Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's hard just dealin' with real life I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics And these people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I hate life Somethin right, hit the brake lights of the stage fright, drawin a blank 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 Just been stripped, I have been vicked So I must then get, off the bus then Man fuck shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck home World on my 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 just 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 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' these tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had I go back to the same crap To the same plant, and the 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, buries her in the pad And just colors until the crayon gets in her hand she colors 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 keep from somethin' I never wanted so bad! I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I ain't grow me two yet Don't rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just 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 to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please don't let me be pigeonholed in no job Yo I hope you can me homey wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby 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 that I blow On everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new 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 never look 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 I'm makin' my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta live it to feel it, you you wouldn't get it Or see what the big is, why it was and it still is To be walkin this of Detroit city limits It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But it's everything to me, it's my You never seen smelled or met a real MC incredible upon the same pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the porch with all my friends and dumb rhymes Go to work and MCs in the lunchline But when it comes crunch time, do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow must I go, who must I know Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I havin' 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 skeptical who I hang out I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about At the Army tryin 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 it's so Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' pulled 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 I just blow, my head is a stove top I explode, the kettle gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I got But I've learned, time for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one for me to get burned no fallin' no next time I meet a new girl I can no longer play or be immature I got every ingredient, all I need is the Like I already got the beat, all I is the words Got the urge, suddenly a surge a new burst of energy has occurred Time to show free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no scared 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 Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land 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 follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from 8 Mile Road