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 beside me
We hardly had enough
food or room to sleep
It was hard times
I needed somethin'
to ease my troubled mind
My father didn't know
the meanin' 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
That ain't no lie
It ain't safe no more
to walk the streets at night
I'm doin' fine on cloud nine
Let me tell you
about cloud nine
You can be
what you want to be
You ain't got no responsibility
And every man
Every man is free
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
I'll be on cloud nine
I'm ridin' high on cloud nine
You're as free
as a bird in flight
There's no difference
between day and night
It's a world of love
and harmony
You're a million miles
from reality
Up up and away
You can be what
you wanna be
You're a million miles
from reality
Every man every man is free
You ain't got no responsibility
You can be what you wanna be
Cloud nine
Cloud nine
Cloud nine
Cloud nine