[T.I:]
Hey, let me kick it to you right quick, man
That on some gangsta shit man, on some real shit
Anybody done been through the same thing, I'm sure you feel the same way
Big Phil
This for you pimpin'

{Refrain:}
[Justin Timberlake:]
Oooohhhh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (Too long)
Just tryin' find my way back home (Back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
Oooohhhh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (Too long)
Just tryin' find my way back home (Back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

[T.I:]
Ever had one of dem days wish woulda stayed home
Run into a group of niggas who gettin' 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 them
Figure you get jumped here that's next
They don't wanna stop there now they bustin'

Now you gushin', ambulance rushin'
You to the hospital with a bad concussion
Plus ya hit four times but it hit ya spine
Paralyzed waist down now ya wheelchair bound
Never mind that now you lucky to be alive
Just thinkin' it all started fussin' with three guys
Nigga pride in the way but your pride is the way you can fuck
Around get shot die anyday

Niggas die everyday, all little bullshit
Dope money, dice games, ordinary hood shit
Could this be 'cos of hip-hop music
Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?
Usually niggas don't know what to do when they back against the wall
So they just start shootin'
For red or for blue or for blow I guess
From Bankhead at the old projects

No more stress, now I'm straight
Now I get it, now I take to think
Before I make mistakes just for my family sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away

{Refrain:}
[Justin Timberlake:]
Oooohhhh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (Too long)
Just tryin' find my way back home (Back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
Oooohhhh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (Too long)
Just tryin' find my way back home (Back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

[T.I:]
I ain"t never been scared, I lived through tragic
Situations could been dead lookin' back at it
Most of that shit didn't even have to happen
But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'
In apartments, hangin', smokin', and rappin'
Niggas start shit next thing we know we cappin'
Get locked up then didn't even get mad
Now I think about that what a life I had

Most of that shit look back, just laugh
Some shit still look back get sad
Maybe my homboy still 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
Who'd thought I'd never see Philant no more?
Got enough dead homies I don't want no more

'Cos a nigga his job cost me more
I'd took that ass-whoopin 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
'Cos I hit you, you sue me
I shoot you get locked up, who me?

No more stress, now I'm straight
Now I get it, now I take to think
Before I make mistakes just for my family sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away

{Refrain:}
[Justin Timberlake:]
Oooohhhh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (Too long)
Just tryin' find my way back home (Back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
Oooohhhh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (Too long)
Just tryin' find my way back home (Back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

[Justin Timberlake & T.I.: (x2)]
I turn my head to the East
I don't 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 the pill that they call pride
That old me is dead and gone
But that new me will be alright

{Refrain:}
[Justin Timberlake:]
Oooohhhh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (Too long)
Just tryin' find my way back home (Back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
Oooohhhh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (Too long)
Just tryin' find my way back home (Back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone