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.
Ooooh 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 9
I´m doin´ fine up here on Cloud 9 Listen, one more time I´m doin´ fine up here on Cloud 9
Folks now tell me They say, "Give yourself a chance
And don´t let life pass 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 9 Let me tell you about Cloud 9 (Cloud 9) You can be what you wanna be (Cloud 9) You ain´t got no responsibility (Cloud 9) Yeah, every man, every man is free (Cloud 9) You´re a million miles from reality (Reality) I wanna say (up) higher (up up and away) Cloud 9
I wanna say I love the life I live
And I´m gonna live the life I love Up here on Cloud 9 Uh uh uh uh, I´m ridin´ high on Cloud 9
You´re as free as a bird in flight (Cloud 9) There´s no diff´rence ´tween day and night (Cloud 9) It´s a world of love and harmony (Cloud 9) You´re a million miles from reality (Reality) I wanna say (up) higher (up up and away)
(Cloud 9) You can be what you wanna be (Cloud 9) You ain´t got no responsibility (Cloud 9) Every man in his mind is free (Cloud 9) You´re a million miles from reality (Cloud 9) You can be what you wanna be...