T.I

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• Titre : why you wanna
• Album : king
• Année : 2006

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Appelé à l'origine T.I.P, il décida au début de sa carrière de raccourcir son nom de scène en hommage à Q-Tip membre du groupe A Tribe Called Quest.
Originaire de Bankhead, l'un des endroits les plus dangereux d'Atlanta, T.I. n'a jamais caché son passé de dealer. Il se lance finalement dans le rap et sort son premier album le 9 octobre 2001 sur le label Arista Records. Malgré les apparitions du chanteur de reggae Beenie Man sur le premier single I'm Serious, de Jazze Pha, des Young Bloods et surtout de Pharell Williams (qui le nomme pour l'occasion « Jay-Z of The South »), l'album n'est pas un grand succès et entraine l'éviction de T.I. de son label.
Il se focalise alors ensuite sur le marché des mixtapes grâce notamment à DJ Drama afin de créer un buzz underground.
Il attire alors l'attention lors de la sortie de son second album Trap Muzik porté par les singles 24's, Be Easy, Rubber Band Man, et Let's Get Away.

AlIas: T.I.P.
Nom: Clifford Joseph harrris Jr.
Naissance: 25 septembre 1980 (28 ans), Atlanta

Pays d'origine : États-Unis

Profession(s): Rappeur, Auteur-compositeur, Acteur, Producteur

Genre(s): Hip-Hop / Dirty South

Label(s): Grand Hustle Records / Atlantic Records


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Entourage: Young Dro, Chamillionaire, Jamie Foxx, David Banner, Lil Wayne, Ciara Harris, Rihanna, Kanye West, Ludacris, Shawty Lo

T.I. de son vrai nom Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (né le 25 septembre 1980 à Atlanta en Géorgie) est un rappeur américain qui a débuté sa carrière au début des années 2000, et qui connaît depuis un véritable succès le plaçant aujourd'hui comme l'un des hommes forts de la scène d'Atlanta, une des villes les plus dynamiques dans le paysage hip-hop actuel. Il est le cousin de la chanteuse Ciara Harris plus connu sous le nom de Ciara.

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• Titre : Dead And Gone
• Album : Paper Trail
• Année : 2008

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Paroles T.I. Dead And Gone [Feat. Justin Timberlake]

Chorus:
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... dead and gone
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... eeyy

Verse 1 (T.I.)
Ever had one of dem days u wish woulda stayd home
Run into a group of ni&&as 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 bussin
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 *uck around get shot die anyday
Ni&&as 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 ni&&as don't kno what to do when their back against the wall so they just start shootin
For red or for blue or for blo 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 sh*t didn't even have to happen
But u don't think about it when u out there trappin
In apartments hangin smokin and rappin
Ni&&as start sh*t 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 ni&&a in the mouth that time
I won that fight, I lost that war
I can still see my ni&&a 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 ni&&a 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 ni&&a 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

Verse 3 (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
That old me is dead and gone, but the new me will be alright
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
That old me is dead and gone, but the new me will be alright