ooh ive 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 and ooh ive been travelin on this road too long just trying to find my way back home the old me is dead and gone dead and goneever 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 youll get your head  that next they dont wanna stop there now they bussin now you gushin ambulance rushin you to the hospital with a bad concussion plus ya hit four 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 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 every day all over bull shit 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 dont know what to do when their back against the wall so they just start shootin for red or for blue or for blo i guess from bankhead or from your projects no more stress now im straight now i get it now i take time to think before i make mistakes just for my familys sake that part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong today no regrets im blessed to say the old me dead and gone awayooh ive 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 and ooh ive been travelin on this road too long just trying to find my way back home the old me is dead and gone dead and gonei aint never been scared i live through tragedy situation coulda been dead lookin back at it most of that shit didnt even have to happen but you dont think about it when you out there trappin in apartments hangin smokin and rappin niggas start shit didnt next thing ya know we cappin get locked up then didnt 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 till 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 whoda thought id never see philant no more got enough dead homies i dont want no more cost a nigga his job cost me more ida took that asswhoopin 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 cause i hit you you sue me i shoot you get locked up who me no more stress now im straight now i get it now i take time to think before i make mistakes just for my familys sake that part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong today no regrets im blessed to say the old me dead and gone awayooh ive 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 and ooh ive been travelin on this road too long just trying to find my way back home the old me is dead and gone dead and gonei 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 but 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 but the new me will be alrightooh ive 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 and ooh ive 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