Tom: Am Intro: Am~~~ Fm Am C Hm (2x) [Eminem] Am Sometimes I just feel like, quittin I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still write Fm Am Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin with real life C Hm Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just kill mics Am And show these people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate life Fm Am Somethin ain't right, hit the brake lights C Hm Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank like Am Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my fault Great then I falls, my insides crawl Fm Am and I clam up {*wham*} I just slam shut C Hm I just can't do it, my whole manhood's Am just been stripped, I have just been vicked So I must then get, off the bus then slip Fm Am Man fuck this shit yo, I'm goin the fuck home C Hm World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road [Chorus] Am I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land Fm Am Time to really just take matters into my own hands C Hm Once I'm over these tracks man I'ma never look back Am (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Fm Am And go follow the footsteps I'm makin my own C Hm Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road [Eminem] Am I'm walkin these train tracks, tryin to regain back the spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same crap Fm Am C To the same plant, and the same pants Hm Tryin to chase rap, gotta move ASAP Am And get a new plan, momma's got a new man Poor little baby sister, she don't understand Fm Am Sits in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad C Hm And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand Am While she colors her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin what really goes on in her little head Fm Am Wish I could be the daddy that neither one of us had C Hm But I keep runnin from somethin I never wanted so bad! Am Sometimes I get upset, cause I ain't blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I ain't grow me two nuts yet Fm Am Don't gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep C Hm The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin to do what's best Am And I try, sit alone and I cry Yo I won't tell no lie, not a moment goes by Fm Am That I don't pray to the sky, please I'm beggin you God C Hm Please don't let me be bitchin holdin no regular job Am Yo I hope you can hear me homey wherever you are Yo I'm tellin you dawg I'm bailin this trailer tomorrow Fm Am Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye C Hm Say whenever you need me baby, I'm never too far Am But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I know And I'ma be back for you, the second that I blow Fm Am On everything I own, I'll make it on my own C Hm Off to work I go, back to this 8 Mile Road [Chorus] Am I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land Fm Am Time to really just take matters into my own hands C Hm Once I'm over these tracks man I'ma never look back Am (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Fm Am And go follow the footsteps I'm makin my own C Hm Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road [Eminem] Am You gotta live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it wasn't the skillest Fm Am To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city limits C Hm It's different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Am of authenticity, you'd never even see But it's everything to me, it's my credibility Fm Am You never seen heard smelled or met a real MC C Hm who's incredible upon the same pedestal as me Am But yet I'm still unsigned, havin a rough time Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Fm Am Go to work and serve MC's in the lunchline C Hm But when it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go Am Who must I show, to bust my flow Fm Where must I go, who must I know Am Or am I just another crab in the bucket C Hm Cause I ain't havin no luck with this little Rabbit so fuck it Am Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin a little skeptical who I hang out with Fm Am I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit C Hm if the Salvation Army tryin to salvage an outfit Am And it's cold, tryin to travel this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode Fm Am My defenses are so up, but one thing I don't want C Hm is pity from no one, the city is no fun Am There is no sun, and it's so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein pulled apart Fm Am I'm torn in my limbs, by each one of my friends C Hm It's enough to make me just wanna jump out of my skin Am Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just know not what I'm doin I just blow, my head is a stove top Fm Am I just explode, the kettle gets so hot C Hm Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I don't got Am But I've learned, it's time for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one time for me to get burned Fm Am Ain't no fallin no next time I meet a new girl C Hm I can no longer play stupid or be immature Am I got every ingredient, all I need is the courage Like I already got the beat, all I need is the words Fm Am Got the urge, suddenly it's a surge C Hm Suddenly a new burst of energy is occured Am Time to show these free world leaders the three and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a bird Fm Am Then I turn and cross over the median curb C Hm Hit the verbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road [Chorus] Am I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land Fm Am Time to really just take matters into my own hands C Hm Once I'm over these tracks man I'ma never look back Am (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Fm Am And go follow the footsteps I'm makin my own C Hm Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road