Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' with real I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics And show these people what my level of skill's But I'm still white, sometimes I just life Somethin ain't right, hit the lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up I just slam shut I just can't do it, my manhood's Just been stripped, I have been vicked So I must get, off the bus then split Man this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, make a new plan Time for me to just up, and travel new land Time to really take matters into 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 Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm these train 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, her nose in the pad And just colors until the crayon dull in her hand While she colors her big brother and and dad Ain't no what really goes on in her little head Wish I be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep from 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 won't tell no lie, not a moment by That I don't pray to the sky, I'm beggin' you God don't let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can me homey wherever you are Yo I'm you dawg I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby 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 back for you, the that 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, I'mma make a new Time for me to 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 where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile
You gotta live it to it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be this borderline of Detroit city limits different, it's 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 the same pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow must I go, who must I know 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 a little skeptical who I hang out with I like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this Plus I feel I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My are so up, but one thing I don't want Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' pulled From one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I just blow, my 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 time for me to Yo it only one time for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no next time I a new girl I can no longer play stupid or be 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 scared now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to just take matters into my own hands 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 momma I'm grown, I must travel Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from 8 Mile Road