Cloud Nine - Live At London’s Talk Of The Town/1970

The 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 beside me

We hardly had enough food

Or room to sleep

It was hard times

I needed something to ease

My troubled mind

Mmm, listen

My father didn't know

The meaning of work

He disrespected Mama

And treated us like dirt

I left home seeking a job

That I never did find

Depressed and downhearted

I took to Cloud Nine

I'm doing fine

Up here, on Cloud Nine

Listen, one more time

I'm doing fine

Up here, on Cloud Nine[Verse 3: Dennis Edwards]

Folks down there tell me

They say, "Give yourself a chance, son

Don't let life pass you by

'Cause 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 (Ain't no lie), look around you

It ain't even safe no more

To walk the streets at night"

Ooh, I'm doing 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

(Cloud Nine)

And every man, every man is free

(Cloud Nine)

You're a million miles from reality

(Reality) I wanna sail upper, higher

Upper, up, up, and away

Cloud Nine[Break: Eddie Kendricks]

I wanna say I love the life I live

And I'm gonna live the life I love

Up here on Cloud Nine

I-I-I-I-I, I'm riding high

(On Cloud Nine)

You're as free as a bird in flight

(Cloud Nine)

There's no difference between day and night

(Cloud Nine)

It's a world of love and harmony

(Cloud Nine)

You're a million miles from reality

(Reality) I wanna sail upper, higher

Upper, up, up, and away

(Cloud Nine)

You can be what you wanna be

(Cloud Nine)

You ain't got no responsibility

(Cloud Nine)

Every man in his mind is free

(Cloud Nine)

You're a million miles from reality

(Cloud Nine)

You can be what you wanna beI'm riding high, high, high, high, high