Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man,

兄弟，让我说几句

Nawt on some gangsta sh*t man on some real sh*t

不是一些黑道的事情，而是真实的事情

Anybody who been through the same thing im sure you feel the same way

谁经历过，我确定你们感觉和我一样

Ohh （hey）

I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long）

喔，我在这条道上呆的时间太长了

Just tryin find my way back home （back home）

我只是想找到回去的路途

But the old me＇s dead and gone,

以前的我已经死去

Dead and Gone,

已经死去

And Ohh.. （hey）

I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long）

喔，我在这条道上呆的时间太长了

Just tryin find my way back home （back home）

我只是想找到回去的路途

But the old me＇s dead and gone,

以前的我已经死去

Dead and Gone, dead and...

已经死去

Every had one of them days wish you would have stayed home,

Run into a group of *s who gettin their hate on,

你有没有过一天后悔没有呆在家

碰见一群黑鬼想发泄

You walk by - they get wrong,

你和他们擦肩而过，他们找碴

You reply then sh*t get blown,

你们争执

Way out of proportion way bad discussion,

事情开始火爆

Just you against them pick one then rush them,

就只有你对他们

Figure you get jumped here thats next,

选一个人开始打

They don＇t wanna stop there now they bustin,

他们不想停手，他们开枪打

Now you gushin ambulance rushin,

你正在喷血，急救就在路上

You to the hospital with a bad concusion,

你到了医院时候有个脑震荡

Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine,

你中了四枪，其中一个打到你的脊柱

Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound,

半身不遂，你一辈子要坐轮椅

Never mind that now you lucky to be alive,

不想那些东西了，你现在或者已经很幸运了

Just thinkin it all started fussin wit three guys,

他们都是因为你和那3个人争吵引起的

Ni**a pride in the way but your pride is the way you can f**k

他们觉得自己很骄傲，但是你的骄傲是你能超过他们

Around get shot down anyday,

虽然你被枪打倒

*s die everyday,

黑鬼每天都死

All little *, d**e money, dice games, for their hood sh*t,

都是因为狗屁而死，**，赌博，还有一些地盘琐事

Could this be cuz of hip-hop music,

这些是不是因为嘻哈音乐

Or did the ones with the good sense not use it,

还是因为那些懂事理的人不用暴力

Usually *s don＇t know what to do when they back against the wall,

So they just start shootin,

黑鬼一般没有路走的时候就不知道怎么做

除了拿枪乱射

For red or for blue or for blow I guess,

是为了血，还是警察，还是枪声

From Bankhead at the old projects,

从亚特兰大到你的贫困区

No more stress now I＇m straight,

我现在已经不迷失了

Now I get it now I take time to think before I make mistake just for my

我现在为了我家人都仔细考虑

Family stake,

未免犯错

That part of me left yesterday

The harder me is strong today,

我的莽撞已经是昨天了

我的心从今天很强壮

No regrets I＇m blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,

我不后悔，受祝福的我可以说旧的我已经死去

Ohh （hey）

I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long）

喔，我在这条道上呆的时间太长了

Just tryin find my way back home （back home）

我只是想找到回去的路途

But the old me＇s dead and gone,

以前的我已经死去

Dead and Gone,

And Ohh.. （hey）

已经死去

I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long）

喔，我在这条道上呆的时间太长了

Just tryin find my way back home （back home）

我只是想找到回去的路途

But the old me＇s dead and gone,

以前的我已经死去

Dead and Gone, dead and...

已经死去

I ain＇t neva been scared I live through tragic,

我遇见悲惨的事情从不害怕

Situations could been dead lookin back at it,

想想以前的有些事情真的可能是致命的

Most of that sh*t didn＇t even have to happen,

But you think about it when you out there trappin＇,

很多事情都不应该发生

你在外面倒卖**时候从来不想

In the appartments hangin＇, smokin and rappin,

在自己的公寓里**， 还有说唱

*s start sh*t next thing we know we cappin,

黑鬼们开始说大话

Get locked up then didn＇t even get mad,

被锁起来，但是也不生气

Now I think about that what a life I had,

现在想想我的人生竟然这样

Most of that sh*t look back just laugh,

Some sh*t still look back get sad,

想想以前这些事情我都想笑

有些事情还是很伤心

Thinkin my home boy still be around had

如果我那次不打那个黑鬼

I not hit the ni**a in the mouth that time,

我的兄弟可能还或者

I won that fight I lost that war,

我赢了那些战斗，但是我输了那个战争

I could still see my ni**a walkin out that door,

我好像还可以看到我的兄弟走出那个门口

Who would of thought I＇d never see Philant no more,

谁能想象我再也看不到我的兄弟PHILANT

Got enough dead homies I don＇t want no more,

Cuz a ni**a his jump cost me more,

死了太多兄弟，我真不想要了

那个黑鬼丢失了工作，可我失去了更多

I＇d a took that a** whoppin out for sure,

我真应该乖乖被打

Now think before I risk my life,

我冒险我生命之前，我都思考了

Take them chances to get my stripes,

我要考虑去不去拿我自己的弹匣

A ni**a put his hands on me alright,

那个黑鬼是推我了

Otherwise stand there talk sh*t all night,

不然我们就在那里骂整晚

Cuz I hit you and you sue me,

因为我打你，你搞我

I shoot you get locked up poor me,

我那枪射你，我坐牢

No more stress now I＇m straight,

我现在已经不迷失了

Now I get it now I take time to think

我现在为了我家人

Before I make mistake just for my

都仔细考虑

Family stake,

未免犯错

That part of me left yesterday

我的莽撞已经是昨天了

The harder me is strong today,

No regrets I＇m blessed to say the old me dead and gon away,

我的心从今天很强壮

我不后悔，受祝福的我可以说旧的我已经死去

Ohh （hey）

I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long）

喔，我在这条道上呆的时间太长了

Just tryin find my way back home （back home）

我只是想找到回去的路途

But the old me＇s dead and gone,

以前的我已经死去

Dead and Gone,

已经死去

And Ohh.. （hey）

I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long）

喔，我在这条道上呆的时间太长了

Just tryin find my way back home （back home）

我只是想找到回去的路途

But the old me＇s dead and gone,

以前的我已经死去

Dead and Gone, dead and...

已经死去

I turn my head to the east I don＇t see nobody by my side,

我朝着东边望去， 我并没有发现任何人在我的身边

I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight,

我再朝着西边望去 ，依然没有人在我旁边

So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride,

然后我再把看看南方 ，忍受屈辱我们把它叫做自尊

That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright,

以前的我已经死去，但是新的我会更好

I turn my head to the east I don＇t see nobody by my side,

我朝着东边望去， 我并没有发现任何人在我的身边

I turn my head to the west still nobody in sight,

我再朝着西边望去 ，依然没有人在我旁边

So I turn my head to the north swallow that pill that they call pride,

然后我再把看看南方 ，忍受屈辱我们把它叫做自尊

That old me dead and gone but the new me will be alright,

以前的我已经死去，但是新的我会更好

Ohh （hey）

I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long）

喔，我在这条道上呆的时间太长了

Just tryin find my way back home （back home）

But the old me＇s dead and gone,

我只是想找到回去的路途

以前的我已经死去

Dead and Gone,

已经死去

And Ohh.. （hey）

I＇ve been travelin on this road too long （too long）

喔，我在这条道上呆的时间太长了

Just tryin find my way back home （back home）

我只是想找到回去的路途

But the old me＇s dead and gone,

以前的我已经死去

Dead and Gone, dead and gone...

已经死去