The Funk Brothers, Meshell Ndegéocello - Cloud Nine lyrics

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 pass 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