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8 Mile

In the style of

Eminem

Lyrics

sometimes
i just feel like
quittin' i still might
why do i put up
this fight
why do i still write

sometimes
it's hard enough
just dealin' with
real life
sometimes
i wanna jump on stage
and just kill mics

and show
these people what my
level of skill's like
but i'm still white
sometimes
i just hate life

somethin' ain't right
hit the brake lights
case of
the stage fright
drawin' a blank like

and i clam up
i just slam shut
i just can't do it
my whole manhood's
just been stripped
i've just been ripped
so i must then get
off the bus then split

man f### this s### yo
i'm goin' the f### home
world on
my shoulders
as i run back to this
eight-mile road

i'm a man
i'm-a make a new plan
time for me
to just stand up
and travel new land

time for me
to just take matters
into my own hands
once i'm over
these tracks man
i'm-a never look back

and i'm gone
i know
right where i'm goin'
sorry mama i'm grown
i must travel alone

ain't gon' follow
no footsteps
i'm makin' my own
only way that i know
how to escape from
this eight-mile

walkin' these
train tracks
tryin' to regain back
the spirit i had
'fore i go back
to the same crap

to the same plant
in the same pants
tryin' to chase rap
gotta move "a"-sap
and get a new plan
mama's got a new man
poor little baby sister
she don't understand

sits in front of the tv
buries her nose
in her pad
and just colors
until the crayon
gets dull in her hand

while she colors
her big brother
her mother and dad
ain't no tellin'
what really goes on
in her little head

wish i could be
the daddy
that neither
one of us had
but i keep runnin'
from somethin'
i never wanted so bad

sometimes i get upset
'cause i ain't
blew up yet
it's like i grew up
but i ain't grown me
two n### yet

don't gotta
rep my step
don't got enough pep
the pressure's
too much man
i'm just tryin'
do what's best

and i try
sit alone and i cry
yo i won't tell no lie
not a moment goes by
that i don't pray
to the sky

please
i'm beggin' you god
please don't let me
be pigeonholed
in no regular job

yo i hope you can
hear me homey
wherever you are
yo i'm tellin' you dawg
i'm bailin' this trailer
tomorrow

tell my mother
i love her
kiss baby sister
goodbye
say whenever
you need me baby
i'm never too far

but yo i gotta
get out there
the only way i know
and i'm-a
be back for you
the second
that i blow

on everything i own
i'll make it on my own
off to work i go
back to this
eight-mile road

i'm a man
gotta make a new plan
time for me
to just stand up
and travel new land

time for me
to just take matters
into my own hands
once i'm over
these tracks man
i'm-a never look back

and i'm gone
i know
right where i'm goin'
sorry mama i'm grown
i must travel alone
ain't gon' follow
no footsteps
i'm makin' my own

only way that i know
how to escape
from this
you gotta live it
to feel it
you didn't
you wouldn't get it

or see
what the big deal is
why it was
and it still is

to be walkin'
this borderline of
detroit's city limits
it's different
it's a certain
significance
a certificate of
authenticity

you'd never even see
but it's everything
to me
it's my credibility

you never
seen heard smelled
or met a real emcee
who's incredible
up on the same
pedestal as me

but yet
i'm still unsigned
havin' a rough time
sit on the porch
with all my friends
and kick dumb rhymes

go to work
and serve emcee's
in the lunch line
but when it comes
crunch time
where do my
punchlines go

who must i show
to bust my flow
where must i go
who must i know

or am i just another
crab in the bucket
'cause i ain't
havin' no luck with
this little rabbit
so f### it
maybe i need
a new outlet

i'm startin'
to doubt s###
i'm feelin'
a little skeptical
who i hang out with

i look like a bum
yo my clothes
ain't about
s### at the
salvation army
tryin' to salvage
an outfit

and it's cold
tryin' to
travel this road
plus i feel like
i'm always stuck
in this battlin' mode

my defenses are so up
and one thing
i don't want
is pity from no one
the city is no fun

there is no sun
and it's so dark
sometimes i feel like
i'm just bein'
pulled apart

from each one
of my limbs
by each one
of my friends
it's enough to
just make me wanna
jump outta my skin

sometimes i feel like
a robot
sometimes i just
know not
what i'm doin'
i just blow
my head is a stovetop

i just explode
the kettle gets so hot
sometimes my mind
just overloads
with gas
that i don't got

but i've learned
it's time for me
to u-turn
yo it only takes
one time for me
to get burned

ain't no fallin'
on next time
i'll meet a new girl
i can no longer
play stupid
or be immature

i got every ingredient
all i need
is the courage
like i already
got the beat
all i need is the words

got the urge
suddenly it's a surge
suddenly a new burst
of energy
has occurred

time to show these
free-world leaders
the three-and-a-third
i am no longer
scared now
i'm free as a bird

then i turn and
cross over
the median curb
hit the burbs
and all you see
is a blur on
eight-mile road

i'm a man
gotta make a new plan
time for me
to just stand up
and travel new land

time for me
to just take matters
into my own hands
once i'm over
these tracks
man i'm-a never
look back

and i'm gone
i know
right where i'm goin'
sorry mama i'm grown
i must travel alone

ain't gon' follow
no footsteps
i'm makin' my own
only way that i know
how to escape from
this eight-mile road

Details

• Duration : 6:09
• Key : Am
• Genre : R&B/Hip-Hop
• Year released : 2002
• Language : English

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