Cloud Nine

The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty, see

I was born and raised in the slums of the city

It was a one-room shack that slept ten other children beside me

We hardly enough food or room to sleep

It was hard times

I needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind

Listen!

My father didn't know the meaning of work

He disrespected mama and treated us like dirt

I left home seeking a job that I never did find

The pressure came down hard and I took to cloud nine

I'm doing fine (up here!) on cloud nine

Listen, one more time

I'm doing fine (up here!) on cloud nine

Folks down there tell me!

They say give yourself a chance and don't let life pass you by

But the world in reality is a rat race where only the strongest survive

It's a dog-eat-dog world and that ain't no lie (ain't no lie)

It ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night

I'm doing fine on cloud nine

Let me tell 'bout cloud nine

Cloud nine

You can be what you want to be

Cloud nine

You ain't got no responsibility

Cloud nine

And every man, every man is free

Cloud nine

You're a million miles from reality (reality)

Cloud nine

I wanna' say I love the life I live

And I'm going to live the life I love

Or be on cloud nine

I, I, I, I, I, I'm ridin' high

On cloud nine

You're as free as a burning flame

Cloud nine

There's no difference between day and night

Cloud nine

It's a world of love and harmony

Cloud nine

You're a million miles from reality (reality)

Cloud nine

You can be what you want to be, ah

Cloud nine

You ain't got no responsibility

Cloud nine

Every man in his mind is free

Cloud nine

You're a million miles from reality

Cloud nine

You can be what you want to be

I'm doing fine on cloud nine