[Intro] ~#**************#~ Its alright, its okay ~#**************#~ Im gonna make it anyway ~#**************#~ Gonna make it, cant give up now ~#**************#~ Ima make it somehow ~#**************#~ [Verse 1] ~#**************#~ Sometimes I just feel like quittin, I still might ~#**************#~ Why do I put up this fight? Why do I still write? ~#**************#~ Sometimes its 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 skills like ~#**************#~ But Im still white, sometimes I just hate life ~#**************#~ Somethin aint right, hit the brake lights ~#**************#~ Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank like ~#**************#~ Da-duh-duh-da-da, it aint my fault ~#**************#~ Great big eyeballs, my insides crawl ~#**************#~ And I clam up, I just slam shut ~#**************#~ I just cant do it, my whole manhoods ~#**************#~ Just been stripped, I have just been ‘victd ~#**************#~ So I must then get off the bus then split ~#**************#~ Man, fuck this shit, yo, Im goin the fuck home ~#**************#~ World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road ~#**************#~ [Chorus] ~#**************#~ Im a man, Ima make a new plan ~#**************#~ (Its alright, its okay) ~#**************#~ Time for me to just stand up and travel new land ~#**************#~ (Im gonna make it anyway) ~#**************#~ Time for me to just take matters into my own hands ~#**************#~ (Gonna make it, cant give up now) ~#**************#~ Once Im over these tracks, man, Ima never look back ~#**************#~ (Ima make it somehow) ~#**************#~ (8 Mile Road) And Im gone, I know right where Im goin ~#**************#~ (Its alright, its okay) ~#**************#~ Sorry, Momma, Im grown, I must travel alone ~#**************#~ (Im gonna make it anyway) ~#**************#~ Aint gon follow no footsteps, Im makin my own ~#**************#~ (Gonna make it, cant give up now) ~#**************#~ Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road ~#**************#~ (Ima make it somehow) ~#**************#~ [Verse 2] ~#**************#~ Im walkin these train tracks, tryna regain back ~#**************#~ The spirit I had ‘fore I go back to the same crap ~#**************#~ To the same plant, in the same pants ~#**************#~ Tryna chase rap, gotta move ASAP ~#**************#~ And get a new plan, Mommas got a new man ~#**************#~ Poor little baby sister, she dont understand ~#**************#~ Sits in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad ~#**************#~ And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand ~#**************#~ While she colors her big brother and mother and dad ~#**************#~ Aint 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 aint blew up yet ~#**************#~ Its like I grew up, but I aint grow me two nuts yet ~#**************#~ Dont gotta rep my step, dont got enough pep ~#**************#~ The pressures too much, man, Im just tryna do whats best ~#**************#~ And I try, sit alone and I cry ~#**************#~ Yo, I wont tell no lie, not a moment goes by ~#**************#~ That I dont pray to the sky, please, Im beggin you, God ~#**************#~ Please dont let me be pigeonholed in no regular job ~#**************#~ Yo, I hope you can hear me, homie, wherever you are ~#**************#~ Yo, Im tellin you, dawg, Im bailin this trailer tomorrow ~#**************#~ Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye ~#**************#~ Say whenever you need me, baby, Im never too far ~#**************#~ But, yo, I gotta get out there, the only way I know ~#**************#~ And Ima be back for you the second that I blow ~#**************#~ On everything I own, Ill make it on my own ~#**************#~ Off to work I go back to this 8 Mile Road ~#**************#~ [Chorus] ~#**************#~ Im a man, gotta make a new plan ~#**************#~ (Its alright, its okay) ~#**************#~ Time for me to just stand up and travel new land ~#**************#~ (Im gonna make it anyway) ~#**************#~ Time for me to just take matters into my own hands ~#**************#~ (Gonna make it, cant give up now) ~#**************#~ Once Im over these tracks, man, Ima never look back ~#**************#~ (Ima make it somehow) ~#**************#~ (8 Mile Road) And Im gone, I know right where Im goin ~#**************#~ (Its alright, its okay) ~#**************#~ Sorry, Momma, Im grown, I must travel alone ~#**************#~ (Im gonna make it anyway) ~#**************#~ Aint gon follow no footsteps, Im makin my own ~#**************#~ (Gonna make it, cant give up now) ~#**************#~ Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road ~#**************#~ (Ima make it somehow) ~#**************#~ [Verse 3] ~#**************#~ You gotta live it to feel it; you didnt, you wouldnt get it ~#**************#~ Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it still is ~#**************#~ To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city limits ~#**************#~ Its different, its a certain significance, a certificate ~#**************#~ Of authenticity, youd never even see ~#**************#~ But its everything to me, its my credibility ~#**************#~ You never seen, heard, smelled or met a real MC ~#**************#~ Whos incredible or on the same pedestal as me ~#**************#~ But yet Im still unsigned, havin a rough time ~#**************#~ Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes ~#**************#~ Go to work and serve MCs in the lunchline ~#**************#~ 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 aint havin no luck with this little rabbits foot, fuck it ~#**************#~ Maybe I need a new outlet, Im startin to doubt shit ~#**************#~ Im feelin a little skeptical who I hang out with ~#**************#~ I look like a bum, yo, my clothes aint about shit ~#**************#~ At the Salvation Army, tryna salvage an outfit ~#**************#~ And its cold, tryna travel this road ~#**************#~ Plus I feel like Im always stuck in this battlin mode ~#**************#~ My defenses are so up, but one thing I dont want ~#**************#~ Is pity from no one, this city is no fun ~#**************#~ There is no sun, and its so dark ~#**************#~ Sometimes I feel like Im just bein pulled apart ~#**************#~ From each one of my limbs, by each one of my friends ~#**************#~ Its enough to just make me wanna jump out of my skin ~#**************#~ Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just know not ~#**************#~ What Im doin, 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 dont got ~#**************#~ But Ive learned, its time for me to U-turn ~#**************#~ Yo, it only takes one time for me to get burned ~#**************#~ Aint no fallin, no, next time I 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 its 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, Im free as a bird ~#**************#~ Then I turn and cross over the median curb ~#**************#~ Hit the ‘burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road ~#**************#~ [Chorus] ~#**************#~ Im a man, gotta make a new plan ~#**************#~ (Its alright, its okay) ~#**************#~ Time for me to just stand up and travel new land ~#**************#~ (Im gonna make it anyway) ~#**************#~ Time for me to just take matters into my own hands ~#**************#~ (Gonna make it, cant give up now) ~#**************#~ Once Im over these tracks, man, Ima never look back ~#**************#~ (Ima make it somehow) ~#**************#~ (8 Mile Road) And Im gone, I know right where Im goin ~#**************#~ (Its alright, its okay) ~#**************#~ Sorry, Momma, Im grown, I must travel alone ~#**************#~ (Im gonna make it anyway) ~#**************#~ Aint gon follow no footsteps, Im makin my own ~#**************#~ (Gonna make it, cant give up now) ~#**************#~ Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road ~#**************#~ (Ima make it somehow)