Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I still 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 and just kill mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate Somethin right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I slam shut I just do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I just been vicked So I then 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 stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take matters into my own 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' train tracks, tryin' 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, gotta move And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little sister, she don't understand Sits in front of the TV, buries her 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' what really on in her little head I could be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I never so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't up yet It's I grew 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 to do what's best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I tell no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't pray to the sky, please I'm you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I you can hear me homey wherever 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 gotta get out there, the way I know And I'mma be back for you, the 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 a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to really just take matters into my own 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 momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta 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 of Detroit city limits It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But it's everything to me, it's my You never seen smelled or met a real MC incredible upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the porch with all my and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where I go, who must 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 a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes about shit At the Salvation tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in battlin mode My are so up, but one thing I don't want Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and so dark Sometimes I like I'm just bein' pulled apart From one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just make me jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, I just know not What I'm I just 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 for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no next I meet a new girl I can no longer play stupid or be I got ingredient, all I need is the courage Like I got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a Suddenly a new burst of energy has Time to show these world leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm as a bird I turn and cross over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to really take 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 where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must alone Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road