A-who, who, awho, who...
Dennis:
the childhood part of my life wasnand'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 didnand't know the meaning of work.
he disrespected mama and treated us like dirt.
i left home seekinand' a job that i never did find.
depressed and down-hearted, i took to cloud 9.
iand'm doing...(fine)
up here. (on cloud nine)
listen one more time.
iand'm doing...(fine)
up here. (on cloud nine)
Dennis:
folks now they tell me.
they say, give yourself a chance and donand't let life pass you by.
but the world around you is a rat race.
where only the strong survive.
itand's a dog-eat-dog world and that ainand't no lie. (ainand't no lie)
listen, it ainand't even safe no more, to walk the streets at night.
Eddie: iand'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 ainand't got no responsibility.
(cloud 9)eddie: every man, every man is free.
(cloud 9)dennis: youand're a million miles from reality.
(reality) iand'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 iand'm gonna live the life i love.
up here on cloud 9.
uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, iand'm riding high on cloud 9.
Dennis: youand're as free as a bird in flight.
(cloud 9)melvin: thereand's no diffand'rence between day and night.
(cloud 9)eddie: itand's a world of love and harmony.
(cloud 9)dennis: youand're a million miles from reality.
(reality) iand'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 ainand't got no responsibility.
(cloud 9)eddie: every man in his mind is free.
(cloud 9)dennis: youand're a million miles from reality.
(cloud 9)paul: you can be what you wanna be.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom...
eddie: iand'm feeling fine on cloud 9.
