Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's hard enough dealin' with real life Sometimes I jump on stage and just kill mics And these people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, I just hate life Somethin ain't right, hit the brake Case of the stage fright, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I just shut I just do it, my whole manhood's been stripped, I have just been vicked So I must then get, off the bus split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck World on my shoulders as I run back to this 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 matters my own hands I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Road) And I'm gone, I know right 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 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these tracks, tryin' to regain back The I had 'fore I go back to the same crap To the same plant, and the pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta move And get a new plan, got a new man Poor baby sister, she don't understand in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors until the crayon gets in her hand While she her big brother and mother and dad no tellin' what really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the that neither one of us had But I runnin' from somethin' I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, I ain't 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 best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I tell no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't 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 wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' this tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, baby sister goodbye Say you need me baby, I'm never too far But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I And be back for you, the second that I blow On I own, I'll make it on my own Off to work I go, to this 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 take into my own hands Once I'm these tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm 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
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 this borderline of Detroit city limits different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But everything to me, it's my credibility You never seen heard or met a real MC incredible upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, a rough time Sit on the porch with all my friends and dumb rhymes Go to and serve MCs in the lunchline But when it crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where must I go, who I know Or am I just 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 to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't Is pity from no one, the is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel like I'm bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my It's enough to just make me wanna out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just not What I'm I just blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my just overloads the ass that I don't got But learned, it's time for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one time for me to get Ain't no fallin' no next time I a new girl I can no longer stupid or be immature I got ingredient, all I need is the courage I already got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a a new burst of energy has occurred Time to show these free world the 3 and a third I am no scared now, I'm free as a bird I turn and cross over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile
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 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 gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road