Sometimes I just feel like, I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I write Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' with real Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill And show these people what my of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just life Somethin ain't right, hit the lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I just slam I just can't do it, my whole Just been stripped, I have just vicked So I then get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm 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 stand up, and travel new 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 momma I'm grown, I must travel Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to regain The spirit I had 'fore I go to the same crap To the plant, and the same 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, buries her in the pad And just colors until the crayon dull in her hand she colors her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her little Wish I could be the daddy neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I never so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't up yet It's I grew 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 tryin' to do best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't tell no lie, not a goes by That I pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God don't let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me homey you are Yo I'm you dawg I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss sister goodbye Say you need me baby, I'm never too far But yo I gotta get out there, the way I know And I'mma be back for you, the second that I On everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to work I go, back to 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 my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never 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 from this 8 Mile Road
You live 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 this borderline of Detroit city limits different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But it's everything to me, my credibility You seen heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I just crab in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't shit At the Salvation Army tryin to an outfit And cold, tryin' to travel this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I want Is from no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and it's so Sometimes I feel I'm just bein' pulled apart From one of my limbs, by each one of my friends enough to just make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just not What I'm I just blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my just overloads the ass that 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 no next time I meet a new girl I can no longer play stupid or be 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 a new burst of energy has occurred Time to show these free leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm as a bird Then I turn and cross over the curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and travel new 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 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