Intro
(x2)
Em Cm Em G F#m
[Verse]
Em
Sometimes I just feel like, quitting I still might
Em
Why do I put up this fight, why do I still write
Cm Em
Sometimes it's hard enough just dealing with real life
G F#m
Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics
Em
And show these people what my level of skill's like
Em
But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate life
Cm Em
Something ain't right, hit the brake lights
G F#m
Case of the stage fright, drawing a blank like
Em
Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my fault
Em
Breaking eye balls, my insides crawl
Cm Em
and I clam up (wham) I just slam shut
G F#m
I just can't do it, my whole manhood's
Em
just been stripped, I have just been vicked
Em
So I must then get off the bus then split
Cm Em
Man fuck this shit yo, I'm going the fuck home
G F#m
World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
[Chorus]
Em
I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan
Em
Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land
Cm Em
Time to really just take matters into my own hands
G F#m
Once I'm over these tracks man I'ma never look back
Em
(8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm going
Em
Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone
Cm Em
ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm making my own
G F#m
Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
[Verse]
Em
I'm walking these train tracks, trying to regain back
Em
the spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same crap
Cm Em G
To the same plant, and the same pants
F#m
Trying to chase rap, gotta move ASAP
Em
And get a new plan, momma's got a new man
Em
Poor little baby sister, she don't understand
Cm Em
Sits in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad
G F#m
And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand
Em
While she colors her big brother and mother and dad
Em
Ain't no telling what really goes on in her little head
Cm Em
Wish I could be the daddy that neither one of us had
G F#m
But I keep running from something I never wanted so bad!
Em
Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet
Em
It's like I grew up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet
Cm Em
Don't gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep
G F#m
The pressure's too much man, I'm just trying to do what's best
Em
And I try, sit alone and I cry
Em
Yo I won't tell no lie, not a moment goes by
Cm Em
That I don't pray to the sky, please I'm begging you God
G F#m
Please don't let me be pigeon holed in no regular job
Em
Yo I hope you can hear me homey wherever you are
Em
Yo I'm telling you dawg I'm balling this trailer tomorrow
Cm Em
Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye
G F#m
Say whenever you need me baby, I'm never too far
Em
But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I know
Em
And I'ma be back for you, the second that I blow
Cm Em
On everything I own, I'll make it on my own
G F#m
Off to work I go, back to this 8 Mile Road
[Chorus]
Em
I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan
Em
Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land
Cm Em
Time to really just take matters into my own hands
G F#m
Once I'm over these tracks man I'ma never look back
Em
(8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm going
Em
Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone
Cm Em
ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm making my own
G F#m
Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
[Verse]
Em
You gotta live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it
Em
Or see what the big deal is, why it wasn't the skillest
Cm Em
To be walking this borderline of Detroit city limits
G F#m
It's different, it's a certain significance,
Em
E certificate of authenticity, you'd never even see
Em
But it's everything to me, it's my credibility
Cm Em
You never seen heard smelled or met a real MC
G F#m
who's incredible upon the same pedestal as me
Em
But yet I'm still unsigned, having a rough time
Em
Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes
Cm Em
Go to work and serve MC's in the lunchline
G F#m
But when it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go
Em
Who must I show, to bust my flow
Em Cm
Where must I go, who must I know
Em
Or am I just another crab in the bucket
G Em
Cause I ain't having no luck with this little rabbit's foot, fuck it
Em
Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm starting to doubt shit
Em
I'm feeling a little skeptical who I hang out with
Cm Em
I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit
G F#m
At the Salvation Army trying to salvage an outfit
Em
And it's cold, trying to travel this road
Em
Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this battling mode
Cm Em
My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't want
G F#m
Is pity from no one, the city is no fun
Em
There is no sun, and it's so dark
Em
Sometimes I feel like I'm just being pulled apart
Cm Em
Im torn in my limbs, by each one of my friends
G F#m
It's enough to just make me wanna jump out of my skin
Em
Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just know not
Em
What I'm doing I just blow, my head is a stove top
Cm Em
I just explode, the kettle gets so hot
G F#m
Sometimes my mouth just overloads the acid I don't got
Em
But I've learned, it's time for me to U-turn
Em
Yo it only takes one time for me to get burned
Cm Em
Ain't no calling her next time I need a new girl
G F#m
I can no longer play stupid or be immature
Em
I got every ingredient, all I need is the courage
Em
Like I already got the beat, all I need is the words
Cm Em
Got the urge, suddenly it's a surge
G F#m
Suddenly a new burst of energy has occurred
Em
Time to show these free world leaders the three and a third
Em
I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a bird
Cm Em
Then I turn and cross over the median curve
G F#m
Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road
[Chorus]
Em
I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan
Em
Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land
Cm Em
Time to really just take matters into my own hands
G F#m
Once I'm over these tracks man I'ma never look back
Em
(8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm going
Em
Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone
Cm Em
ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm making my own
G F#m
Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
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