Sometimes I feel like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I write Sometimes it's hard enough dealin' with real life I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just life Somethin ain't right, hit the brake Case of the stage fright, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I slam shut I just can't do it, my manhood's Just been stripped, I have been vicked So I must 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 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 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 alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape 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 plant, and the same pants Tryin' to chase rap, move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man little baby sister, she don't understand Sits in front of the TV, buries her in the pad And just colors until the crayon dull in her hand While she colors her big and mother and dad Ain't no what really goes on in her little head Wish I could be the that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' 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 gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin' to do what's And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't pray to the sky, 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 bailin' trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I her, kiss baby sister 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 second I blow On I own, I'll make it on my own Off to I go, back to this 8 Mile 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 into my own Once I'm over these tracks man never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know where 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 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 is, why it was and it still is To be this borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd never see But everything to me, it's my credibility You never seen smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the same as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough 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 must I show, to my flow must I go, who must I know Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little Rabbit foot so it Maybe I a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm a little skeptical who I hang out with I like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation Army tryin to an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one 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 pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by one of my friends It's enough to make me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I feel 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 Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass 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, it's 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 over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and travel new 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 right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile