Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I might Why do I put up this fight, why do I write Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' with life Sometimes I wanna on stage and just kill mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate Somethin right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I just 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 fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the home World on my shoulders as I run 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 these tracks 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' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile
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 rap, gotta move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she don't Sits in front of the TV, buries her in the pad And just colors until the crayon gets in her hand While she colors her big brother and and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her head I could be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' somethin' I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, I ain't blew up yet like I grew up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet Don't gotta rep my step, don't got pep The too much 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 don't let me be in no regular job Yo I you can hear me homey wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' this trailer Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby sister Say whenever you need me baby, I'm too far But yo I get out there, the only way I know And I'mma be back for you, the second 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 stand up, and new land Time to really just take matters 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 travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
You gotta live it to feel it, you 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, you'd never see But it's to me, it's my credibility You seen heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, a rough time Sit on the with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to and serve MCs in the lunchline But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where must I go, who I know Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I hang out I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't shit At the Salvation Army to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel road I feel like 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 There is no sun, and so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' pulled From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends It's enough to just make me jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the kettle so hot Sometimes my mouth overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, it's for me to U-turn Yo it only one time for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no next I meet a new girl I can no longer play or be immature I got every ingredient, all I need is the Like I already got the beat, all I is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a Suddenly a new burst of has occurred Time to show free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm 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, make a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take matters my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look (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 from this 8 Mile