Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I still Why do I put up this fight, why do I write Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' real life Sometimes I wanna jump on and just kill mics And show these people what my of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate Somethin 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 crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I just slam 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 this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home on my shoulders 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 take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look (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 from this 8 Road
I'm these train tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same 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 don't Sits in front of the TV, her nose 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 goes on in her little head Wish I could be the that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I never so bad! I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet It's 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 to do what's best 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 hear me homey you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' trailer tomorrow my mother I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say you need me baby, I'm never too far But yo I get out there, the only way I know And be back for you, the second that I blow On everything I own, make it on my own Off to work I go, to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to just take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look (8 Road) And I'm gone, I know right where 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 this 8 Mile Road
You gotta live it to feel it, you you wouldn't get it Or see what the big is, why it was and it still is To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city It's different, it's a certain significance, a Of authenticity, never even 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 friends and kick dumb Go to and serve MCs in the lunchline But it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck this little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a skeptical who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my ain't about shit At the Salvation Army tryin to salvage an And it's cold, to travel this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin My defenses are so up, but one thing I want Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel I'm just bein' pulled apart each 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, sometimes I know not What I'm doin I just blow, my is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets 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 time I meet a new 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 need is the Got the urge, suddenly it's a Suddenly a new burst of energy has Time to show these free world the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a Then I and cross over the median curb 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 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 look (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm 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 Mile