Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I still Why do I put up this fight, why do I write Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' with real Sometimes I wanna on stage and just kill mics And show people what my level of skill's like But I'm white, sometimes I just hate life Somethin ain't right, hit the brake 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 slam I just do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I just been vicked So I then get, off the bus then split Man fuck shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just up, and travel new land Time to really just take into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same To the plant, and the same pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man little baby 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' what really goes on in her little Wish I could be the daddy neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from I never wanted 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, don't got pep The pressure's too much man, I'm tryin' to do what's best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I tell no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't pray to the sky, I'm beggin' you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I you can hear me homey wherever 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 need me baby, I'm too far But yo I gotta get out there, the way I know And I'mma be back for you, the second that I On everything I own, 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 just up, and travel new land Time to just take matters 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 travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta live it to feel it, you didn't you get it Or see what the big is, why it was and it still is To be walkin borderline of Detroit city limits different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's to me, it's my credibility You never seen heard smelled or met a MC Who's incredible upon the same as me But yet I'm still unsigned, a rough time Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb Go to work and MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where I go, who must I know Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm to doubt shit I'm a little skeptical 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 travel road Plus I feel like I'm on in this battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't Is from no one, the city is no fun is no sun, and it's so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' pulled each one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just make me wanna out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, I just know not I'm doin 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 time for me to get Ain't no fallin' no next time I meet a new I can no longer stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I is the courage I already got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly a surge Suddenly a new burst of energy has Time to show these free world leaders the 3 and a I am no scared now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and cross over the 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 new land Time to really just take matters my own hands Once I'm these tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road