lirik lagu meshell ndegeocello – cloud nine
dennis: the childhood part of my life
wasn’t very pretty, see…
temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
dennis: i was born and raised
in the slums of the city,
temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
dennis: it was a one-room shack
that slept ten other children beside me,
temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
dennis: we hardly enough food
or room to sleep
temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
dennis: it was hard times…
i needed somethin’ to ease my troubled mind
dennis: oooh listen…
my father didn’t know the meaning of work
temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
dennis: he disrespected mama,
and treated us like dirt
temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
dennis: i left home seeking a job
that i never could find
temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
dennis: the pressure came down hard
and i took to cloud nine
temptations: boom, boom-boom, boom
paul: i’m doing fine
up here, on cloud nine
dennis: a one more time
paul: i’m doing fine
up here, on cloud nine
dennis: folks down there tell me…
dennis: they say give yourself a chance
and don’t let life p-ss you by,
temptations: woo, woo, woo
dennis: but the world, say, is a rat race
where only the strongest survive,
it’s a dog-eat-dog world
and that ain’t no lie,
temptations: ain’t no lie
dennis: it ain’t even safe no more
to walk the streets at night
temptations: i’m doing fine
on cloud nine
dennis: let me tell ’bout cloud nine…
temptations: cloud nine
paul: you can be what you want to be
temptations: cloud nine
dennis: you ain’t got no responsibility
temptations: cloud nine
eddie: and every man, every man is free
temptations: cloud nine
dennis: you’re a million miles from reality
paul: reality
temptations: i wanna’ say up
eddie and otis: higher
temptations: up and up,
up and away
temptations: cloud nine
eddie: i wanna’ say i love the life i live,
and i’m going to live, the life i love
or be on cloud nine…
i, i, i, i, i, i’m ridin’ high
temptations: on cloud nine
dennis: you’re as free as a burning flame
temptations: cloud nine
melvin: there’s no difference between day and night
temptations: cloud nine
eddie: it’s a world of love and harmony
temptations: cloud nine
dennis: you’re a million miles from reality
paul: reality
temptations: i wanna’ say up
eddie and otis: higher
temptations: up and up, up and away
temptations: cloud nine
paul: you can be what you want to be, ah
temptations: cloud nine
dennis: you ain’t got no responsibility
temptations: cloud nine
eddie: every man in his mind is free
temptations: cloud nine
dennis: you’re a million miles from reality
temptations: cloud nine
paul: you can be what you want to be
temptations: all of them weave in and out with ad libs
and choruses of “boom-booms”
fade to end
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