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1. The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty. You see,
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I was born and raised in the slums of the city.
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It was a one room shack we
slept in, other children beside me,
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we
hardly had enough food or room to sleep.
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It was a hard times,
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needed
something to ease my troubled mind.
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Ooo,
listen !
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2. My father didn't know the meaning of work.
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he
disrespected Mama and treated us like dirt.
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I left home seekin' a job that I never did find,
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depressed
and down-hearted, I took to cloud nine.
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I'm doing fi.........ne, up here, on cloud nine.
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Listen, one more time !
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I'm doing fi.........ne, up here, on cloud nine.
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Folks now they tell me.
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3. They say, give yourself a chance and don't let life pass you by,
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but
the world around you is a rat race where only the strong survive.
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It's a dog-eat-dog world and
that ain't no lie, ain't no lie.
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Listen, it ain't
even safe no more, to walk the streets at night.
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I'm doing f..........................ine on cloud nine.
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Let me tell you about cloud nine !
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Cloud nine,
you can be what you wanna be.
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Cloud nine, you ain't got no responsibility.
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Cloud nine, every man, every
man is free.
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Cloud nine,
you're a million miles from reality.
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Reality, I'm gonna sail, up up, higher, up up, up !
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Up and away,
cloud
nine.
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4. I wanna say I love the life I live,
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and
I'm gonna live the life I love.
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Up here on cloud nine, uh, uh,
uh, uh, uh
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I'm riding hi......................gh on.....
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Cloud nine, you're as free as
a bird in flight !
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Cloud nine, here's no diff'rence between day and night.
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Cloud nine,
it's a world of love and harmony.
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Cloud nine,
you're a million miles from reality.
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Reality, I'm gonna sail, up up, higher, up up, up !
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Up and away
!
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Cloud nine,
you can be what you wanna be.
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Cloud nine, you ain't got no responsibility.
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Cloud nine, every man, every
man is free.
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Cloud nine,
you're a million miles from reality.
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Cloud nine,
you can be what you wanna be.
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(The Temptations)