Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's hard enough dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on and just kill mics And show people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just life ain't right, hit the brake lights Case of the fright, drawin a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my crawl And I clam up I just slam shut I just can't do it, my whole Just been stripped, I have just been So I must get, off the bus then split Man fuck this yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to 8 Mile Road
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 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I 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 know how to from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to regain The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same To the plant, and the same pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man little baby sister, she don't understand Sits in of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And colors until the crayon gets 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 be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew up yet It's like I 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 to do what's best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't 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 Tell my I love 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 be back for you, the second that I blow On everything I own, 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 travel new 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 Sorry momma I'm grown, I must alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
You gotta it to feel it, you didn't 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 significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's everything to me, it's my You never heard smelled or met a real MC Who's upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough Sit on the with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, where do my go Who must I show, to bust my Where must I go, who I know Or am I just another crab in the Cause I havin' no luck with this little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I hang out I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't shit At the Salvation Army to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I want Is pity no one, the city is no fun is no sun, and it's so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my It's enough to make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I know not What I'm doin I blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my mouth overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, it's 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 play stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I is the courage Like I 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 the 3 and a third I am no scared now, I'm free as a bird Then I turn and over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile
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 tracks man I'mma never 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 follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road