Sometimes I just feel like, I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's hard enough just with real life Sometimes I jump on stage and just kill mics And show these 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 stage fright, drawin a blank Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I just shut I just can't do it, my whole been stripped, I have just been vicked So I must then get, off the bus split Man fuck this yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile
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' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the 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 understand Sits in front of the TV, her nose in the pad And just colors until the gets dull in her hand she colors her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her head Wish I be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, 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 too much man, I'm just 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 don't pray to the sky, please I'm you God don't let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, 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 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 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 tracks man I'mma never back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
You gotta 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 walkin this borderline of city limits different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's everything to me, my credibility You never heard smelled or met a real 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 rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where I go, who must I know Or am I just another crab in the Cause I ain't havin' no luck with little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I hang out I look a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this I feel 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 bein' apart From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends It's to just make me wanna jump 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 explode, the kettle gets so hot my mouth just overloads the ass that I don't got But I've learned, it's time for me to Yo it only takes one time for me to get Ain't no fallin' no time I meet a new girl I can no longer 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, it's a surge Suddenly a new burst of has occurred Time to show free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm as a bird Then I turn and cross over the median Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Road
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really just matters 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 travel alone Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to from this 8 Mile Road