Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I still Why do I put up this fight, why do I write it's hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on and just kill mics And show these people my level 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 like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I just shut I just can't do it, my manhood's Just been stripped, I have just been So I then get, off the bus then split Man fuck shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and 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 Sorry momma I'm grown, I must alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm these 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, move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little sister, she don't understand Sits in of the TV, buries her nose 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 really on in her little head Wish I could be the daddy that one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew up yet It's like I up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet Don't rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin' to do what's And I try, sit and I cry Yo I tell no lie, not a moment goes by I don't pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I you can hear me homey wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss sister goodbye Say whenever you need me baby, I'm too far But yo I gotta get out there, the way I know 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, to this 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 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 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
You live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city 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 smelled or met a MC Who's incredible upon the pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who must I show, to bust my 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 shit I'm feelin' a little who I hang out with I like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation Army tryin to an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this mode My are so up, but one thing I don't want Is from no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and it's so I feel like I'm just bein' pulled apart From one of my limbs, by each one of my friends enough to just make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not I'm doin I just 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, time for me to U-turn Yo it only one time for me to get burned Ain't no no next time I meet a new girl I can no longer play or be immature I got every ingredient, all I is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I need is the Got the urge, it's a surge a new burst of energy has occurred Time to show these free world leaders the 3 and a I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a Then I turn and cross the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 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 look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road