Sometimes I feel like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I jump on stage and just kill mics And show these people what my 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 like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I up {*wham*} I just slam shut I just can't do it, my whole Just been stripped, I have just been So I must then get, off the bus then Man fuck shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run 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 matters into my own Once I'm over these tracks man 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 Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile
I'm walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to back The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the plant, and the same pants to chase rap, gotta move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she understand Sits in front of the TV, her nose in the pad And colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand While she colors her big brother and and dad Ain't no tellin' really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I never so bad! I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet It's like I up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet Don't gotta rep my step, got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just 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 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 I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss 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 I go, back 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 really just take into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must alone Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from 8 Mile Road
You gotta live it to feel it, you you wouldn't get it Or see the big deal is, why it was and it still is To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But it's to me, it's my credibility You never heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough Sit on the porch all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where I go, who must I know Or am I just crab in the bucket Cause I ain't no luck with this little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt 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 it's cold, tryin' to this road I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My are so up, but one thing I don't want Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' pulled From each one of my limbs, by each one of my enough to just make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just not What I'm doin I blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass I don't got But I've learned, it's time for me to Yo it takes one time for me to get burned no fallin' no next time I meet a new girl I can no longer play or be immature I got ingredient, all I need is the courage Like I got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a Suddenly a new of energy has occurred Time to show free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and cross over the curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile
I'm a man, make a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new 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 Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road