Sometimes I just feel like, I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's hard enough just with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill And these people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, I just hate life Somethin ain't right, hit the lights Case of the fright, drawin a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I just slam I just can't do it, my manhood's been stripped, I have just been vicked So I must get, off the bus then split Man fuck this yo, I'm goin' the fuck home on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to really take matters into my own hands 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 travel Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to regain The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the plant, and the same pants Tryin' to rap, gotta move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor baby sister, she don't understand Sits in front of the TV, buries her in the pad And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her While she her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no what really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the daddy that one of us had But I runnin' from somethin' I never wanted 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 Don't gotta rep my step, 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 won't tell no lie, not a goes by That I pray to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' this tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby 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 back for you, the that I blow 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 just up, and travel new land Time to really just matters into my own hands I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta live it to feel it, you you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be walkin this borderline of city limits It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's everything to me, my credibility You seen heard smelled or met a real MC Who's upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough 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, do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I just another crab in the Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little 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 like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation Army to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this Plus I feel like I'm on 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 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 like a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I just blow, my is a stove top I just explode, the gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just the ass that I don't got But I've learned, it's for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one time for me to get Ain't no fallin' no next time I a new girl I can no play stupid or be immature I got ingredient, all I need is the courage I already got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, suddenly it's a Suddenly a new burst of energy has Time to show these free leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a 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, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to really just take matters 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 Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road