Lose Yourself (Eminem)


Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted-In One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's chokin, how everybody's jokin now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Is he? No
He won't have it , he knows his whole back to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rap city
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go, oh
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, oh

The soul's escaping, through this hole that it's gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is borin, but superstardom's close to post mortar
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water
His hoes don't want him no mo, he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old potna, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da dum

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go, oh
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, oh

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this mothafuckin roof off like 2 dogs caged
I was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin and stepwritin the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the fact
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
Cuz man, these goddam food stamps don't buy diapers
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus
See dishonor caught up between bein a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama's screamin on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another jam or not
Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only mothafuckin option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trail has got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem's lot
So here I go its my shot.
Feet fail me not cuz maybe the only opportunity that I got

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go, oh
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, oh

You can do anything you set your mind to, man

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Love Me (Eminem Feat. 50 Cent & Obie)


[Obie Trice]
You don’t see me in the hood
It’s cuz I’m doin this man

[Obie Trice]
Niggaz I’m still grindin’
I’m still hearin’ those sirens
I’m still getting chased by those lights
Only the lights lime, and my mics on
And my time is none
Because I’m writing more
And I aint here to meet a soul in this business
I’m here to eat, speak until these hoes feel this
And I can’t let y’all derail me man
I got young Kobe hommie, you gotta let go of Obie
Cuz Obie be back, we get them craps going on and that giach going on
Soon as a nigga touch down backs from tourin
Cuz whatever put that on the cheddar man
But in the meantime its Jimmy Ivean time
Chase cheese rhyme till my voice give out
This is it my nigga’s, this what we boast about
Now I’m here, so shut your muthafuckin mouth
And show me love bitch

I just wanna love you, for the rest of my life
I wanna hold you in the morning, hold you through the night
I just wanna love you, for the rest of my life
I wanna hold you in the morning, hold you through the night

[Eminem]
There’s a certain mystique, when I speak
That you notice that’s sorta unique, cause you know its me
My poetries deep and I’m stillmatic, the way I flow to this beat
You can’t sit still, its like trying to smoke crack and go to sleep
I’m strapped, just know in any minute I could snap
I’m the equivalent of what would happen if bush rapped
I bully these rappers so bad, lyrically
It aint even funny, I aint even hungry, it aint even money
You can’t pay me enough, for you to play me, its cock-a-many
You just aint zanney enough, to rock with shady
My noodle is cock-a-doodle, my clock’s coo-coo
I got screws loose, yeah the whole kitten kaboodle
I’m just brutal, its no rumor, I’m numero uno
Assume it, there’s no humor in it
No more you know, I’m rollin with a swollen bowlin’ ball in my bag
You’ll need a fag to come and tear a new hole in my ass
You better love me... bitch

I just wanna love you, for the rest of my life
I wanna hold you in the morning, hold you through the night
I just wanna love you, for the rest of my life
I wanna hold you in the morning, hold you through the night

[50 Cent]
My boys is crazy in the hood, they holler my name
If it aint about the flow it’s about the stones and the chain
If I was you, id love me too, I roll like a boss
9/11 paws same color as cranberry sauce
I aint gonna front, I thought R. Kelly was your shit
Let me find out he fuckin round with Bow Wow bitch
Niggaz eatin popcorn right, rewindin the tape
Now Shorty, Momma and the Priest sit, hollerin rape
I’m convinced man, sumtin really wrong with these hoes
I thought Lil’ Kim was hot, till she start fuckin with her nose
Used to listen to Lauren hill, and tap my feet
Then the bitch put out a CD, didn’t have no beat
That boy D’Angelo, he determined not to fail
That nigga went butt-ass for his record to sell
My back shots help Ashanti hit them high notes
Then Big Ben taught Charli B’more to deep throat
Yea...

I just wanna love you, for the rest of my life
I wanna hold you in the morning, hold you through the night
I just wanna love you, for the rest of my life
I wanna hold you in the morning, hold you through the night

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

8 Mile (Eminem)


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 slip
Man fuck this shit yo, I'm goin the fuck home
World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile Road

I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan
Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land
Time to really 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
And go follow the footsteps I'm makin 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 be bitchin holdin 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

I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan
Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land
Time to really 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
And go follow the footsteps I'm makin my own
Only way that I know how to escape from 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
If 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
I'm torn in my limbs, by each one of my friends
It's enough to make me just 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 verbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile Road

I'm a man, I'ma make a new plan
Time for me to just stand up, and travel new land
Time to really 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
And go follow the footsteps I'm makin my own
Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Adrenline Rush (Obie Trice)


Get the fuck out motherfucker...

Hey yo...
When I step up in the bar, everybody hit the fucking floor,
Lucky motherfuckers make it to the door,
Cause when I spit on mic's I spit raw,
Which cause confusion from the bar to the dance floor,
I keep the club on the vex,
Cause he gotta pay me when I spit, plus replace alot of shit,
Niggas get a whiling,
When my words echo's the room like, Get your hand out my pocket,
You suck shit when my topics rockin,
I'm banned from clubs 'cause my toxic tonsils,
Loud speaker like a fucking sports announcer,
I spit the baa-haa till you rush the bouncer,
I rush the mutherfucker in your way who's bouncing,
You know old christ get their yak's pronouncin...

Get live motherfucker when I speak motherfucker,
Out your seat motherfucker, I'm a reach motherfucker,
Shady-records till I sleep motherfuckers
Obi-Trice nothin but street motherfucker
Tear this bitch up till you bleed motherfucker
I wouldn’t give a fuck who you be motherfucker
Punk, pussy, bitch or G motherfucker
Adrenaline rush before you leave motherfucker

When I speak I blow out your tweeters, yo dog,
Show out in speakers roll out with heaters,
I'm just an animal eating the game,
Jumbo monkey, funky and obie's the name,
I rose solo, never been a hoe though,
Keep yak's vocal when cats act loco,
Where you at when I'm moving the crowd,
You get trampled, mashed on detroit style,
Up out your seats, pump out the E's,
Off the beat's the crowd overpleased,
Where my nigga's at smoking them tree's,
Off the cognac, finger fucking the ski's,
That's how it is when you party with me,
You don't like it, you L-7 like a square beat...

Get live motherfucker when I speak motherfucker,
Out your seat motherfucker, I'm a reach motherfucker,
Shady-records till I sleep motherfuckers
Obi-Trice nothin but street motherfucker
Tear this bitch up till you bleed motherfucker
I wouldn’t give a fuck who you be motherfucker
Punk, pussy, bitch or G motherfucker
Adrenaline rush before you leave motherfucker

Yo, yo, since I came I rearrange the place with blaze,
Spays dope with coke-fevers DNA, I'm so addicted,
To gettin nigga's lifted, drunk off a liquid,
Obie Trice the misfit,
Douse'in the crowd with piss and voul's,
We underground motherfucker fix your frown's,
I beat the bore with a wisty tour,
Off a whisky you never been this deep before,
So throw up your hands and peep out your man's
When I come through next quarter trust it in you's,
And trust I'm attackin it,
I hook up the hot shit like ay see we havin it,
That's why I'm so miraculous,
And hope to get you nigga's pumped up,
I see you next time I see him chump,
That's right, you go through obie trice fucked up,
On your knees drop for these...

Get live motherfucker when I speak motherfucker,
Out your seat motherfucker, I'm a reach motherfucker,
Shady-records till I sleep motherfuckers
Obi-Trice nothin but street motherfucker
Tear this bitch up till you bleed motherfucker
I wouldn’t give a fuck who you be motherfucker
Punk, pussy, bitch or G motherfucker
Adrenaline rush before you leave motherfucker

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Places To Go (50 Cent)


Yeah

Shady
Aftermath
G Unit

I got places to go, I got people to see,
The penitentiary, ain't the place for me,
I'm warnin you do, not tempt me,
I'll run up and squeeze
And put a hole in you, hole in you

I got places to go, I got people to see,
The penitentiary, ain't the place for me,
I'm warnin you do, not tempt me,
I'll run up and squeeze
And put a hole in you, hole in you

You mistaken me for somebody that you should be testing,
Your should be stressin I'm gonna fuckin teach you a lesson,
MAC 101's in session and lace the track that I'm blessin,
Smith and wesson's, the weapon, in case you just guessing, (God Damhn)
These straight busters kept-in, kept-in my benz, hop-in the end's,
Watch the 22 spin , my hoe's they perfect 10
I got shot up but I got up and i'm back at it again,
Motherfuckers they thought I wouldn’t win, pretend to be friends,
At first you fail, try, try, try, try again,
I'm the best don't you get it, forget it, when I spit it, its crazy,
You love it, admit it, you like that I live it, its Shady,
Aftermath in your ass bitch, if its not a classic,
When it's dumped we trash it, so I got it mastered,
Stop and get your ass kicked, bastered, when measures get drastic,
Glock made out of plastic, cock-it aim it blast it, run nigga I'll stash it...

I got places to go, I got people to see,
The penitentiary, ain't the place for me,
I'm warnin you do, not tempt me,
I'll run up and squeeze
And put a hole in you, hole in you

I got places to go, I got people to see,
The penitentiary, ain't the place for me,
I'm warnin you do, not tempt me,
I'll run up and squeeze
And put a hole in you, hole in you

There is a genie in that bottle of that dom Perignon,
I'm a drink till I get to that bitch in the morn,
Introduce me to the booth they gonna listen to my words,
In the hood they feel my shit...
(break-it down!)

Picture a perfect picture, picture me in the paper
Picture me starting shit, picture me busting my gat,
Picture police man they aint gotta picture of that,
Picture me being broke, picture me smokin a sack,
Picture me comin up, picture me rich from rap,
Picture me blowin up, now picture me going back,
To my momma basement to live, shit, picture that,
Where I'm from its a fact, you gotta watch your back,
You wear a vest without a Gatt, you'se a target jack,
Hastle hard, money stack, sell that dope, sell that crack,
Sell that pack, sell that gat, sell that pussy, crew are back,
50 Cent, too much spent?, man I'm bent, I'm outta here

I got places to go, I got people to see,
The penitentiary, ain't the place for me,
I'm warnin you do, not tempt me,
I'll run up and squeeze
And put a hole in you, hole in you

I got places to go, I got people to see,
The penitentiary, ain't the place for me,
I'm warnin you do, not tempt me,
I'll run up and squeeze
And put a hole in you, hole in you

Ha-ha
Man I aint going to jail
Not even to visit a nigga
You want to holla at me, you wright me,
Matter a fact, you gotta send it to Sunset Boulevard,
In Montreal,
Ha-ha-ha
Riding around in one of Dre's Farrari's nigga,
Or matter a fact I might be in Detroit,
Riding down 8 Mile road,
You know, for one of them en-joints and shit,
Ha-ha
Ya heard, I got place to go man,
You know, Shady/Aftermath,
We finished our print money,
Puttin our faces on this motherfuckin bill thug shit,
Ha ha ha ha ha,
Aint seem to be doing much...

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Rap Game (D12)


[Bizarre]
`The Rap Game`
Hip-hop 1-0-1
The hardest 9 to 5 you will ever have
You can’t learn this shit in no history-book
You ready to rap mothafucker?
You ready to sell your soul... gheh-gheh-gheh
`The Rap Game` ...motherfucker

[Swifty]
I’m a disruptive nigger
You made me crazy
You should a slayed me as a baby
Behavin shadier than Wes Craven
And you aint even gotta pay me
I take pleasure of layin a nigga down daily
You face me drunk of sober
You’ll faint fast
I’m never fucked up to where I can’t whoop your ass
Your neck will get snapped wit bear hands fuck music
Is he rappin is cool but fool don’t confuse it
What happens these dudes get rude and then I lose it
Im scantlas
I blow your two kids off the atlas
With a gat that’s bigger
Then Godzilla’s back nigga
You are not real and in fact
Your fruity effect of a crack dealer
Yall president sends me smack
Den got a mack 10 wit it
So I aint gotta rap
But im thankful for that
Dont mistaken me black
Or u be stankin in back of a fuckin caddillac

[Eminem]
I’ma get snuffed
Cause I aint said enough to pipe down
I pipe down when the white house is whipped out
When I see that lil Cheney dyke get snipped out
Lights out bitch adios goodnight
Now put that in your lil pipe and bite down
Think for a minute cause the hype has died down
That I wont go up in the oval office right now
And flip whatever ain’t tied down upside down
I’m all for America, fuck the government
Tell that C. Doloris Tucker slut to suck a dick
Mutha fucker duck what the fuck son of a bitch
Take away my gun and I’m a tuck some other shit
Cant tell me shit about the tricks of this trade
Switch blade with a lil switch to switch blades
Switch from a 6 to a 16 inch blade
Shits like a samurai sword a sensei
Shit just don’t change to this day
Im this way still till I utslay itchbay
Ucksay my ickday
Scuse my igpay atinlay
But uckfay a igpay

[50 Cent]
This rap game
This rap game
I aint sellin my soul for this rap game
I aint digging a whole for this rap game
But im telling ya no it aint happ-ning
This rap game
This rap game
I aint sellin my soul for this rap game
I aint digging a whole for this rap game
This rap game
This rap game

[Kon Artis]
I bet you rather me
Drink n drown in my own eniquity
But fuck that ima rap till u all get sick of me
And clutch my nut sack and spit on who pick on me
Im hittin a rock next fuck a dogg who sickin me
Im sayin you mutha fuckers dont know and quit playin
If im broke then im brakin open the place where you layin
You know, same shit every nigga done in his life
I lived it thats why i speak on what i want when i write
So why... should i... ever fear another man
If he bleed like i bleed take a piss an he stand
Ok, you win... you can say we cant rap
But no source never mean we aint buyin on what they say is wack

[Kuniva]
I walk in the party and just start bustin
Right after i hear the last verse of "Self Destruction"
This liquor make me wanna blast the chrome
To let you know that time without more is getting jerome
Im low down and shifty, quickly called swifty
To do a drive by on a 10-speed with "50"
You feelin lucky? squeeze
I catch you outside of chucky cheese
Well just see, who be an unlucky G
My life style is unstable, a partyin attic
They said no fighting in the club so i brought me a matic
Coughin estatic, I jump niggas call me a rabbit
Popin a tablet, and guns that saw you in half

[50 cent]
Beleive me
We run this rap shit fo shizzie
Make makin millions look easy
Every where ya turn you see me
You hear me
Believe me
For ya see my pistol in 3-D
No time to call a peace treaty
Dial 9-1-1 cause u need de
Police to help you believe me

[Proof]
I snatch the tounge from the sidewalk and piss on the curb
This is absurb
These street niggas twistin my words
We finally could
Say goodbye to hollywood
Cause proof an shaun
Share nuttin in common
The nastyest band
With gats in each hand
We never bomb down to be a flash and a pan
No remorse
Fuck you stature dog
Nuttin to do wit hands when i clap at yall
Put ya jaw on the ground
Wit the 4 and a pound
Im goin out of town
For the long come around
So we can battle wit raps
So we can battle wit gats
Matter fact we can battle wit plaques

[50 Cent]
This rap game

[Bizarre]
Im too fuckin retarded
I dont give a fuck about my dick
Thats why im dating Loraina Bobbet
My crew had an argument
Who was the largest
Now they all is dead
And im rolling as a solo artist
Plus i made all the beats and wrote all the raps
Well i really didnt
But i did according to this contract
I was stoned in the snow
Wit no where to go
Freezin 20 below
Forced to join Bell Biv DeVoe
My little girl she shouldnt be listening to these lyrics
Thats why i glued the headphones to her ear to make sure she hear it
If rap dont work, im starting a group wit garth brooks (hahhaha)
50 sing the hook

[50 Cent]
This rap game
This rap game
I aint sellin my soul for this rap game
I aint digging a whole for this rap game
And im telling ya no it aint happ-ning
This rap game
This rap game
I aint sellin my soul for this rap game
I aint digging a whole for this rap game
This rap game
This rap game

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

8 Miles And Runnin' (Jay-Z Featuring Freeway)


Yeah Renegades is back and the beat is sick,
Jay Z, Freeway, 8 Miles,
Let's go...

[Jay-Z]
8 miles and running, got my 7 album droppin,
And my 8 album coming,
Feedin a thousand growling stomachs,

But I could rewind the counter ta back, back,
When it was now or nothing,
People said I would amount to nothing,
That I had time for nothing,
Said I wasn't from the valers
Or the sellers by your gunman,
I can see the folks now he got what he had coming,
Now that my 8th album's coming,
Everybody smiling wanting something,
Claiming that they done something for em,
Got Jay Z and pom poms in they whole uniforms,
Claiming they be running and telling everybody like Martin Lawrence,
About how hot my rap performace was before I was who I was,
Claimin that they threw it up before I threw it up, you what...?
Where was you before I blew this up,
I didn't see you in the courtroom when everyone was suein us,
I didn't see you in all black when everybody was suitin up,
Back on the block, kickin it in and it was no you with us,

[Jay-Z]
8 miles and running, got my 7th album droppin,
And my 8th album coming,
Feedin a thousand growling stomachs, freaks...

[Freeway]
6 miles and running got my fist straight poppin,
And my first album coming feedin 20 promises I made

[Jay-Z]
8 miles and running, got my 7th album droppin,
And my 8th album coming,
Feedin a thousand growling stomachs, freaks...

[Freeway]
6 miles and running got my fist straight poppin,
And my first album coming feedin 20 promises I made

[Freeway]
6 miles and running in the pontiak,
6 thousand 86 trans mic shift,
While the engine run,
Anyone turn around
And give me one more chance,
Let em smoke and scream em one more grams,
So i'm a bring them, homie, son and my pop,
Stick close to my momma, keep toasters for drama,
Mix alot with my son, my son growin and he learnin alot,
Thats what i'm toastin, thats what i'm burin, so pop,
Right on your own, rell 'em nigga, tell 'em nigga,
Its like a biblical scripture,
Look back turn to salt like the sinners
And most yall heartless and self-centered
Like me shaggin, me shack,
Set up your brother cause you jealous nigga,
Heat back, uh, like, you never love for never
And cops watch every step, 6 miles and running
Dodge in every trap, the rap ginger-bread-man,
Cherish every precious breath, stat pick a second gat
Uh..

[Jay-Z]
8 miles and running, got my 7th album droppin,
And my 8th album coming,
Feedin a thousand growling stomachs, freaks...

[Freeway]
6 miles and running got my fist straight poppin,
And my first album coming feedin 20 promises I made

[Jay-Z]
8 miles and running, got my 7th album droppin,
And my 8th album coming,
Feedin a thousand growling stomachs, freaks...

[Freeway]
6 miles and running got my fist straight poppin,
And my first album coming feedin 20 promises I made

[Jay-Z]
Back when nobody would find me a talent,
Nobody would sign me, nobody believed in me,
Nobody but mommy blindly, but how could she deny me,
Me being the youngest friend to come up out of her,
Tell me, she got every love for me,
When niggas would worn me the industry shun me,
That's why I'm taking all the industries money,
Revenge is sweet honey, we run this,
Young is the illest, free is the future,
Beans and bleekers right now,
We can see our 8 miles nigga...

[Jay-Z]
8 miles and running, got my 7th album droppin,
And my 8th album coming,
Feedin a thousand growling stomachs, freaks...

[Freeway]
6 miles and running got my fist straight poppin,
And my first album coming feedin 20 promises I made

[Jay-Z]
8 miles and running, got my 7th album droppin,
And my 8th album coming,
Feedin a thousand growling stomachs, freaks...

[Freeway]
6 miles and running got my fist straight poppin,
And my first album coming feedin 20 promises I made

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Spit Shine (Xzibit)


I'ma clean this whole shit out like climax,
With words put together better then sony electronics,
King of the jungle, humbly stay honest,
Eat with the lions, swim with piranhas,
Gasoline the scene, strike the match,
Inferno, I'm to thru nigga, so stand back,
I spit shine, get mine and rip rhyme
And make my career take a incline,
I'm strick with knives, straight with razors,
Good with grenades and great with gadges, (yeah)
Been around the world on a million stages,
Watch niggas bitch up and go through changes,
I had guns before thugs was in fashion,
I mashed out before niggas knew mashin,
I knew terror before the plane started crashin,
I got punch lines and niggas aint laughin...

I'm gon’ be here after the smoke die down,
Insomnia style I won't lie down,
Fight the good fight don't need no help,
Keep your hands up defend yourself,
Move like I move and live life long ,
Can't move up if your heart's not strong,
Get your own shit cause this shit's mine,
Every time I spit, I shine

Cock-sucker I preach what I practise,
Back shit up, wrap this, rap shit up,
Still actin up, get found in the trunk of an Acura,
Yall suck like jail in dracula,
X turn up the heat, increase the hatred,
Straight stone face don't fuck with gay shit,
So i guess that means I cant fuck with you now,
Drew down, let off, facate to new town,
You feel like bishop, induced now,
Gotta flame thrower that will burn
Great holes till you goose down, (yeah)
Rough sound, same strong background,
Bent on black the big boys playin tips down,
My whole train of thought is the party,
Any motherfucker with problems and not get caught,
I was blessed with life but I curse to death,
I'm a spit till my very last breath...
Fuck y’all!

I'm gon’ be here after the smoke die down,
Insomnia style I won't lie down,
Fight the good fight don't need no help,
Keep your hands up defend yourself,
Move like I move and live life long ,
Can't move up if your heart's not strong,
Get your own shit cause this shit's mine,
Every time I spit, I shine

Let me get a three second look, I hit a million dollar target,
You ain't came up yet well nigga' let me show ya, (aaaa)
Come across dope like planes and boats,
Like baloons filled with coke, down a mexican's throat,
You ever seen a man get smoked and shit on himself,
The body shake for a second, then it can't stop a second,
The evidence are the weapon and the people involved,
Let one nigga talk, everybody gettin caught, for sure,
I say that, to say this,
If you cant handle the time then ride the beach,
Might as well touch your tail and jump the fence,
Castrate yourself expose the bitch,
X go head up, the fuck never ran from it,
I got engadged with buck shots that you can't stomach,
You ain't a killer you a album filler,
You ain't a soldier you a rap premoter,
Game over...

I'm gon’ be here after the smoke die down,
Insomnia style I won't lie down,
Fight the good fight don't need no help,
Keep your hands up defend yourself,
Move like I move and live life long ,
Can't move up if your hearts not strong,
Get your own shit cause this shit's mine,
Every time I spit, I shine

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Time Of My Life (Macy Gray)


When there come and left for dead
I've been out of my head
And now i wanna be bigger
Bein' here with you
It's not so hard to be
I can see my dreams
I know im gunna be better
My friends always say

My friends always say
That everything will be okay
But it don't always, work out that way
So her i am again
Beleivin in, cause i remember when
Baby

I had the time of my life
Everything is right with you
After all that i've been through
I aint tried to lose
This time of my life, with you
Baby

People say I'm out of line
So much on my mind
Like i wanna be bigger
Sometimes it dont rhyme
But when you're here with me
I have poetry
I know im gunna be better
And my friends always say

My friends always say
That everything will be okay
But it don't always, work out that way
So her i am again
Beleivin in, cause i remember when
Baby

I had the time of my life
Everything is right with you
After all that i've been through
I aint tried to lose
This time of my life, with you
Baby

One day they will see
The giant baby
Finally see me smile
Hear me laughing, out loud
My voice will be heard
Its no longer absurd
And i hope you hear
Cause baby, baby
I haaaaddd...

I had the time of my life
Everything is right with you
After all that i've been through
I aint tried to lose
Gotta make my move and groove
Everything i can

I had the time of my life
Time of my life, with you
Baby, take my hand
Because im going to go on to
This time of my life, with you
Baby
I had the time of my life
Time of my life, with you

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

U Wanna Be Me (Nas)


Uhh, oooooooooooooh baby, baby
Keep it thug, and keep yo' heat, na nah nah nah nah

Now slowly, thinkin of all the things that oppose me
I think of kings who died and rappers out to dethrone me
For they crown they head is cut off, bodies is laid
Dead in the street, it's so fuckin pitiful
First they love you, could be the bitch that even live with you (hoe)
Mad at your riches, now she switched, turned miserable
Cause she wanna dress like Bonnie, Robin and Crystal do
But Crystal's single, Bonnie's broke and her niggaz too (ha)
I can do bad by myself; went from rags to wealth
From Jags to Bentleys to, plenty ass bitches
Can't keep they hands to theyself no more
I'm like, Hugh Hefner, you lesser, you just a

Wanna be me, you can't you faggot, you bitch
You coward, you clown, you just wanna be down
So you - wanna be me, you bitch, you phony
You clone me, you wanna be son, I'm the one and only
But you - wanna be me, you suckers, you weak
You flunkies, you fake, you couldn't come close on my worst day
But you - wanna be me, I burn you and learn you a lesson
Concernin this mic profession, turn your direction

You can't be me, not in your wildest fantasy
It's childish; should I have to resort to violence?
Pay me a half a million, I'll consult your album
And show you how to stay off my dick
That's the thing I hate the most, can't even call you a man
When you gotta call out my name to get you some fans
No talent, you need direction; you a pussy with a yeast infection
You unlucky, I'm your fuckin C-section
Plus I'm the last real nigga alive
Toast glass, Ill Will, the label get high
Realize, how many classics I gave you
Perhaps if you think back you'll realize that I made you

Wanna be me, you can't you faggot, you bitch
You coward, you clown, you just wanna be down
So you - wanna be me, you bitch, you phony
You clone me, you wanna be son, I'm the one and only
But you - wanna be me, you suckers, you weak
You flunkies, you fake, you couldn't come close on my worst day
But you - wanna be me, I burn you and learn you a lesson
Concernin this mic profession, turn your direction

You can't be me, I'm tryin to walk a straight line
Why they tryin to take mine? I'm past +8 Miles+ of every state line
Eating, alligators and, hummingbird hearts
At the player's ball, Brianni suits, y'all birds watch
As real millionaire, shit'll take place
Evil as Hitler's hate-race people
This is God son, and I've come from the God under pure peace
To represent the streets, you'll see that my plan
Is not to destroy your man
But to bring more to mankind and teach
Every MC reach for your pens and papers
Lesson one be creative; what you made of junior?
Cause soon you'll be a grown man with the mic in your hand
And understand, to battle Nas not in your plan
I'm the last real nigga alive, understand that
And you my offspring, the boss sting
A bulletproof Porsche things, hard for you to understand that
Nas the king, where my bricks, where my band at?
Play me a gangster's theme, while you entertain me
If I ain't cryin laughin, to the lions, throw your ass in
What the fuck was you niggaz thinkin?
Guns'll clutch if I get a inklin that you comin for the kingpin
But I laugh at you cowards, ha ha ha
Take me out, try try try, but you

Wanna be me, you can't you faggot, you bitch
You coward, you clown, you just wanna be down
So you - wanna be me, you bitch, you phony
You clone me, you wanna be son, I'm the one and only
But you - wanna be me, you suckers, you weak
You flunkies, you fake, you couldn't come close on my worst day
But you - wanna be me, I burn you and learn you a lesson
Concernin this mic profession, turn your direction

You can't be me

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Wanksta (50 Cent)


It's 50 a.k.a Farrari
F 50
Break it down
I got alot of loving to do before i die
And i aint got time to waste
Lets make it

You said you a gansta
But you neva pop nuthin
You said you a wanksta
And you need to stop frontin

You ain'ta friend of mine, (huh)
You ain't a kin of mine, (nah)
What makes you think Ima run up on you wit the nine
We do this all the time
Right now we on the grind
So hurry up and cop and we go selling nicks and dimes
Shorty she so fine
I gotta make her mine
A ass like that gotta be one of a kind
I Crush em' every time
Push em' with every nine
I'M fuckin wit they mind
I make em' press rewind
They know they can't shine if i'm around the rhyme
land on paroza's 94 cause I commit the crime
I send you my line, I did it 3 to 9
The D's ran up in my crib
You know who droppin dimes

You said you a gangsta
But you neva pop nothin
You said you a wanksta
And you need to stop frontin

You go to to the dealership
But you neva cop nothin
You been hustling a long time
And you ain't got nothin

You said you a gangsta
But you neva pop nothin
You said you a wanksta
And you need to stop frontin

You go to to the dealership
But you neva cop nothin
You been hustling a long time
And you ain't got nothin

Damn Homie, In highschool you was the man homie
What the fuck happened to you
I got the sickest vendeta when it come to the cheddar
And if you play with my paper, you gonna meet my berreta
Now shorty think Ima sweat her, sippin on a merada
I'm livin once then deta, i know i could do beta
She look good but i know she after my cheddar
She tryna get in my pockets
Homie and i ain't gonna lett her
Be easy, stop the bullshiting
You get your whole crew wet
We in the club doin the same ol' two step
Gorilla unit cause they say we bugged out
Cause we don't go nowhere without toast we thugged out

You said you a gangsta
But you neva pop nothin
You said you a wanksta
And you need to stop frontin

You go to to the dealership
But you neva cop nothin
You been hustling a long time
And you ain't got nothin

You said you a gangsta
But you neva pop nothin
You said you a wanksta
And you need to stop frontin

You go to to the dealership
But you neva cop nothin
You been hustling a long time
And you ain't got nothin

Me I'm no mobster
Me I'm no ganster
Me I'm no hitman, me i'm just me, me
Me I’m no wangster
Me I'm no actor
But It's me you see on your t.v
Cause i hustle baby
This rap shit is so easy
I'm getting what you get for a brick to talk greasy
By any means, partner, i got to eat on these streets
If you play me close, for sure I'm gonna pop me heat
Niggas sayin they going murder 50 how
We ridin roung with guns the size of Little Bow Wow
What you know about a.k and a.r's 15
Equipped, with night vision, shell catchers and dem things, huh

You said you a gangsta
But you neva pop nothin
You said you a wanksta
And you need to stop frontin

You go to to the dealership
But you neva cop nothin
You been hustling a long time
And you ain't got nothin

You said you a gangsta
But you neva pop nothin
You said you a wanksta
And you need to stop frontin

You go to to the dealership
But you neva cop nothin
You been hustling a long time
And you ain't got nothin

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Wasting My Time (Taryn Manning (Bookmat))


I don't think you understand
That what you're doing is not so cool
You think it's funny to mess with my mind
Don't you

You know I like you so you just tease me
You give me just enough to hang on enough
When you're just wasting my time
You're simply wasting my time
So quit wasting my time

Do you hear me when I say
So let me ask you something
Do you think I'm pretty or don't you
Do you wanna get with me or not and nowwww

Or are you just wasting my time
You're simply wasting my time
So quit wasting my time
And what would you've got to say
Well things have got to change
Say this just isn't right
I don't wanna have to fight
And I think I'd better go
Cause this ain't working out any more
And I'm sorry, sorry, sorry

Understand
That what you did
Was just not so cool
Baby, you're just not that cool

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

R.A.K.I.M. (Rakim)


Rak, Rak, Rak, Rak, Rak, Rak, Rak,

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

Hey when Rak come along
Its a rap ya'll relax
The alminac
Just show me where the parties at
Seminars and tracks
Closed comas and cardiacs
Broads and cats screamin "oh my god, hes back"
Just amagine, i hit the lab and get it crackin
A thousand styles and one verse wearing the swiss patterns
Chicks get stabbed in the back til they have spasms
Known to spit a magnum or split a atom
Who would of known that jesus would come back to the ghetto
On that level
Like a black pharoah with packed metal
So black rebels, a black pedal
The pharoah with 5 bevels and take a word of rap
Gettin bazaarre, oh hardcore
This is for yall, the crib or the par
Playin when you get in the car
Chill at the bar, spit somethen or split a cigar
Get with yah dogs to bring along to the bar

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

I used to paint this flo' on nathan scrolls
Then learned to make this doe with gangstas roll
Think like the late great capone, but the bank is closed
These cats that think they ball but they aint this cold
Im from new york city, even where pretty chicks act dark
Niggas get clapped up, you stack up, they stick that up
Put the strap up, you thought my name was kid, back up
Big niggas, *spit* pick that up or lick that up
Raised by gangsters and gamblers, hustlers, conartists, convicts, killers and dons
Drug dealers, players and pimps, smooth talkers, stick up kids, thugs, real niggas and dogs
Wanted by every soul and lay dead in the turf
Cursed by every spirt and never made it to birth
Since the moon seperated from earth
Thats why they say thats why im the greatest that ever orcahstrated a verse

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

Hey yo
Toast to that, its the cat that broke backs to a sold clap or smoke a track, how dope is that
Pope will rap, wrote back the most slack
They know back before they turned coke to crack
To my dawgs hearin sirens on the firearms
I'll come, dyin wars and behind iron bars
The boulevard retire broads when i aint bob
Try and rob my dialog, i am god
Chicks moan to get next to my throne, sniff my cologne and get rak alone
Sex pots at home, the tests gots to go
Caress spots, dressed up, fed rocks to bone
Hit the floors, its for 2003
Hits galore, who rock a style as wild as me
Rest assured when i rock dance crowds, they scream
Bitch malore, i rock mine out rahim

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

R
Rugged and rough thats how i do it
A
Allah, who i praise to the fullest
K
Keep it movin'
I
Stand alone
M
Its my crown, my world, my throne

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

That's My Nigga Fo' Real (Young Zee)


Ugh, zee

I got wakin haze, my customers hoes sleep with me
We have small beef, i still sell em o's for three fifty
They known when big beef, i'll pop 100 times
They like road kill, i live niggas brains on 189
And my down bitches, they be ready to kill
I be like chill, they be like "thats my nigga fo real"

Thats my nigga fo real
Thats my nigga fo real
Thats my nigga fo real

I don't give a fuck if we dont sell a record
We still gunna get this money in the bricks
Spill it zee

I'm like santa clause, i deliver niggas grams raw
Straight from panama, they eat it up like hannibal
And my dons, they appear like magic wands
I sell em to the crack of dawn, and destroy every track im on
Plus i have a clan packed in the back of vans
More raw than the taliban, murk you for a half a gram
I get bboy a truck, yo truck in the river
Fuck some doe, he be like "thats my nigga fo real"

Thats my nigga fo real
Thats my nigga fo real
Thats my nigga fo real

Scarecrow what, im trying to walk before i crawl
I want it all, ever since i came outta my mommas walls
Im trying to make so much doe when i write a song
I can vite em all, while ya'll click on the corner selling final calls
Niggas mad at us, gladiators like maximus
We fabolous, while you fall off like canabis's managers
My man d, you keep the nina pillin
Zee, point a mine and watch em soak em like sarina williams

Thats my nigga fo real
Thats my nigga fo real
Thats my nigga fo real

Zee need buddha, E user
Be freelookers spittin from our pt cruisers
My tank dont drop, i still got doe to make
Got little niggas on rollerskates, holdin my coke and weight
Blow paper, hole chaser, doe raiser, joe frasier
16 cellys and 4 pagers
Go hype up your squad that they might fuck with ours
I just light up cigars, go buy bikes, trucks and cars
Got axe n nitty in atlanta deep
Ran the street, 10 grand a week
I got one word, dont put ya man to sleep
And i love my jersey live bitches
They leave a nigga, face with 35 stitches
They'll help me, cinder blocks and pushin kids so deep in the oceans
They see where octopusses live
This label deal is for raws pacin chill
I know mad heads, but still

Thats my nigga fo real
Thats my nigga fo real
Thats my nigga fo real

Yeah what

Bricks

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Battle (Gangstarr)


{*scratched: "What? You wanna battle ME?"*}
{*scratched: "Yo man, how much money you got?"*}
{*scratched: "What? You wanna battle ME?"*}
{*scratched: "Yo man, how much money you got?"*}

[Guru]
I used to guzzle 40's, and own a beat up Caddy
Since the hood still love me, I'll turn the heat up daddy
I went from mackin fly honies on the train
To straight relaxin on the beach, countin money gettin brain
Soon as you rappers get a chance you wanna floss a lot
You buy a iced out watch because it cost a lot
Then you in the club, stylin with dough
Profilin with hoes that we boned, a while ago
You rookies haven't done enough laps around the track
You had one hot single, but then your album sounds wack
Son you bore me with your war stories
You ain't even do that shit, so that's just more stories
How you expect us to take you seriously?
The look in my eye punk, has got you scared of me
I'm blastin your sons, I'm snatchin your funds
You catch a royal ass-whoopin, you've been askin for one

{*scratched: "I'm bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game"*}
"What.. what?" {*scratch: "We thorough to the end"*}
"Yo man.." "You know the drill"
{*scratched: "I'm bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game"*}
"What.. what?" {*scratch: "You wanna battle me?"*}
"Yo man.." "How much money you got?"

[Guru]
Bitch you don't even know, the half about me
I bring it straight to your chest, ask your staff about me
I'm just a little bit older, plus a whole lot wiser
I might advise ya, or I might pulverize ya
I can visit any city, get respect in the street
While you alone in your room, shook to death of the streets
I'll take a second to speak, I keep my weapon in reach
I ain't talkin romance but you'll get swept off your feet
I keeps a ghetto chick, that loves to blast and she peddle shit
Groupies fake moves, I get her to settle shit
You can't compare to the status right here
Legendary worldwide, we can battle right here
Listen junior, I'ma tear back your wig
This ain't TV but I'll show you what a "Fear Factor" is
Stop grillin me, and all that frontin is killin me
You leave me no choice but to hurt your feelings G

{*scratched: "I'm bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game"*}
"What.. what?" {*scratch: "You wanna battle me?"*}
"Yo man.." "How much money you got?"
"What.. what?" {*scratch: "We thorough to the end"*}
"Yo man.." "You know the drill"
{*scratched: "I'm bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game"*}
{*scratched: "I'm bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game"*}
{*scratch: "We thorough to the end"*}
{*scratched: "I'm bout to slap rappers around"*}
"You know the drill"
{*scratch: "We thorough to the end"*}
{*scratched: "I'm bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game"*}
"You know the drill"

8 Mile (Soundtrack) Index

Rabbit Run (Eminem)


Some days I just wanna up and call it quits
I feel like i'm surrounded by a wall of bricks
Everytime I go to get up I just fall in piss
My life's like one great big ball of shit
If I could just put it all in to all I spit
Instead I always try to swallow it
Instead of staring at this wall and shit
While I sit writers block sick of all this shit
Can't call it shit, all I know is i'll hit the wall
If I have to see another one of mom's alcoholic fits
This is it, last straw, that's all, that's it
I ain't dealing with another fucking politic
I'm like a skillet bubblin till it filters up
I'm about to kill it, I can feel it building up
Blow this building up, i've concealed enough
My cup run'ith over i've done and filled it up,
The pen explodes and busts, ink spills my guts
You think all I do is stand here and feel my nuts,
Well i'm a show you what, you gonna feel my rush
You dont feel it then it must be to real to touch
Bill the dutch, i'm about to tear shit up
Goosebumps, yeah i'ma make your hair sit up
Yeah sit up, i'm a tell you who I be
I'ma make you hate me cause you aint me
You aint, it aint to late to finally see
What you close minded fucks were to blind to see
Whoever find me, is gonna get a finders fee
Out this world and aint no one out their mind as me
You need peace of mind, well here's a piece of mine
All I need's a line but sometimes
I dont always find the words to rhyme
To express how i'm really feeling at that time
Teah sometimes, sometimes, sometimes

Just sometimes, its always me
How dark can these hallways be
The clock stikes midnight, 1, 2, then half past 3
This half ass rhyme with this half ass piece of paper

I'm desperate at my desk if I could just get the rest
Of this shit off my chest, again, stuck in this slump
Cant think of nothing, fuck i'm stumped
But wait here comes something
Nope, its not good enough, scribble it out
New pad, crinkle it up and throw that shit out
I'm fizzling now thought I had figured it out
Ball's in my court but i'm scared to dribble it out
I'm afraid, but why am I afraid, why am I a slave to this trade
Sign that i'll spit to the grave, real enough to rile you up
Want me to flip it I can rip it any style you want
I'm a switch hitter, bitch, jimmy smith aint a quitter
I'm a sit here till I get enough
For me to finally hit a fucking boiling point
Put some oil in your joints
Flip the coin bitch come get destroyed
An MC's worst dream I make 'em tense
They hate me, see me and shake like a chain linked fence
By the looks of 'em you would swear jaws was commin'
By the scream of 'em you would swear i'm sawing someone
By the way they running you would swear the law was commin
Its now or never and tonight it's all or nothing
Momma, jimmy keep leaving on us, he said he'd be back
He pinky promised, I dont think he's honest
I'll be back baby I just gotta beat this clock
Fuck this clock, i'ma make 'em eat this watch
Dont believe me watch, i'm a win this race
And i'm a come back and rub my shit in your face
Bitch, I found my nitch, you gonna hear my voice
Till you sick of it you aint gonna have a choice
If I gotta scream till I have half a lung
If I have half a chance I grab it, rabbit run...

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