Sometimes I just feel like, I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I write Sometimes it's enough just dealin' with real life I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just life Somethin right, hit the brake lights of the stage fright, drawin a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I just shut I just can't do it, my manhood's been stripped, I have just been vicked So I then get, off the bus then 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 just stand up, and new land Time to really just take matters my own hands Once I'm over these man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right 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 know how to escape from 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, 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, gotta move And get a new plan, got a new man little baby sister, she don't understand Sits in front of the TV, her nose in the pad And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her While she her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the daddy neither one of us had But I keep runnin' somethin' 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, got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm 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, please I'm you God don't let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say you need 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 that I blow On everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to work I go, 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 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 gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to 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 walkin this of Detroit city limits It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But everything 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 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 another crab in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck this little Rabbit foot so fuck it I need 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 in this battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't Is pity from no one, the is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel 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 feel like a robot, sometimes I just 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 learned, it's time for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one time for me to get no fallin' no next time I meet a new girl I can no play stupid 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 it's a Suddenly a new burst of has occurred Time to show these free leaders the 3 and a third I am no scared now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and cross over the median 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 over these tracks man never look back (8 Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road