Sometimes I just feel like, I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I write it's hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill And these people what my level 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, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my 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 this shit; yo, I'm the fuck home on my shoulders as I run back 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 just take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these man I'mma 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' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to from 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 to chase rap, gotta move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man little baby sister, she don't understand Sits in front of the TV, buries her 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' really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the daddy neither one of us had But I keep from somethin' I never wanted 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 rep my step, don't 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 tell no lie, not a goes by That I don't to the sky, please I'm beggin' 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 dawg I'm bailin' this tomorrow Tell my I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say you need me baby, I'm never too far But yo I get out there, the only way I know And I'mma be back for you, the that I blow On I own, I'll make it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new for me to just 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 Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm 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 the big deal is, why it was and it still is To be walkin this borderline of Detroit limits It's different, it's a certain significance, a Of authenticity, never even see But it's to me, it's my credibility You seen heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the same as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb Go to work and MCs in the lunchline But when it crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I another crab in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no 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 a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this I feel like I'm on stuck 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 so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my It's enough to just make me jump out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I just blow, my head is a top I just explode, the gets so hot Sometimes my mouth overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, time for me to U-turn Yo it takes one time for me to get burned Ain't no 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 burst of energy has Time to show these free world the 3 and a third I am no scared now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and cross the median curb Hit the and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just up, and travel new land to really just take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma 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 follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape this 8 Mile Road