Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I still Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and kill mics And show these people what my level of skill's But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate Somethin right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my crawl And I clam up I just slam shut I just can't do it, my whole Just been stripped, I have just been So I then get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take 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 momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these tracks, tryin' to regain 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 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 and mother and dad Ain't no what really goes on in her little head I could be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from I never wanted so bad! I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I ain't 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 won't no lie, not a moment goes by That I pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be pigeonholed in no job Yo I you can hear me homey wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, baby sister goodbye Say whenever you me baby, I'm never too far But yo I gotta get out there, the way I know And I'mma be for you, the second that I blow On everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, make a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new Time to really just take into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never 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' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big is, why it was and it still is To be walkin borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's to me, it's my credibility You never seen heard 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 with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to and serve MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where must I go, who I know Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no with this little Rabbit foot so fuck it I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm a little skeptical who I hang out with I like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this 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 one of my friends It's to just make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I got But I've learned, time for me to U-turn Yo it takes one time for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no next time I a new girl I can no longer stupid or be immature I got ingredient, all I need is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I need is the Got the urge, it's a surge Suddenly a new of energy has occurred to show these 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 blur from 8 Road
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really take matters into my own hands 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 8 Mile Road