This version has the chord placements throughout the whole song. When I play it, i just
the chords instead of trying to play the melody. Have Fun. Props to everyone else who
this song, you helped :)
Chorus (Justin Timberlake's Part) :
Ooooooo I ve been travelin on this road to long
Just trying to find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone… dead and gone… (Repeat)
Verse 1 (T.I.)
Ever had one of dem days u wish woulda stayd home,
Run into a group of niggas getting they hate on
U walk by they get wrong u reply then sh*t get blown
Way outta proportion way past discussion,
Just u against them, pick one then rush em
Figure u get your hair? that next,
They don’t wanna stop there now they buzzin
Now u gushin, ambulance rushin u to the hospital with a bad concussion
Plus ya hit 4 times plus it hit ya spine
paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair bound
Nevermind that now u lucky to be alive,
Just think it all started u fussin with 3 guys
Now ya pride in the way but ya pride is the way
u could fuck around get shot die anyday
Niggas die every day all over bull sh*t dope money dice game
ordinary hood sh*t
Could this be cuz of hip hop music
or did the ones with the good sense not use it
Usually niggas don’t kno what to do
when their back against the wall so they just start shootin
For red or for blue or for blow 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 family’s 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 away.
Chorus
Verse 2 (T.I.)
I aint never been scared, I lived through tragedy,
Situation coulda been dead lookin back at it
Most of that shit didn’t even have to happen,
But u don’t think about it when u out there trappin
In apartments hangin smokin and rappin,
Niggas start shit didn’t next thing ya kno we cappin
Get locked up then didn’t even get mad,
Now think about damn what a life I had
Most of that sh*t look back just laugh, Some sh*t still look back just 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’da thought I’d never see Philant no more,
Got enough dead homies I don’t want no more
Cost a nigga his job, cost me more, I’da 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 sh*t all night
Cuz 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 family’s 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 away.
Chorus
Bridge (J.T.)
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 that pill that they call pride
The old me is dead and gone, the new me will be alright (repeat)
Chorus