Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I still Why do I put up this fight, why do I still it's hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just mics And show these people what my level of skill's But I'm white, sometimes I just hate life Somethin right, hit the brake lights of the stage fright, drawin 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 can't do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I just been vicked So I must then get, off the bus split Man fuck shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just up, and travel new land Time to just take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man 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 Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' train tracks, tryin' to regain back The I had 'fore I go back to the same crap To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to chase rap, move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she understand Sits in front of the TV, her nose in the pad And just colors until the crayon dull 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 that one of us had But I keep runnin' somethin' I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew up yet like 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 man, I'm just tryin' 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 don't 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 love her, kiss sister goodbye Say whenever you need me baby, I'm too far But yo I get out there, the only way I know And I'mma be for you, the second that I blow On everything I own, make it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and travel new Time to really take matters into my own hands Once I'm over tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own way that 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 borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, it's a certain significance, a Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never seen heard smelled or met a MC incredible upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a time Sit on the porch with all my friends and dumb rhymes Go to work and MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who must I show, to bust my Where I go, who must I know Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt I'm feelin' a little who I hang out with I look a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation Army tryin to salvage an And it's cold, tryin' to 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 from no one, the is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel I'm just bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends It's enough to make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I just blow, my head is a top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just the ass that I don't got But learned, it's time for me to U-turn Yo it takes one time for me to get burned Ain't no fallin' no next time I a new girl I can no longer 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 a surge Suddenly a new of energy has occurred Time to show free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and cross the median curb Hit the and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, make a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land to really just 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 Sorry 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 escape this 8 Mile Road