Cloud Nine Lyrics - Cloud Nine - Temptations

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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Paul: Oooh listen... 

My father didn't know the meaning of work 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Paul: He disrespected mama, 

And treated us like dirt 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Paul: I left home seeking a job 

That I never did find 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Paul: Depressed and down-hearted 

And I took to cloud nine 

Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom 

Paul: I'm doing fine 

Up here, on cloud nine 

Paul: Listen, 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, son, 

don't let life pass you by, 

Temptations: Woo, woo, woo-oo 

Dennis: But the world, around you's, 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: Listen it ain't even safe no more 

To walk the streets at night 

Eddie: I'm doing fine 

Temptations: On cloud nine 

Dennis: Let me tell you '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 

Otis: Reality 

Temptations: I wanna' stay up 

Eddie and Otis: Higher 

Temptations: Up up, Up and away 

Temptations: Cloud nine 

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

And I'm going to 

Eddie/Otis: live, the life I love 

Eddie: 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 bird in flight 

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 

Otis: Reality 

Temptations: I wanna' stay up 

Eddie and Otis: Higher 

Temptations: Up 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