Childhood part of my life, it wasn't
very pretty.
You see, I was born and raised
in the slums of the city,
It was a one room shack that slept ten
other children besides me.
We hardly had enough food
or room to sleep.
It was hard times,
Needed something 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, seekin' a job that I never did find,
Depressed and downhearted
I took to cloud nine,
I'm doin' fine,
up here on cloud nine.
Listen one more time I'm doin' 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".
But the world of reality is a rat race
where only the strongest survive,
It's a dog eat dog world,
and that ain't no lie.
Listen! it ain't even safe no more
to walk the streets at night,
I'm doin' fine, on cloud nine.
Let me tell you about cloud nine.
Cloud nine, you can be what
you wanna be
(cloud nine) you ain't
got no responsibility,
And ev'ry man, ev'ry man
is free
(cloud nine) and you're
a million miles from reality.
I
wanna say I love the life I live,
And I'm gonna live the life I love
up here on cloud nine.
I'm riding high
On cloud nine, you're as free as a
bird in flight
(cloud nine) there's no diff'rence
between day and night
(cloud nine) it's a world of love
and harmony
(cloud nine) you're a million
miles from reality.