Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's enough just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and kill mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just 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 crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I slam shut I can't do it, my whole manhood's Just been stripped, I have just been So I then get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really just take matters my own hands Once I'm these tracks man I'mma 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 gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same To the same plant, and the same Tryin' to chase rap, gotta ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man little baby sister, she don't understand Sits in of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors until the crayon dull in her hand While she her big brother and mother and dad no tellin' what really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the daddy neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I never so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't up yet It's like I grew up, but I grow me two nuts yet gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin' to do 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 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 dawg I'm 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, make it on my own Off to work I go, to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just up, and travel new land to really just 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' the footsteps I'm makin' my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be walkin this of Detroit city limits different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But it's to me, it's my credibility You never seen heard or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the same as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the porch with all my and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where must I go, who I know Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck this little Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit 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, to travel this road I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one I don't want Is pity no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and so dark Sometimes I feel I'm just bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my It's enough to just make me wanna out of my skin Sometimes I feel a robot, sometimes I just know not What I'm doin I just blow, my is a stove top I just explode, the kettle 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 takes one time for me to get Ain't no fallin' no next time I a new girl I can no longer stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I need is the Like I 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 scared now, I'm as a bird I turn and cross over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really just 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 I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape this 8 Mile Road