Cloud Nine Lyrics

Childhood part of my life Wasn't very pretty, see (Boom, boom-boom, boom) I was born and raised In the slums of the city (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
It was a one-room shack That slept ten other children beside me (Boom, boom-boom, boom) We hardly had enough food Or room to sleep (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
It was hard times I needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind Ooh listen
My father didn't know the meaning of work (Boom, boom-boom, boom) He disrespected mama And treated us like dirt (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
I left home seeking a job That I never did find (Boom, boom-boom, boom) Depressed and down-hearted And I took to cloud nine (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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, son Don't let life pass you by" (Woo, woo, woo-oo) But the world, around you's 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) Listen, it ain't even safe no more To walk the streets at night
I'm doing fine [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/cloud-nine-lyrics-temptations.html ] On cloud nine
Let me tell you '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 And you're a million miles from reality Reality
I wanna' stay up Higher Up, up, up and away Cloud nine
I wanna' say I love the life I live And I'm gonna 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 bird in flight 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
I wanna' stay up Higher Up, up, up and away Cloud nine
You can be what you want to be 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