Cloud Nine - Edwin Starr

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
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
Cloud nine
Cloud nine
Cloud nine