Cloud Nine

The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty You see, I was born and raised in the slums of the city It was a one-room shack we slept in, the children beside me We hardly had enough food or rooms, it was a hard time Needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind Ooh listen, father didn't know the meaning of work He disrespected Mama and treated her slightly I left home seekin' a job that I never did find The first thing, 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 now tell me They say, "Give yourself a chance And don't let life pa*s you by" But the world around you is a rat race Where only the strong survive It's a dog-eat-dog world and that ain't no lie 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 (Cloud nine) Yeah, every man, every man is free (Cloud nine) You're a million miles from reality (Reality, up up and away) I wanna say up higher, cloud nine I wanna say I love the life I live And I'm gonna live the life I love Up here on cloud nine Uh uh uh uh, 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, up up and away) I wanna say up higher (Cloud nine) You can be what you wanna 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 wanna be