Sometimes I feel like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I write Sometimes it's hard enough just with real life Sometimes I jump on stage and just kill mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm white, sometimes I just hate life ain't right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I just shut I just can't do it, my whole Just been stripped, I have been vicked So I must then get, off the bus then Man fuck this yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, make a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new Time to really just take into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' train tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the plant, and the same pants Tryin' to chase rap, move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor baby sister, she don't understand Sits in of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors until the gets dull in her hand she colors her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her head Wish I could be the daddy that one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, I ain't blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I ain't me two nuts yet Don't gotta rep my step, got enough pep The too much man, I'm just tryin' to do what's best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't tell no lie, not a moment by That I pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be in no regular job Yo I hope you can me homey wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby goodbye Say whenever you need me baby, I'm too far But yo I gotta get out there, the way I know And I'mma be for you, the second that I blow On I own, I'll make it on my own Off to work I go, to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to just take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see the big deal is, why it was and it still is To be this borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never seen heard or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I just another crab in the Cause I havin' no luck with this little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't shit At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and it's so I feel like I'm just bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends It's to just make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm I just blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my mouth overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, it's for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no time I meet a new girl I can no longer play stupid or be I got every ingredient, all I need is the Like I already got the beat, all I need is the Got the urge, suddenly it's a a new burst of energy has occurred Time to these free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm as a bird Then I turn and over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Road
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from 8 Mile Road