Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I write it's hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and kill mics And these people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just life Somethin ain't right, hit the brake Case of the stage fright, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I just shut I just can't do it, my manhood's Just been stripped, I just been vicked So I then get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to really take matters into my own hands Once I'm these tracks 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 must travel Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to regain The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to rap, gotta 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 the crayon gets dull in her hand While she colors her big and mother and dad no tellin' what really goes on in her little head Wish I be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I ain't grow me two yet Don't gotta rep my step, don't got pep The pressure's too man, I'm just tryin' to do what's best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't pray to the sky, I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be pigeonholed in no job Yo I hope you can hear me wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' this tomorrow my mother I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say you need me baby, I'm never too far But yo I get out there, the only way I know And be back 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 a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take into my own hands Once I'm these tracks 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 must alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be walkin this borderline of city limits It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never seen heard smelled or met a MC Who's upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a time Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow must I go, who must I know Or am I just crab in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt I'm feelin' a little who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about At the Salvation tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to this road Plus I like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My are so up, but one thing I don't want Is pity from no one, the is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel like I'm just pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my It's enough to just make me wanna jump out of my Sometimes I feel a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my just overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, time for me to U-turn Yo it takes one time for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no next time I meet a new I can no longer play or be immature I got every ingredient, all I need is the I already got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly a surge 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 cross the median curb Hit the and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, make a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new Time to really take matters into my own hands Once I'm over tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road