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' with life I wanna jump 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 brake Case of the fright, drawin a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I just shut I just do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I 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 back to this 8 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 over these tracks man I'mma never look (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 that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile
I'm walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to back The spirit I had 'fore I go to the same crap To the plant, and the same pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta 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 and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her little Wish I could be the that neither one of us had But I runnin' from somethin' I never wanted so bad! I get upset, cause I ain't blew 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 tryin' to do what's best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't tell no lie, not a goes by I don't pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me homey you are Yo I'm tellin' you I'm bailin' this trailer 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 Time for me to just up, and travel new land Time to really just take 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 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 live 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 city It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But it's everything to me, it's my You never seen smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the same 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 MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, where do my go Who must I show, to my flow Where must I go, who I know 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 hang out I like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation Army 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 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 just bein' apart From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends enough to just make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just not What I'm doin I just blow, my head is a top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my just overloads the ass that I don't got But learned, it's time 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 play stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I is the courage Like I got the beat, all I need 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 longer scared now, I'm free as a Then I 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 just stand up, and 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 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 escape this 8 Mile Road