Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write it's hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna on stage and just kill mics And show these people what my level of skill's But I'm still white, I just hate life Somethin ain't right, hit the brake Case of the fright, drawin a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up I just slam shut I can't do it, my whole manhood's Just stripped, I have just been vicked So I must then get, off the bus then Man this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new 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 I'mma look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the same plant, and the pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she understand Sits in of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors until the gets dull in her hand While she her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her 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 ain't up yet It's like I grew up, but I grow me two nuts yet Don't gotta rep my step, don't got pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin' to do what's 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 don't let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me wherever you are Yo I'm you dawg I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow my mother 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 everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to work I go, back to 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 matters into my own hands Once I'm over tracks man I'mma 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 I'm makin' 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 limits different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But everything to me, it's my credibility You never seen smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a time Sit on the porch with all my and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow must I go, who must I know Or am I just another 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 to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I hang out I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one I don't want Is pity from no one, the is no fun is no sun, and it's so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my It's enough to just make me wanna out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm I just blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I got But learned, it's time for me to U-turn Yo it takes one time for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no time I meet a new girl I can no longer stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I need is the Got the urge, it's a surge a new burst of energy has occurred Time to show these free world the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a I turn and cross over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take matters into my own Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look (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 Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road