Sometimes I feel like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill And show these what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just life Somethin ain't right, hit the brake Case of the stage fright, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I just slam I just can't do it, my whole Just stripped, I have 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 to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and new land to really 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 know where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' train tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the crap To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to chase rap, gotta move And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she don't 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 head Wish I could be the that 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 grew up, but I ain't me two nuts yet gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too man, I'm just 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, please I'm you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me homey you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' trailer tomorrow my mother 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 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 just stand up, and travel new to really 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 right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from 8 Mile Road
You gotta it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be this borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's everything to me, it's my You never heard smelled or met a real MC Who's upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough Sit on the porch with all my friends and 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 havin' no luck with little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt I'm feelin' a skeptical who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes about shit At the Salvation Army tryin to an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in 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 one of my friends It's enough to make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel a robot, sometimes 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 I don't got But I've learned, time for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one for me to get burned 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 Like I already got the beat, all I is the words Got the urge, it's a surge Suddenly a new of energy has occurred Time to show free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no scared now, I'm free as a bird I turn and cross over the median 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 stand up, and travel new land Time to really take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin 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 this 8 Road