they get wrong u reply then sh*t get blown
[G]Way outta proportion way past discussion,
Just u against them, pick one then rush em
[F]Figure u get your hair? that next,
[E]They don’t wanna stop there now they buzzin
[Am]Now u gushin, ambulance rushin u to the hospital with a bad concussion
[C]Plus ya hit 4 times plus it hit ya spine
paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair bound
Never[G]Nevermind that now u lucky to be alive,
Just think it all started u fussin with 3 guys
Now ya [F]pride in the way but ya pride is the way
u could [E]fuck around get shot die anyday
[Am]Niggas die every day all over bull sh*t dope money dice game
ordinary hood sh*t
[C]Could this be cuz of hip hop music
or did the ones with the good sense not use it
[G]Usually niggas don’t kno what to do
when their back against the wall so they just start shootin
[F]For red or for blue or for blow I guess, [E]from Bankhead or from your projects
[Am]No more stress, now im straight, now I get it now I take
[C]Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family’s sake
[G]That part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong today
[F]No regrets im blessed to say the [E]old me dead and gone away.
[Chorus]
[Verse2]
(T.I.)
[Am]I aint never been scared, I lived through tragedy,
Situation coulda been dead lookin back at it
[C]Most of that shit didn’t even have to happen,
But u don’t think about it when u out there trappin
[G]In apartments hangin smokin and rappin,
Niggas start shit didn’t next thing ya kno we cappin
Get [F]locked up then didn’t even get mad,
Now [E]think about damn what a life I had
[Am]Most of that sh*t look back just laugh, Some sh*t still look back just sad
[C]Maybe my homboy still be around,
Had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time
[G]I won that fight, I lost that war,
I can still see my nigga walkin out that door
Who’da [F]thought I’d never see Philant no more,
Got e[E]enough dead homies I don’t want no more
[Am]Cost a nigga his job, cost me more, I’da took that ass-whoopin now for sure
[C]Now think before I risk my life, Take them chances to get my stripe
[G]A nigga put his hands on me alright,
Otherwise stand there talk sh*t all night
Cuz [F]I hit you , you sue me, [E]I shoot you, get locked up, who me?
[Am]No more stress, now im straight, now I get it now I take
[C]Time to think before I make mistakes just for my family’s sake
[G]That part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong today
[F]No regrets im blessed to say the [E]old me dead and gone away.
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
(J.T.)
[Am]I turn my head to the east… I don’t see nobody by my side
[C]I turn my head to the west… still nobody in sight
[G]So I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call pride
[F]The old me is dead and gone, [E]the new me will be alright (repeat)
[Chorus]
(Justin Timberlake's Part):
[Am]Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to long[C]long
Just trying to find my way back home[G]home
The old me is dead and gone[F]gone… dead and gone[E]gone…