Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's hard just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill And show people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate Somethin ain't right, hit the brake 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 {*wham*} I just slam I can't do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I have just vicked So I must then get, off the bus then Man this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run to this 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 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 travel alone Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, to regain back The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to rap, gotta move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she understand in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors until the gets dull in her hand While she colors her big 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' from somethin' I never so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I grow me two nuts yet Don't rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm 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 pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be pigeonholed in no 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, baby sister goodbye Say whenever you me baby, I'm never 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 I own, I'll make it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Mile
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 never look (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' follow the footsteps I'm 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 what the big deal is, why it was and it 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, it's my 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 rhymes Go to and serve 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 must I 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 to doubt shit I'm a little skeptical who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about At the Salvation Army to salvage an outfit And it's cold, to travel this road Plus I 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 pulled apart From one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just make me wanna out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not I'm doin I just blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the kettle so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass 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 time I a new girl I can no longer play stupid or be I got every ingredient, all I is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I is the words Got the urge, it's a surge Suddenly a new of energy has occurred Time to show these free leaders 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 from 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 into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road