The 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,
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It was a one-room shack
That slept ten other children beside me,
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We hardly enough food
Or room to sleep
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It was hard times...
I needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind


Oooh listen...
My father didn't know the meaning of work
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He disrespected mama,
And treated us like dirt
Boom, boom-boom, boom

I left home seeking a job
That I never could find
Boom, boom-boom, boom

The pressure came down hard
And I took to cloud nine
Boom, boom-boom, boom


I'm doing fine
Up here, on cloud nine

A 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,
Woo, woo, woo
But the world, say, 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


I wanna' say up
Higher

Up and up,
Up and away


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
Melvin: 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' say up
Higher

Up and up, up and away

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