Cloud Nine Lyrics - Me'shell Ndegéocello

Dennis: The childhood part of my life 

Wasn't very pretty, see... 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Dennis: I was born and raised 

In the slums of the city, 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Dennis: It was a one-room shack 

That slept ten other children beside me, 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Dennis: We hardly enough food 

Or room to sleep 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Dennis: It was hard times... 

I needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind 

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Dennis: Oooh listen... 

My father didn't know the meaning of work 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Dennis: He disrespected mama, 

And treated us like dirt 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Dennis: I left home seeking a job 

That I never could find 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Dennis: The pressure came down hard 

And I took to cloud nine 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Paul: I'm doing fine 

Up here, on cloud nine 

Dennis: A one more time 

Paul: I'm doing fine 

Up here, on cloud nine 

Dennis: Folks down there tell me... 

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Dennis: They say give yourself a chance 

And don't let life pass you by, 

Temptations: Woo, woo, woo 

Dennis: But the world, say, is a rat race 

Where only the strongest survive, 

It's a dog-eat-dog world 

And that ain't no lie, 

Temptations: Ain't no lie 

Dennis: It ain't even safe no more 

To walk the streets at night 

Temptations: I'm doing fine 

On cloud nine 

Dennis: Let me tell 'bout cloud nine... 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Paul: You can be what you want to be 

Temptations: Cloud Nine 

Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility 

Temptations: Cloud Nine 

Eddie: And every man, every man is free 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Dennis: You're a million miles from reality 

Paul: Reality 

Temptations: I wanna' say up 

Eddie and Otis: Higher 

Temptations: Up and up, 

Up and away 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Eddie: I wanna' say I love the life I live, 

And I'm going to live, the life I love 

Or be on cloud nine... 

I, I, I, I, I, I'm ridin' high 

Temptations: On cloud nine 

Dennis: You're as free as a burning flame 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Melvin: There's no difference between day and night 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Eddie: It's a world of love and harmony 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Dennis: You're a million miles from reality 

Paul: Reality 

Temptations: I wanna' say up 

Eddie and Otis: Higher 

Temptations: Up and up, up and away 

Temptations: Cloud Nine 

Paul: You can be what you want to be, ah 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Eddie: Every man in his mind is free 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Dennis: You're a million miles from reality 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

Paul: You can be what you want to be 

Temptations: all of them weave in and out with ad libs 

and choruses of "Boom-booms" 

fade to end