Sometimes I feel like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's hard enough dealin' with real life I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics And show these people what my level of skill's But I'm still white, sometimes I just life Somethin ain't right, hit the 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 {*wham*} I just slam I just do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I just been vicked So I must then get, off the bus split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to 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 tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to back The spirit I had 'fore I go to the same crap To the same plant, and the pants to chase rap, gotta move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she don't Sits in front of the TV, her nose in the pad And just until the crayon gets dull in her hand While she colors her big brother and and dad no tellin' what really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from I never wanted so bad! I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet It's like I up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet Don't gotta rep my step, 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 won't tell no lie, not a moment by That I don't 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 tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' trailer tomorrow Tell my I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say whenever you 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 I blow On I own, I'll make it on my own Off to work I go, 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 really just take matters into my own Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma 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 know how to escape from this 8 Road
You gotta live it to 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 city limits It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's to me, it's my credibility You never heard smelled or met a real MC incredible upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, a rough time Sit on the porch with all my and kick dumb rhymes Go to and serve MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where must I go, who I know Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with little Rabbit foot so fuck it I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a skeptical who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes about shit At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And cold, tryin' to travel this road Plus I like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't Is pity from no one, the is no fun There is no sun, and so dark I feel like I'm just bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends It's enough to just make me 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 only one time for me to get burned no fallin' no next time I meet a new girl I can no longer play stupid or be I got every ingredient, all I need is the I already got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a a new burst of energy has occurred Time to show these free world leaders the 3 and a I am no longer 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 from 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to stand up, and travel new land 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 travel Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road