Dead And Gone-Lynden David Hall

[00:02.080]Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man [00:06.100]Not on some gangsta **** man on some real **** [00:09.020]Anybody who been through the same thing [00:10.440]I'm sure you feel the same way [00:14.830]Ohh (hey) [00:16.240]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) [00:19.520]Just tryin find my way back home (back home) [00:23.370]But the old me's dead and gone [00:26.200]Dead and Gone [00:28.940]And Ohh... (hey) [00:30.280]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) [00:33.850]Just tryin find my way back home (back home) [00:37.630]But the old me's dead and gone, [00:40.330]Dead and Gone, dead and... [00:43.310]Ever had one of them days wish you would have stayed home [00:44.860]Run into a group of ****** who gettin' their hate on [00:46.540]You walk by, they get wrong [00:48.460]You reply then **** get blown [00:50.240]Way out of proportion way bad discussion [00:52.100]Just you against them, pick one then rush them [00:53.660]Figure you get jumped here that's next [00:55.300]They don't wanna stop there now they bustin' [00:57.290]Now you gushin', ambulance rushin' [00:58.770]You to the hospital with a bad concussion [01:00.840]Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine [01:02.530]Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound [01:04.350]Never mind that now you lucky to be alive [01:05.910]Just thinkin' it all started fussin' wit three guys [01:07.920]***** pride in the way but your pride is the way you can **** [01:10.100]Around get shot down any day [01:11.480]****** die everyday, all little ******** [01:12.410]**** money, dice games, ordinary hood **** [01:15.240]Could this be cuz of hip-hop music [01:16.870]Or did the ones with the good sense not use it? [01:18.650]Usually ****** don't know what to do when they back against the wall [01:21.190]So they just start shootin' [01:22.260]For red or for blue or for blow I guess [01:23.850]From Bankhead at the old projects [01:25.690]No more stress, now I'm straight [01:27.570]Now I get it, now I take time to think Before I make mistakes just for my family stake [01:32.920]That part of me left yesterday [01:34.640]The heart of me is strong today [01:36.440]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away [01:40.840]Ohh (hey) [01:41.510]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) [01:44.920]Just tryin find my way back home (back home) [01:48.690]But the old me's dead and gone [01:51.540]Dead and Gone [01:54.040]And Ohh... (hey) [01:55.760]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) [01:59.200]Just tryin find my way back home (back home) [02:02.960]But the old me's dead and gone [02:05.790]Dead and Gone, dead and... [02:08.520]I ain't neva been scared, I live through tragic [02:09.880]Situations could been dead lookin' back at it [02:11.900]Most of that **** didn't even have to happen [02:13.800]But you don't think about it when you out there trappin' [02:15.520]In the apartments hangin', smokin' and rappin' [02:17.320]****** start **** next thing we know we cappin' [02:19.230]Get locked up then didn't even get mad [02:20.830]Now I think about that what a life I had [02:22.670]Most of that **** look back just laugh [02:24.370]Some **** still look back get sad [02:26.090]Thinkin' my home boy still be around [02:27.920]Had I not hit the ***** in the mouth that time [02:29.780]I won that fight I lost that war [02:31.150]I could still see my ***** walkin' out that door [02:33.280]Who would of thought I'd never see Philant no more [02:35.070]Got enough dead homies I don't want no more [02:36.810]Cuz a ***** his jump cost me more [02:38.610]I'd a took that ass whoopin' out for sure [02:40.350]Now think before I risk my life [02:42.130]Take them chances to get my stripes [02:43.940]A ***** put his hands on me alright [02:45.650]Otherwise stand there talk **** all night [02:47.520]Cuz I hit you and you sue me [02:49.240]I shoot you get locked up poor me [02:51.010]No more stress now I'm straight [02:53.000]Now I get it now I take time to think Before I make mistake just for my family stake [02:58.190]That part of me left yesterday [02:59.940]The heart of me is strong today [03:01.820]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away [03:05.700]Ohh (hey) [03:06.710]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) [03:10.180]Just tryin find my way back home (back home) [03:14.010]But the old me's dead and gone [03:16.800]Dead and Gone [03:19.580]And Ohh (hey) [03:21.090]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) [03:24.510]Just tryin find my way back home (back home) [03:28.300]But the old me's dead and gone [03:31.030]Dead and Gone [03:34.320]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side [03:37.680]I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight [03:41.120]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride [03:44.680]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright [03:48.320]I turn my head to the east I don't see nobody by my side [03:51.820]I turn my head to the west still nobody in sight [03:55.300]So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride [03:58.760]That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright, cause [04:02.450]Ohh (hey) [04:03.670]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) [04:07.540]Just tryin find my way back home (back home) [04:11.060]But the old me's dead and gone [04:13.830]Dead and Gone [04:16.430]And Ohh... (hey) [04:18.040]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long) [04:21.740]Just tryin find my way back home (back home) [04:25.250]But the old me's dead and gone [04:28.020]Dead and Gone, dead and...