Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I 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 these people what my level of skill's But I'm still white, sometimes I hate life Somethin right, hit the brake lights Case of the fright, drawin a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I clam up I just slam shut I just do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I have been vicked So I must then get, off the bus then Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the home World on my shoulders as I run 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 into my own hands Once I'm over 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 follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' train tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the plant, and the same pants to chase rap, gotta 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 colors her big brother and and dad Ain't no tellin' really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the daddy that one of us had But I keep from somethin' I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, 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 tryin' to do best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't no lie, not a moment goes 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 I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby 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 back for you, the second I blow On everything I own, I'll 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 travel new Time to really take 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 I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta live it to 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 different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's to me, it's my credibility You never heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible the same pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the porch with all my friends and dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where I go, who must I know Or am I just another 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 who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about At the Salvation Army tryin to an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My are so up, but one thing I don't want Is from no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' pulled From one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass 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 I meet a new girl I can no longer stupid 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 a surge Suddenly a new of energy has occurred Time to show these world leaders the 3 and a third I am no scared now, I'm free 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, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take matters my own hands Once I'm over these man I'mma 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 gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road