Sometimes I feel like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write it's hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just mics And these people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, I just hate life ain't 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 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 fuck this shit; yo, I'm the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, make 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 these tracks man I'mma never back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to chase rap, gotta move And get a new plan, got a new man Poor baby sister, she don't understand Sits in of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her While she colors her big brother and and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her little 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 rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just 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 pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me homey you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' this tomorrow Tell my mother I 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 second 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, make a new plan Time for me to just up, and travel new land Time to really just matters 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 I'm goin Sorry 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 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 city limits It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But everything to me, it's my credibility You never heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the pedestal 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 serve MCs in the But it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to bust my Where I go, who must I know Or am I just another crab in the Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little Rabbit foot so it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm to doubt shit I'm feelin' a skeptical who I hang out with I like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation Army tryin to salvage an And it's cold, tryin' to travel road Plus I feel like I'm on in this battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I want Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I like I'm just bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my enough to just make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I know not What I'm doin I blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the kettle so hot Sometimes my mouth just the ass that I don't got But I've learned, it's for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one time for me to get Ain't no fallin' no 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 got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly a surge Suddenly a new burst of energy has Time to these free world leaders the 3 and a third 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, 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 I'mma never look (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 I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road