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 dealin' with life Sometimes I jump on stage and just kill mics And show people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just 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 insides And I clam up {*wham*} I just slam I just can't do it, my whole Just been stripped, I have just been So I must then get, off the bus split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take matters my own hands I'm over 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' the footsteps I'm makin' my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the crap To the plant, and the same pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little sister, she don't understand Sits in of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just until the crayon gets dull in her hand she colors her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' really goes on in her little head Wish I be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' somethin' I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, I ain't blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I ain't grow me two yet gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin' to do what's And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God don't let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me homey you are Yo I'm you dawg I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say whenever you me baby, I'm never too far But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I And I'mma be back for you, the second I blow On everything I own, 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 just up, and travel new land to really just 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 travel alone Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
You live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big is, why it was and it still is To be walkin this borderline of city limits It's different, it's a certain significance, a Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never seen smelled or met a real MC incredible upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the porch all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who must I show, to bust my Where must I go, who must I Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little Rabbit so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't shit At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And cold, tryin' to travel this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I want Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel I'm just bein' pulled apart each one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just make me jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, I just know not What I'm I just blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the kettle so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I got But learned, it's time for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no next I meet a new girl I can no longer play or be immature I got ingredient, all I need is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a Suddenly a new burst of has occurred to show 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 over the curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and new land to really just 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile