Sometimes I just feel like, I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's hard enough just with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and kill mics And show 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, drawin a blank Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I just shut I can't do it, my whole manhood's been stripped, I have just been vicked So I must get, off the bus then split Man fuck this 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 just take 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 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 from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to regain The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to 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 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 daddy neither one of us had But I keep from somethin' I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't up yet It's like I grew up, but I 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 won't tell no lie, not a goes by I don't 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 wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' trailer tomorrow Tell my I love 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 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 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new 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 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 know how to escape from this 8 Mile
You live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see the big deal is, why it was and it still is To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's everything to me, it's my You never heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the same as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough Sit on the porch all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and MCs in the lunchline But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I just crab in the bucket Cause I havin' no luck with this little Rabbit foot so fuck it I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I hang out I look like a bum, yo my ain't about shit At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And cold, tryin' to travel this road Plus I 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 like I'm bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends enough to just make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I just blow, my head is a top I just explode, the kettle so hot my mouth just 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 time I meet a new girl I can no longer stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I need is the Like I already got the beat, all I need is the Got the urge, it's a surge Suddenly a new burst of has occurred Time to show these world leaders the 3 and a third I am no scared now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and cross over the median Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a from 8 Mile 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 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 gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile