[ti:Dead And Gone]
[ar:T.I.]
[al:Paper Trail]

[00:-2.00]T.I. - Dead And Gone (Featuring Justin Timberlake)
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[00:02.08]Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man,
[00:06.10]Nawt on some gangsta shit man on some real shit
[00:09.02]Anybody who been through the same thing im sure you feel the same way
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[00:14.83]Ohh (hey)
[00:16.24]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[00:19.52]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[00:23.37]But the old me's dead and gone,
[00:26.20]Dead and Gone,
[00:28.94]And Ohh.. (hey)
[00:30.28]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[00:33.85]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[00:37.63]But the old me's dead and gone,
[00:40.33]Dead and Gone, dead and...
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[00:43.31]Every had one of them days wish you would have stayed home,
[00:44.86]Run into a group of niggas who gettin their hate on,
[00:46.54]You walk by - they get wrong,
[00:48.46]You reply then shit get blown,
[00:50.24]Way out of proportion way bad discussion,
[00:52.10]Just you against them pick one then rush them,
[00:53.66]Figure you get jumped here thats next,
[00:55.30]They don't wanna stop there now they bustin,
[00:57.29]Now you gushin ambulance rushin,
[00:58.77]You to the hospital with a bad concusion,
[01:00.84]Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine,
[01:02.53]Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound,
[01:04.35]Never mind that now you lucky to be alive,
[01:05.91]Just thinkin it all started fussin wit three guys,
[01:07.92]Nigga pride in the way but your pride is the way you can f**k
[01:10.10]around get shot down anyday,
[01:11.48]Niggas die everyday,
[01:12.41]All little bullshit, dope money, dice games, for their hood shit,
[01:15.24]Could this be cuz of hip-hop music,
[01:16.87]Or did the ones with the good sense not use it,
[01:18.65]Usually niggas don't know what to do when they back against the wall,
[01:21.19]So they just start shootin,
[01:22.26]For red or for blue or for blow I guess,
[01:23.85]From Bankhead at the old projects,
[01:25.69]No more stress now I'm straight,
[01:27.57]Now I get it now I take time to think
[01:30.29]before I make mistake just for my family stake,
[01:32.92]That part of me left yesterday
[01:34.64]The harder me is strong today,
[01:36.44]No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,
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[01:40.84]Ohh (hey)
[01:41.51]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[01:44.92]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[01:48.69]But the old me's dead and gone,
[01:51.54]Dead and Gone,
[01:54.04]And Ohh.. (hey)
[01:55.76]I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)
[01:59.20]Just tryin find my way back home (back home)
[02:02.96]But the old me's dead and gone,
[02:05.79]Dead and Gone, dead and...
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[02:08.72]I ain't neva been scared I live through tragic,
[02:09.88]Situations could been dead lookin back at it,
[02:11.90]Most of that shit didn't even have to happen,
[02:13.80]But you think about it when you out there trappin',
[02:15.52]In the appartments hangin', smokin and rappin,
[02:17.32]Niggas start shit next thing we know we cappin,
[02:19.23]Get locked up then didn't even get mad,
[02:20.83]Now I think about that what a life I had,
[02:22.67]Most of that shit look back just laugh,
[02:24.37]Some shit still look back get sad,
[02:26.09]Thinkin my home boy still be around
[02:27.92]had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time,
[02:29.78]I won that fight I lost that war,
[02:31.15]I could still see my nigga walkin out that door,
[02:33.28]Who would of thought I'd never see Philant no more,
[02:35.07]Got enough dead homies I don't want no more,
[02:36.81]Cuz a nigga his jump cost me more,
[02:38.61]I'd a took that ass whoppin out for sure,
[02:40.35]Now think before I risk my life,
[02:42.13]Take them chances to get my stripes,
[02:43.94]A nigga put his hands on me alright,
[02:45.65]Otherwise stand there talk shit all night,
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[03:05.70]Ohh (hey)