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 wanna jump on and just kill mics And show these people what my level of skill's But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate Somethin right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I slam shut I just do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I have just vicked So I must then get, off the bus then Man this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to really just take matters into my own Once I'm over these 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 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 train tracks, to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to chase rap, gotta ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she don't in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors the crayon gets dull in her hand While she colors her big brother and and dad Ain't no tellin' what goes on in her little head Wish I could be the daddy that one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I never so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I ain't 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 I don't pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be 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 mother I her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say you need me baby, I'm never too far But yo I gotta get out there, the way I know And be back for you, the second that I blow On everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, make a new plan 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 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' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from 8 Mile Road
You gotta live it to 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 borderline of Detroit city It's different, it's a certain significance, a Of authenticity, never even see But it's to me, it's my credibility You never seen heard smelled or met a MC Who's incredible the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a time Sit on the porch all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and MCs in the lunchline But it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to bust my must I go, who must I know Or am I just another crab in the Cause I havin' no luck with this little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to shit I'm feelin' a skeptical who I hang out with I look a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation Army tryin to salvage an And it's cold, tryin' to 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 I feel like I'm just bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my 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 just explode, the kettle so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I 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 play stupid or be 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 Suddenly a new burst of has occurred Time to show these free leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer now, I'm free as a bird I turn and cross over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just 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 Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road