As T.I.'s new single 'Dead and Gone,' featuring Justin Timberlake, climbs the charts, the rapper admits that the song means more to him now that he's recently said goodbye to his former self. "What matters more than the mistakes you make, is what you're able to learn from them," T.I. proclaims in the beginning of the song. The rapper discussed turning his life around after being arrested and charged with two felony counts of weapons possession in a recent interview with the BoomBox. "This is the most recent time where I felt like that," T.I. admitted while discussing when he knew he had to make a change for the better. "It's basically a result of, you know, putting myself in a position that proved itself to be hazardous and just unnecessarily negative. Had I taken the time to evaluate and access my thoughts before this situation had taken place, I could have avoided it."
T.I. became paranoid and irrational after losing his longtime friend/assistant Philant Johnson in a 2006 shooting, but the rapper didn't seek help from a therapist or friend, instead he dug himself a deeper hole. The rapper was arrested attempting to purchase an arsenal of weapons in a Walgreens parking lot in downtown Atlanta. Now, after learning from his mistakes, T.I. realizes that a part of being a man is understanding that you must "put childish things away," as stated in 1 Corinthians 13:11, which is quoted in the beginning of the 'Dead and Gone' video.
"I'm spiritual. I'm definitely aware that God has a place and a hand in my life and has a purpose for me to be here because if that was not the case I could have died a long time ago. I could have been locked up forever a long time ago, you know what I'm sayin'?"
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