Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' with real Sometimes I wanna on stage and just kill mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just 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 insides And I clam up I just slam shut I just 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 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new 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 never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I travel alone Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from 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 to chase rap, gotta move 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 colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand she colors her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the 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 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 I don't pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' this trailer 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 way I know And be back for you, the second that I blow On I own, I'll make it on my own Off to I go, back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to stand up, and travel 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 alone Ain't gon' follow the 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 this borderline of city limits It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's everything to me, it's my You seen heard smelled or met a real MC Who's upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, a rough time Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb Go to and serve MCs in the lunchline But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to bust my Where must I go, who 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 startin to shit I'm a little skeptical who I hang out with I look 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 I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one I don't want Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel I'm just bein' pulled apart each one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just make me wanna 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, 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 play stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I is the words Got the urge, suddenly 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 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 up, and travel new land Time to really just 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road