Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm still white, I just hate life Somethin right, hit the brake lights 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 slam shut I can't do it, my whole manhood's been stripped, I have just been vicked So I then get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck 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 stand up, and travel new land to really 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 where I'm goin Sorry I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' train tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same To the plant, and the same pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta move And get a new plan, got a new man little baby sister, she don't understand Sits in front of the TV, buries her in the pad And colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand While she colors her big brother and and dad Ain't no tellin' what goes on in her little head Wish I could be the that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I never so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew up yet It's I grew up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet gotta rep my step, don't got enough 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 tell no lie, not a moment by That I don't pray to the sky, I'm beggin' you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say whenever you need me baby, I'm too far But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I And I'mma be back for you, the second I blow On everything I own, make it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma 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 I'mma 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 follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile 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 city It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But it's everything to me, it's my You seen heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the same as me But yet I'm still unsigned, a rough time Sit on the porch all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to and serve MCs in the lunchline But when it crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I just another crab in the 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 shit At the Salvation tryin 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 thing I don't Is pity from no one, the is no fun is no sun, and it's so dark Sometimes I feel I'm just bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends It's enough to just make me wanna jump out of my Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I know not What I'm I just 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 learned, it's time for me to U-turn Yo it takes one time for me to get burned no fallin' no next time I meet a new girl I can no longer play stupid or be I got ingredient, all I need is the courage I already got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a Suddenly a new burst of has occurred Time to show these free world leaders the 3 and a I am no longer now, I'm free as a bird I turn and cross over the median curb Hit the and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and travel new Time to really just take matters into my own I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry 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