Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's hard enough dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna on stage and just kill mics And show these people what my of skill's like But I'm still white, I just hate life Somethin ain't right, hit the lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I just slam I can't do it, my whole manhood's Just stripped, I have just been vicked So I must get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm 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 stand up, and travel new land to really just take 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
I'm walkin' these tracks, tryin' to regain back The I had 'fore I go back to the same 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 of the TV, buries 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 that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't 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 man, I'm just 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 to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be pigeonholed in no job Yo I hope you can hear me homey you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' this tomorrow Tell my mother I 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 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 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and 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 right where 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 this 8 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 borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, it's a certain significance, a Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never seen heard smelled or met a MC Who's incredible upon the pedestal 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 serve MCs in the But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I just crab in the bucket Cause I ain't no luck with this little Rabbit foot so fuck it I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I hang out I look like a bum, yo my clothes about shit At the Salvation Army tryin to salvage an And it's cold, tryin' to travel road Plus I feel I'm on stuck in this 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 pulled apart each one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, I just know not What I'm doin I just blow, my is a stove top I just explode, the gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I got But I've learned, it's time for me to Yo it only one time 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 is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I need is the Got the urge, suddenly a surge a new burst of energy has occurred Time to show these world leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and cross the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma 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 tracks man 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road