Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I still Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's hard enough dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill And show these people what my level of like But I'm still white, I just hate life ain't right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I slam shut I just can't do it, my whole Just stripped, I have just been vicked So I must get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma 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 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 footsteps I'm my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the crap To the plant, and the same pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta move And get a new plan, got a new man Poor baby sister, she don't understand Sits in of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors 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 I could 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 It's I grew up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin' to do what's 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 me homey wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby 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 I own, I'll make it on my own Off to I go, 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 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 I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I 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 borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never seen heard smelled or met a MC Who's incredible upon the same as me But yet I'm still unsigned, a rough time Sit on the porch with all my and kick 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 bust my Where I go, who must I know Or am I another crab in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't shit At the Salvation tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, 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 so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' 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 I just blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the gets so hot Sometimes my just overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, time for me to U-turn Yo it only one time for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no next I meet a new girl I can no play stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I is the courage I already got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a Suddenly a new of energy has occurred Time to show these free world leaders the 3 and a I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a Then I turn and 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 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 travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road