Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and kill mics And show these 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 fright, drawin a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my crawl And I up {*wham*} I just slam shut I can't do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I have just vicked So I must then get, off the bus then 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 stand up, and new land Time to really just take matters my own hands Once I'm these tracks man I'mma 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the crap To the same plant, and the pants Tryin' to chase rap, move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she understand Sits in front of the TV, buries her 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 what really goes on in her little head Wish I be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I 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 pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin' to do 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 don't let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me homey you are Yo I'm tellin' you I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say whenever you me baby, I'm never too far But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I And I'mma be for you, the second that I blow On everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really just matters into my own hands Once I'm over these man I'mma 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
You gotta live it to it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big is, why it was and it still is To be this borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never seen heard or met a real MC Who's incredible the same 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 and serve MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow must I go, who must I know Or am I just crab in the bucket 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 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 cold, tryin' to travel this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I want Is from no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm bein' pulled apart From one of my limbs, by each 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 doin I just blow, my head is a top I just explode, the gets so hot Sometimes my just overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, it's 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 ingredient, all I need is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a a new burst of energy has occurred Time to show these free leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and cross over the median Hit the and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really just 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 where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road