| The childhood part of my life
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| Wasn’t very pretty
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| (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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| See, I was born and raised
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| In the slums of the city
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| (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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| It was a one-room shack
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| That slept ten other children beside me
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| (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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| We hardly enough food
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| Or room to sleep
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| (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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| It was hard times, needed somethin'
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| To ease my troubled mind
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| Ooh, listen
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| My father didn’t know the meaning of work
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| (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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| He disrespected mama
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| And treated us like dirt
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| (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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| I left home seeking a job
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| That I never did find
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| (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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| Depressed and down-hearted
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| I took to cloud nine
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| (Boom, boom-boom, boom)
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| I’m doing fine up here, on cloud nine
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| Listen, one more time
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| I’m doing fine up here, on cloud nine
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| Folks down there tell me
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| They say give yourself a chance, son
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| Don’t let life pass you by
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| (Woo, woo, woo-oo)
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| But the world, around you, is a rat race
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| Where only the strongest survive
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| It’s a dog-eat-dog world
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| And that ain’t no lie
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| (Ain't no lie)
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| Listen, it ain’t even safe no more
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| To walk the streets at night
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| I’m doing fine, on cloud nine
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| Let me tell you 'bout cloud nine
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| (Cloud nine)
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| You can be what you want to be
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| (Cloud nine)
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| You ain’t got no responsibility
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| (Cloud nine)
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| And every man, every man is free
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| (Cloud nine)
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| And you’re a million miles from reality, reality
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| I wanna' stay up higher
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| Up up, up and away, cloud nine
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| I wanna' say I love the life I live
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| And I’m going to live, the life I love
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| Or be on cloud nine
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| I, I, I, I, I, I’m ridin' high on cloud nine
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| You’re as free as a bird in flight
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| (Cloud nine)
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| There’s no difference between day and night
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| (Cloud nine)
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| It’s a world of love and harmony
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| (Cloud nine)
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| You’re a million miles from reality, reality
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| I wanna' stay up higher
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| Up up, up and away, cloud nine
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| You can be what you want to be, ah
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| (Cloud nine)
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| You ain’t got no responsibility
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| (Cloud nine)
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| Every man in his mind is free
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| (Cloud nine)
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| You’re a million miles from reality
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| (Cloud nine)
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| You can be what you want to be
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| Boom boom boom |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Cloud Nine , by - Eddie Kendricks. Song from the album The best of Temptations, in the genre R&B