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Like Toy Soldiers – Eminem

vK — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:32:51 +0000

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down

[Chorus]
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit
Torn apart
We never win
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers

I’m supposed to be the soldier who never blows his composure
Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders
I am never supposed to show it
My crew ain’t supposed to know it
Even if it means goin’ toe to toe with a Benzino it don’t matter
I’d never drag them in battles that I can handle
Unless I absolutely have to
I’m supposed to set an example
I need to be the leader, my crew looks for me to guide ‘em
If some shit ever just pop off, I’m supposed to be beside ‘em
Now Ja said “I tried to squash it, it was too late to stop it”
There’s a certain line you just don’t cross and he crossed it
I heard him say Hailie’s name on a song and I just lost it
It was crazy, this shit be way beyond some Jay-z and Nas shit
And even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost it
I spent too much energy on it, honestly I’m exhausted
And I’m so caught in it I almost feel I’m the one who caused it
This ain’t what I’m in hip-hop for, it’s not why I got in it
That was never my object for someone to get killed
Why would I wanna destroy something I help build
It wasn’t my intentions, my intentions was good
I went through my whole career without ever mentionin’ Suge
Now it’s just out of respect for not runnin’ my mouth
And talkin’ about something that I knew nothing about
Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasn’t my beef
So I did, I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth
While he’s all over t.v.
Down talkin’ a man who literally saved my life
Like fuck it i understand this is business
And this shit just isn’t none of my business
But still knowin’ this shit could pop off at any minute cuz

[Chorus]
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit
Torn apart
We never win
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers

There used to be a time when you could just say a rhyme
And wouldn’t have to worry about one of your people dyin’
But now it’s elevated cuz once you put someone’s kids in it
The shit gets escalated, it ain’t just words no more is it?
It’s a different ball game, callin’ names and you ain’t just rappin’
We actually tried to stop the 50 and Ja beef from happenin’
Me and Dre had sat with him, kicked it and had a chat with him
And asked him not to start it he wasn’t gonna go after him
Until Ja started yappin’ in magazines how we stabbed him
Fuck it 50 smash ‘em, mash ‘em and let him have it
Meanwhile my attention is pullin’ in other directions
Some receptionist at The Source who answers phones at his desk
Has an erection for me and thinks that I’ll be his ressurection
Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record
But now he’s fucked the game up cuz one of the ways I came up
Was through that publication the same one that made me famous
Now the owner of it has got a grudge against me for nothin’
Well fuck it, that motherfucker can get it too, fuck him then
But I’m so busy being pissed off I don’t stop to think
That we just inherited 50’s beef with Murder Inc.
And he’s inherited mine which is fine ain’t like either of us mind
We still have soldiers that’s on the front line
That’s willing to die for us as soon as we give the orders
Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us
We’ll maybe shout ‘em out in a rap or up in a chorus
To show them we love ‘em back and let ‘em know how important it is
To have Runyan Avenue, soldiers up in our corners
Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is
But I ain’t tryna have none of my people hurt and murdered
It ain’t worth it, I can’t think of a perfecter way to word it
Then to just say that I love ya’ll too much to see the verdict
I’ll walk away from it all before I let it go any further
But don’t get it twisted, it’s not a plea that I’m coppin’
I’m just willin’ to be the bigger man
If ya’ll can quit poppin’ off at your jaws with the knockin’
Cuz frankly I’m sick of talkin’
I’m not gonna let someone elses coffin rest on my conscience cuz

[Chorus]
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers

Just Lose It – Eminem

vK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:39:16 +0000

[Intro]
[Eminem making sounds:]
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down!
Ok..
Guess who’s back?
Back again
Shady’s back
Tell a friend
Whaaaaaaaa

Now everyone report to the dance floor
To the dance floor, to the dance floor
Now everyone report to the dance floor
Alright Stop!…..Pajama time

Come here little kiddies, On my lap
Guess who’s back with a brand new rap?
And I don’t mean rap as in a new case of child molestation accusation
(HA-HA-HA-HA-HA)
No worries, papa’s got a brand new bag of toys
What else could I possibly do to make noise?
I done touched on everything, but little boys
That’s not a stab at Michael
That’s just a metaphor, I’m just psycho
I go a little bit crazy sometimes
I get a little bit out of control with my rhymes
Good God, dip, do a little slide
Bend down, touch your toes and just glide
Up the center of the dance floor
Like TP for my bunghole
And it’s cool if you let one go
Nobody’s gonna know, who’d hear it?
Give a little “poot poot”, it’s OK! [Fart Sound]
Oops my cd just skipped
And everyone just heard you let one rip

[Chorus]
Now I’m gonna make you dance
It’s your chance
Yeah boy shake that ass
Oops I mean girl girl girl girl
Girl you know you’re my world
Alright now lose it
(HA-HA-HA-HA-HA)
Just lose it
(HA-HA-HA-HA-HA)
Go crazy
(HA-HA-HA-HA-HA)
Oh baby
(HA-HA)
Oh baby, baby
(HA-HA)

Well, it’s Friday and it’s my day
Just to party all the way to sunday
Maybe til monday, I dunno what day
Everyday’s just a holiday
Crusin’ on the freeway
Feelin’ kinda breezy
Got the top down, lettin’ my hair blow
I dunno where I’m goin’
All I know is when I get there
Someone’s gonna “touch my body”

Excuse me miss, I don’t mean to sound like a jerk
But I’m feelin’ just a little stressed out from work
Could you punch me in the stomach and pull my hair?
Spit on me, maybe gouge my eyes out? (Yeah)
Now, what’s your name girl?
What’s your sign?
[Dr Dre] “Man, you must be up out your mind”
DRE! (HA-HA)
Beer Goggles! blind!
I’m just tryna unwind now I’m

It’s Tuesday and I’m locked up
I’m in jail and I don’t know what happend
They say I was running butt naked
Down the street screaming
(HA-HA-HA-HA-HA)
Well I’m sorry, I don’t remember
All I know is this much
I’m not guilty
They said, “Save it, boy we gotcha you on tape
yellin’ at an old lady ‘touch my body!’”

Now this is the part where the rap breaks down
It gets real intense, no one makes a sound
Everything looks like it’s 8 Mile now
The beat comes back and everybody lose themselves
Snap back to reality
Look it’s B.Rabbit!
Yo you signed me up to battle!?
I’m a grown man!
Chubba chubba chubba chubba chubba chubbie
I don’t have any lines to go right here so, chubba teletubbie!
Fella’s (WHAT?!) Fella’s (WHAT?!)
Grab you left nut, make your right one jealous (what?)
Black girls
White girls
Skinny girls
Fat girls
Tall girls
Small girls
I’m callin’ all girls
Everyone report to the dance floor
It’s your chance for a little romance whore
Butt squeezin’ it’s the season
Just go (HA-HA-HA-HA)
It’s so appeasin’

[Outro]
UmMmMmm touch my body
UmMmMmm touch my body
Ooh boy just touch my body
I mean girl just touch my body

The Real Slim Shaddy – Eminem

vK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:29:45 +0000

May I have your attention please?
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
We’re gonna have a problem here..

Y’all act like you never seen a white person before
Jaws all on the floor like Pam, like Tommy just burst in the door
and started whoopin her ass worse than before
they first were divorce, throwin her over furniture (Ahh!)
It’s the return of the… “Ah, wait, no way, you’re kidding,
he didn’t just say what I think he did, did he?”
And Dr. Dre said… nothing you idiots!
Dr. Dre’s dead, he’s locked in my basement! (Ha-ha!)
Feminist women love Eminem
[*vocal turntable: chigga chigga chigga*]
“Slim Shady, I’m sick of him
Look at him, walkin around grabbin his you-know-what
Flippin the you-know-who,” “Yeah, but he’s so cute though!”
Yeah, I probably got a couple of screws up in my head loose
But no worse, than what’s goin on in your parents’ bedrooms
Sometimes, I wanna get on TV and just let loose, but can’t
but it’s cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose
“My bum is on your lips, my bum is on your lips”
And if I’m lucky, you might just give it a little kiss
And that’s the message that we deliver to little kids
And expect them not to know what a woman’s clitoris is
Of course they gonna know what intercourse is
By the time they hit fourth grade
They got the Discovery Channel don’t they?
“We ain’t nothing but mammals..” Well, some of us cannibals
who cut other people open like cantaloupes [SLURP]
But if we can hump dead animals and antelopes
then there’s no reason that a man and another man can’t elope
[*EWWW!*] But if you feel like I feel, I got the antidote
Women wave your pantyhose, sing the chorus and it goes

[Chorus: repeat 2X]

‘Cause I’m Slim Shady, yes I’m the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won’t the real Slim Shady please stand up,
please stand up, please stand up?

Will Smith don’t gotta cuss in his raps to sell his records;
well I do, so fuck him and fuck you too!
You think I give a damn about a Grammy?
Half of you critics can’t even stomach me, let alone stand me
“But Slim, what if you win, wouldn’t it be weird?”
Why? So you guys could just lie to get me here?
So you can, sit me here next to Britney Spears?
Shit, Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs
so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst
and hear ‘em argue over who she gave head to first
You little bitch, put me on blast on MTV
“Yeah, he’s cute, but I think he’s married to Kim, hee-hee!”
I should download her audio on MP3
and show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD [AHHH!]
I’m sick of you little girl and boy groups, all you do is annoy me
so I have been sent here to destroy you [bzzzt]
And there’s a million of us just like me
who cuss like me; who just don’t give a fuck like me
who dress like me; walk, talk and act like me
and just might be the next best thing but not quite me!

[Chorus]

‘Cause I’m Slim Shady, yes I’m the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won’t the real Slim Shady please stand up,
please stand up, please stand up?

I’m like a head trip to listen to, cause I’m only givin you
things you joke about with your friends inside your living room
The only difference is I got the balls to say it
in front of y’all and I don’t gotta be false or sugarcoated at all
I just get on the mic and spit it
and whether you like to admit it [*ERR*] I just shit it
better than ninety percent of you rappers out can
Then you wonder how can kids eat up these albums like valiums
It’s funny; cause at the rate I’m goin when I’m thirty
I’ll be the only person in the nursin home flirting
Pinchin nurses asses when I’m jackin off with Jergens
And I’m jerkin but this whole bag of Viagra isn’t working
And every single person is a Slim Shady lurkin
He could be workin at Burger King, spittin on your onion rings
[*HACH*] Or in the parkin lot, circling
Screaming “I don’t give a fuck!”
with his windows down and his system up
So, will the real Shady please stand up?
And put one of those fingers on each hand up?
And be proud to be outta your mind and outta control
and one more time, loud as you can, how does it go?

Ha ha
Guess there’s a Slim Shady in all of us
Fuck it, let’s all stand up

Cleanin’ Out My Closet – Eminem

vK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:26:30 +0000

Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?

I have, I’ve been protested and demonstrated against
Picket signs for my wicked rhymes
Look at the times
Sick is the mind of the motha fuckin’ kid that’s behind
all this commotion
Emotions run deep as ocean’s explodin’
Tempers flaring from parents, just blow ‘em off and keep goin’
Not takin ‘nothin’ from no one, give ‘em hell long as I’m breathin’
Keep kickin’ ass in the mornin,’ an’ takin’ names in the evening
Leave ‘em with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth
See, they can trigger me but they never figure me out
Look at me now, I bet ya probably sick of me now
Ain’t you mama, I’ma make you look so ridiculous now

Chorus (2X)
I’m sorry Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I’m cleanin’ out my closet

I got some skeletons in my closet and I don’t know if no one knows it
So before they thrown me inside my coffin and close it, I’ma expose it
I’ll take you back to 73 before I ever had a multi-platinum sellin’ CD
I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months
My faggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch
Cuz he split I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye
No, I don’t on second thought, I just fuckin’ wished he would die.
I look at Hailie and I couldn’t picture leavin’ her side
Even if I hated Kim, I grit my teeth and I’d try
To make it work with her at least for Hailie’s sake
I maybe made some mistakes but I’m only human
But I’m man enough to face them today
What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb
But the smartest shit I did was take them bullets out of that gun
Cuz id’a killed ‘em, shit I would have shot Kim an’ him both
It’s my life, I’d like to welcome y’all to The Eminem Show

Chorus (2X)
I’m sorry Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I’m cleanin’ out my closet

Now I would never dis my own mama just to get recognition
Take a second to listen for you think this record is dissin’
But put yourself in my position
Just try to envision witnessin’
your Mama poppin’ prescription pills in the kitchen
Bitchin’ that someone’s always goin’ throuh her purse and shits missin’
Going through public housing systems
victim of Munchausen’s syndrome
My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when
I wasn’t ’til I grew up, now I blew up It makes you sick to ya stomach
doesn’t it? Wasn’t it the reason you made that CD for me, Ma?
So you could try to justify the way you treated me, Ma?
But guess what, yer gettin’ older now and it’s cold when your lonely
An’ Nathan’s growin’ up so quick, he’s gonna know that your phoney
And Hailie’s getting’ so big now, you should see her, she’s beautiful
But you’ll never see her, she won’t even be at your funeral
See what hurts me the most is you won’t admit you was wrong
Bitch, do ya song
Keep tellin’ yourself that you was a mom
But how dare you try to take what you didn’t help me to get
You selfish bitch, I hope you fuckin’ burn in hell for this shit
Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?
Well, guess what, I am dead
Dead to you as can be

Chorus (4X)
I’m sorry Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I’m cleanin’ out my closet

Big Weenie – Eminem

vK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:15:29 +0000

I don’t understand
Why are you being so mean?
You’re mean mean man

[Chorus]
You are just jealous of me
Cuz you, you just can’t do what I do
So instead of just admitting it
You walk around and say
All kinds of really mean things
About me cuz you’re a meanie, a meanie
But it’s only cuz you’re
Just really jealous of me
Cuz I’m what you want to be
So you just look like an idiot
When you say these mean things
Cuz it’s too easy to see
You’re really just a big weenie, big weenie

Alright listen, I need you to focus
I need you to go dig deep in your mind, this is important
We are going to perform an experiment of the sorts
I’m going to have to ask you to bear with me for a moment
Now I need you to open your mind-your eyes close them
You are now about to be placed under my hypnosis
For the next four and a half minutes
We are going to explore into your mind
To find out why you’re so fuckin’ jealous
Now why did they make Yoo-Hoo?
Hippity ga-ga boo-boo
Psych, I’m kidding
I just wanted to see if you’re still listenin’
Ok, now I need your undivided attention
Sir I have a question
Why do I always sense this undeniable tension
From the moment that I enter into the room
It gets all quiet and whispers
Whenever theres conversation, why am I always mentioned?
I’ve been dying to ask, it’s been itchin’ at me
Is it just because

Alright now I, I just flubbed a line
I was going to say something extremely important
But I forgot who or what it was, I fucked up
Psych, I’m kidding again you idiot, no I didn’t
That’s just what you wanted to hear from me
Is that I fucked up ain’t it?
But I can bust one take without lookin’ at no paper
It doesn’t take a bunch of takes
Or me to stand here in this booth all day
For me to say the truth, ok?
You’re droolin, you have tooth decay
Your mouth is open, you’re disgusting
What the fuck you eat for lunch
A bunch of sweets or something, what?
You munch a bunch of Crunch ‘N Munch?
Your tooth is rotten to the gum
Your breath stinks, wanna chew some gum?
Yes I do sir, what am I on?
You sir are on truth syrum
Marshall I’m so jealous of you
Please say you won’t tell nobody
I’d be so embarrassed, I’m just absolutely terrified
That someone’s gonna find out why I’m saying
All these terrible, evil and awful mean things
It’s my own insecurity!

Alright now we, we’re going to conduct
That experiment that we were talking about earlier
Just to see what a frog looks like when it takes two hits of ecstasy
Cuz that’s exactly what your eyes look like, want to check to see?
Here’s a mirror, notice the resemblence here?
Wait, let me put these sun glasses on
Now look in this mirror, how about now?
What do you have in common?
You’re both green with envy and look like idiots with sunglasses on ‘em
You look like I sound like singing about weenies
Now take my weenie out of your mouth
This is between me and you, I know you’re not happy
I know you’d much rather see me lying in the corner of a room somewhere crying
Curled up in a ball tweeked out of my mind dying
There is no denying that my weenie is much bigger than yours is
Mine is like sticking a banana between two oranges
Why you even doing this to yourself, it’s pointless
Why do we have to keep on going through this, this is tortuous
My point is this
That if you say mean things, weenie will shrink
Now I fogot what the chorus is, your just is…

Ass Like That – Eminem

vK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:13:30 +0000

[Chorus]
The way you shake it, I can’t believe it
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
The way you move it, you make my pee pee go
Doing, doing, doing

I don’t believe it, it’s almost too good to be true
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
The way you move it, you make my pee pee go
Doing, doing, doing

The way she moves she’s like a belly dancer
She’s shaking that ass to that new nelly jam, I
Think someones at the door
But I don’t think I’m gonna answer
Police saying “freeze”
Doing, doing, doing
What do you mean freeze?
Please, I’m a human being, I have needs
I’m not done, not till I’m finish peeing
I am not resisting arrest, I am agreeing Mr. Officer
I’m already on my knees
I can’t get on the ground any further, it’s impossible for me
And do not treat me like a murderer, I just like to pee, pee, pee
Yes, I make r&b, I sing song it go
Ring-a-chong, a-ching-chong-chong-chong-ching
Psych, I joke, I joke, I kidd, I kidd
If I offend I’m sorry, please, please forgive
For I am Triumph, the puppet dog, I am a mere puppet
I can get away with anything I sing, you will love it

[Chorus]

Jessica Simpson, looks oh so temptin’
Nick I ain’t never seen an ass like that
Everytime I see that show on MTV my pee pee goes
Doing, doing, doing

Mary-Kate and Ashley used to be so wholesome
Now they’re getting older, they’re starting to grow bum bums
I go to the movies and sit down with my pop corn
Police saying “freeze”
Doing doing doing
What do you mean freeze?
Geez, I just got my seat
I have ticket, look, I put away my zipper zipped
Please do not remove me from this movie theater please
I did not even get to see Mary-Kate shower scene
I didn’t mean to be obscene or make a great big scene
And don’t treat me like I’m pee wee herman, this movies PG
Mr. Officer, I demand to see my attorney
I will simply plead innocent, cop a plea and be free
Free, yes, free, right back on the streets
What you mean my lawyer’s with Michael, he’s too busy?
I am Triumph, Britney Spears has shoulders like a man
And I can say that and you’ll laugh cuz that is a puppet on my hand

[Chorus]

Hilary Duff is not quite old enough so
I ain’t never seen a butt like that
Maybe next year I’ll say ass and she’ll make my pee pee go
Doing, doing, doing

The way she moves she dances like a go-go
In that video she sings get out your bozo
I need a new boyfriend, hi my name is JoJo
Police saying “freeze”
Doing, doing, doing
What do you mean freeze?
My computers would be seized and my keys to my ranch
I just baked cookies Mr. Officer, looky, take a whiff of these
Here, I make Jesus juice, take a sip of this
Nobody is safe from me, no not even me
I don’t even know if I can say the word pee pee, pee
On the radio, but I think I did
Janet, is that a breast, I think I just saw a tit
Psych, I joke, I joke, I kidd, I kidd
I don’t think my joke is working, I must flee quick
Get to the chopper, everybody get out
I am not Triumph, I am Arnold, get down

[Chorus]

So Gwen Stefani, will you pee pee on me please?
I ain’t never seen an ass like that
Cuz the way you move it, you make my pee pee go
Doing, doing, doing

What the fuck is wrong with you? (ha!)

Amityville – Eminem ft Bizarre

vK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:12:15 +0000

(kill kill kill)
Dahh-dum, dahh-dum.. dum
Dahh-dum, dahh-dum, duh-da-da-da-da
(kill kill kill)
Dahh-dum, dahh-dum.. dum
Dahh-dum, dahh-dum, dumm..
(kill kill kill)

[Chorus: Eminem]

Mentally illll from Amityvilllle (ILLLL)
Accidentally killll your family stillll
Thinkin he won’t? God-damnit he willll (HE’SSSS)
Mentally illll from Amityvilllle
[(HE'SSSS) - on repeats only]

[Eminem]
I get lifted and spin til I’m half-twisted
Feet planted and stand with a grin full of chapped lipstick (SMACK)
Pen full of ink, think sinful and rap sick shit
Shrink pencil me in for my last visit
Drink gin til my chin’s full of splashed whiskers (whoosh)
Hash whiskey and ash til I slap bitches (smack)
Ask Bizzy, he’s been here the past six years
Mash with me you’ll get in imagine this

[Chorus 2X]

[Bizarre]
I fucked my cousin in his asshole, slit my mother’s throat
(AHHHHHHHH!) Guess who Slim Shady just signed to Interscope?
My little sister’s birthday, she’ll remember me
For a gift I had ten of my boys take her virginity
(Mmm mm mmm!) And bitches know me as a horny ass freak
Their mother wasn’t raped, I ate her pussy while she was ’sleep
Pissy-drunk, throwin up in the urinal (YOU FUCKIN HOMO!)
That’s what I said at my dad’s funeral

[Chorus 2X]

[Eminem]
That’s why the city is filled with a bunch of fuckin idiots still (still)
That’s why the first motherfucker poppin some shit he gets killed (killed)
That’s why we don’t call it Detroit, we call it Amityville (’Ville)
You can get capped after just havin a cavity filled (filled)
Ahahahaha, that’s why we’re crowned the murder capital still (still)
This ain’t Detroit, this is motherfuckin Hamburger Hill! (Hill!)
We don’t do drivebys, we park in front of houses and shoot
and when the police come we fuckin shoot it out with them too!
That’s the mentality here (here) that’s the reality here (here)
Did I just hear somebody say they wanna challenge me here?? (huh?)
While I’m holdin a pistol with this many calibres here?? (here??)
Got some registration and just made this shit valid this year? (year?)
Cause once i snap i cant be held accountable for my actions
and that’s when accidents happen,
when a thousand bullets come at your house
and collapse the foundation around and they found you
and your family in it (AHHHHH!)
GOT DAMNIT HE MEANT IT WHEN HE TELLS YOU

[Chorus 2X]

Dum, tahh-dum.. ta-dah-da
Dum, tahh-dum.. ta-dah-da
Dum, tahh-dum.. ta-dah-da
Dum, tahh-dum.. ta-dah-da
Dum, tahh-dum.. ta-dah-da
Dum, tahh-dum.. ta-dah-da
Dum, tahh-dum.. ta-dah-da
Dum, tahh-dum.. ta-dah-da
Dum..

8 Mile – Eminem

vK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:10:16 +0000

Sometimes I just feel like, quittin I still might
Why do I put up this fight, why do I still write
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 a blank like
Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain’t my fault
Great then I falls, my insides crawl
and I clam up (wham) I just slam shut
I just can’t do it, my whole manhood’s
just been stripped, I have just been vicked
So I must then get off the bus then split
Man fuck this shit yo, I’m goin the fuck home
World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road

[Chorus]
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
(8 Mile Road) And I’m gone, I know right where I’m goin
Sorry momma I’m grown, I must travel alone
ain’t gon’ follow the footsteps I’m making my own
Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road

I’m walkin 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
And 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 the pad
And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her hand
While she colors 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 grow me two nuts yet
Don’t gotta 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 pigeon holed in no regular job
Yo I hope you can hear me homey wherever you are
Yo I’m tellin you dawg I’m bailin 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

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
To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city limits
It’s 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 never seen heard smelled or met a real MC
who’s incredible upon the same pedestal as me
But yet I’m still unsigned, havin a rough time
Sit on the porch with all my friends and kick dumb rhymes
Go to work and serve MC’s 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 ain’t havin no luck with this little Rabbit so fuck it
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 on stuck in this battlin mode
My defenses are so up, but one thing I don’t want
is pity from no one, the 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 on 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 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
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 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 it’s a surge
Suddenly a new burst of energy is 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 from 8 Mile Road