[T.I.]
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Hey, Let me kick it to you right quick, man
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Not on some gangsta shit man, on some real shit
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Anybody done been through the same thing, I'm sure you feel the same way
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Big Phil
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This for you pimpin'.
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[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)]
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Ohhhh (hey)
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I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
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Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)
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The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone
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And ohhhh (hey)
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I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
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Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)
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The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
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[Verse 1: T.I.]
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Ever had one of them days wish you would've stayed home?
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Run into a group of niggas who gettin' they hate on
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You walk by
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They get wrong
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You reply then shit get blown
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Way outta proportion
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Way past discussion
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Just you against them, pick one then rush 'em
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Figure you get your hair that's next
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So they don't wanna stop there now they bustin'
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Now you gushin' ambulance rushin'
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You to the hospital with a bad concussion
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Plus your hit 4 times
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Bullet hit your spine
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Paralyzed waist down now your wheel chair bound
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Nevermind that now you lucky to be alive
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Just think it all started you fussin' with 3 guys
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Now your pride in the way, but your pride is the way
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You could fuck around, get shot, die anyday
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Die everyday
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All over bull shit dope, money, dice game, ordinary hood shit.
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Could this be 'cos of hip hop music?
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Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?
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Usually niggas don't know what to do when their back against the wall so they just start shootin'
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For red or for blue or for blow I guess
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From Bankhead or from your projects
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No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take
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Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
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That part of me left yesterday
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The heart of me is strong today
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No regrets I'm blessed to say
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The old me dead & gone away.
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[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)]
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Ohhhh (hey)
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I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
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Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)
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The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone
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And ohhhh (hey)
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I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
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Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)
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The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
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[Verse 2: T.I.]
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I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragedy
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Situation could've been dead lookin' back at it
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Most of that shit didn't even have to happen
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But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'
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In apartments hangin' smokin' and rappin'
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Niggas start shit, next thing you know we cappin'
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Get locked up then didn't even get mad
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Now think about: "Damn, what a life I had!"
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Most of that shit, look back, just laugh
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Some shit still look back get sad
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Maybe my homeboy still be around
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Had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time
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I won that fight
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I lost that war
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I can still see my nigga walkin' out that door.
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Who would've thought I'd never see Philant no more?
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Got enough dead homies I don't want no more
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Cost a nigga his job
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Cost me more
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I done took that ass whippin' now for sure
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Now think before I risk my life
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Take them chances to get my stripe
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A nigga put his hands on me alright
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Otherwise stand there talk shit all night
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'Cos I hit you and you sue me
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I shoot you, get locked up, who me
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No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take
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Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
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That part of me left yesterday
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The heart of me is strong today
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No regrets I'm blessed to say
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The old me dead & gone away.
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[Chorus: Justin Timberlake (Timbaland)]
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Ohhhh (hey)
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I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
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Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)
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The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone
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And ohhhh (hey)
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I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
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Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home)
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The old me is dead & gone, dead & gone, dead...
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[Justin Timberlake:]
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I turn my head to the East
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I don't see nobody by my side
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I turn |