8 Mile lyrics

Artist  : Eminem 
Song : 8 Mile
 


Sometimes I just feel like
Quitting I still
might
Why do I put up this fight?
Why do I
still write?
Sometimes it's hard enough just
dealing 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
Something ain't right
Hit the brake
lights
Case of the stage fright
Drawing a
blank like
(blabbering)
It ain't my
fault
Great big eye balls
My insides
crawl
And I clam up
I just slam shut
I
just can't do it
My whole manhood's just been
stripped
I have just been ripped
So I must
then get
Off the bus then split
Man fuck
this shit
Yo, I'm going the fuck
home
Rolling my shoulders as I run back to
this 8 Mile Road

I'm a man
I'ma 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'ma never look back
And I'm
gone
I know right where I'm going
Sorry,
momma, I'm grown
I must travel alone
Ain't
gon' follow no footsteps I'm making my
own
Only way that I know how to escape from
this 8 Mile Road

Walking these train
tracks
Tryin to regain back
The spirit I
had 'fore I go back to the same crap
To the
same plant
And the same pants
Tryin to
chase rap
Gotta move ASAP
Get a new
plan
Momma'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 a big brother, a mother
and dad
Ain't no telling what really goes on
in her little head
Wish I could be the daddy
that neither one of us had
But I keep running
from something I never wanted so bad
Sometimes
I get upset cuz I ain't blew up yet
It's like a
grew up but I ain't grow me two nuts yet
Don't
got a rep, my step
Don't got enough pep
The
pressure's too much, man I'm just tryin to 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 pigeon holed in no regular job
Yo I
hope you can hear me homie wherever you
are
Yo, I'm telling you dog I'm bailing 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'ma 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 8 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'ma never look
back
And I'm gone
I know right where I'm
going
Sorry, momma, I'm grown
I must travel
alone
Ain't gon' follow no footsteps I'm making
my own
Only way that I know how to escape from
this 8 Mile Road

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 walking this borderline of Detroit's
city limits
It's different and it's a certain
significance
A certificate of
authenticity
You'd never even see
But it's
everything to me
It's my credibiiity
You'd
never seen, heard, smelled or met a real
mc
Who's incredible or on the same pedestal as
me
But yet still unsigned
Having a rough
time
Sit on the porch with all my friends and
kick dumb rhymes
Go to work and serve mc's in
the lunch line
When it comes crunch
time
Where did my punch lines 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
Cuz I ain't having to run
with this little rabbits but fuck it
Maybe I
need a new outlet
I'm starting to doubt
shit
I'm feeling a little skeptical who I hang
out with
I live like a bum, yo my clothes ain't
about shit
At the Salvation Army trying to
salvage an outfit
And it's cold
Trying to
travel this road
Plus I feel like I'm always
stuck in this battling mode
My defenses are so
up
The one thing I don't want
Is pity from
no one
This city is no fun
There is no
sun
And it's so dark
Sometimes I just feel
like I'm being pulled apart
From each one of
my limbs
By each one of my friends
It's
enough to just make me wanna jump out of my
skin
Sometimes I feel like a
robot
Sometimes I just know not
What I'm
doing, I just blow, my head is a stove top
I
just explode, the kettle gets so hot
Sometimes
my mouth just overloads the ass 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 not only 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 occured
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
I'm 8 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'ma never look back
And I'm gone
I know
right where I'm going
Sorry, momma, I'm
grown
I must travel alone
Ain't gon' follow
no footsteps I'm making my own
Only way that I
know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road