Sometimes I just feel like, quittin' I still Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes hard enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I jump on stage and just kill mics And these people what my level of skill's like But I'm white, sometimes I just hate life ain't right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I slam shut I can't do it, my whole manhood's been stripped, I have just been vicked So I must then get, off the bus split Man this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, make a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really take matters into my own hands I'm over these tracks 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' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' train tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go to the same crap To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to chase rap, gotta 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 the crayon gets dull in her hand she colors her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' what 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! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew 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 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 Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I you can hear me homey wherever you are Yo I'm you dawg I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say you need me baby, I'm never too far But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I And I'mma be back for you, the that 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 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 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 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 feel it, you didn't you get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be walkin borderline of Detroit city limits different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never seen heard smelled or met a MC incredible upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb Go to and serve MCs in the lunchline But when it crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow Where I go, who must I know Or am I another crab in the bucket Cause I ain't no luck with this little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt I'm feelin' a little who I hang out with I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't shit At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this mode My are so up, but one thing I don't want Is pity from no one, the is no fun is no sun, and it's so dark Sometimes I like I'm just bein' pulled apart each one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just make me wanna out of my skin Sometimes I feel like a robot, I just know not What I'm doin I just blow, my head is a top I explode, the kettle gets so hot my mouth just overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, time for me to U-turn Yo it takes 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 ingredient, all I need 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 world the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a Then I turn and cross over the median Hit the and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land 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 momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road