Lyrics:

A-who, who, awho, who...



Dennis:

The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty.

You see, I was born and raised in the slums of the city.

It was a one room shack we slept in, other children beside me.

We hardly had enough food or room to sleep.

It was a hard times, needed something to ease my troubled mind.



Paul:

Ooo, listen.

My father didn't know the meaning of work.

He disrespected Mama and treated us like dirt.

I left home seekin' a job that I never did find.

Depressed and down-hearted, I took to Cloud 9.

I'm doing...(fine)

Up here. (On cloud nine)

Listen one more time.

I'm doing...(fine)

Up here. (On cloud nine)



Dennis:

Folks now they tell me.

They say, give yourself a chance and don't let life pass you by.

But the world around you is a rat race.

Where only the strong survive.

It's a dog-eat-dog world and that ain't no lie. (Ain't no lie)

Listen, it ain't even safe no more, to walk the streets at night.



Eddie: I'm doing fine on Cloud 9.

Dennis: Let me tell you about Cloud 9.



(Cloud 9)Paul: You can be what you wanna be.

(Cloud 9)Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility.

(Cloud 9)Eddie: Every man, every man is free.

(Cloud 9)Dennis: You're a million miles from reality.



(Reality) I'm gonna sail (up, up) higher (up, up... up, up and away) Cloud 9.



Eddie:

I wanna say I love the life I live.

And I'm gonna live the life I love.

Up here on Cloud 9.

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, I'm riding high on Cloud 9.



Dennis: You're as free as a bird in flight.

(Cloud 9)Melvin: There's no diff'rence between day and night.

(Cloud 9)Eddie: It's a world of love and harmony.

(Cloud 9)Dennis: You're a million miles from reality.



(Reality) I'm gonna sail (up, up) higher (up, up... up, up and away) Cloud 9.



Paul: You can be what you wanna be.

(Cloud 9)Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility.

(Cloud 9)Eddie: Every man in his mind is free.

(Cloud 9)Dennis: You're a million miles from reality.

(Cloud 9)Paul: You can be what you wanna be.



Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom...

Eddie: I'm feeling fine on Cloud 9