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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' the blank
like
And I slam up, I just slam shut I just can't do it, my whole manhood's just been
stripped I've just been picked, so I must then get
Hope the bus didn't split Man, fuck this shit, yo, I'm goin' to fuck
home Rollin' my shoulders as I run back to this
eight 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, my road
And I'm goin', I know right where I'm goin' Sorry, mama, I'm grown, I must travel alone
And keep followin' the footsteps, I'm makin' my own
Only way that I know how to escape from this eight mile road
Walkin' these train tracks, tryin' to regain back the spirit I had
Before I go back to the same crap To the same plant, in the same pants
Tryin' to chase rap, gotta move ASAP 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 call us until the grand gets dull
in her hand Watch her call us her big brother and 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 growin'
too nuts yet Don't gotta rap, 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 look greater than sky, please, I'm beggin' you, God
Please don't let me be vision, holdin' a regular job
Yo, I hope you can hear me, homie, wherever you are
Yo, I'm tellin' you, girl, I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow
Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye
Said, 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
And everything I own, I make it on my own
Off to work I go, back to the state my own
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 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 state my own
You don't believe it to feel it, you didn't, you wouldn't get it
Well, see what the big deal is, why I wasn't a stillest
To be walkin' this borderline of Detroit city limits
Is 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've never seen, heard, smelled a matter from them, see
Who's incredible up on the same pedestal as me
But yet, I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough time
Still on the porch with all my friends that kick dumb rhymes
Go to work and serve em' C's in the lunch line
But when it comes crunch time, wait on 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 grabbin' a bucket
Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little rabbit's foot bucket
Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin' to doubt shit
I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I hang out with
I look like a bum, yo, my clothes ain't about shit
At the Salvation Army tryin' to salvage an outfit
And it's cold, tryin' to travel this road
Plus I feel like I'm overstuck in this battlin' mode
My defenses are so up, and 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 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 stove top
I just explode, the kettle gets so hot
Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I don't got
What 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' or 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 it's a surge
Suddenly a new burst of energy has occurred
Time to show these free world leaders a three and a third
I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a bird
Then I turn and cross over the median curve
Hit the verbs and what you see is a blurb
I make my 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
My road
And I'm goin', I know right where I'm goin'
Sorry mama, I'm grown, I must travel alone
Ain't gonna follow no footsteps, I'm makin' my own
Only way that I know how to escape from this state
My road
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