Cloud Nine Lyrics - That's The Way Love Is - Marvin Gaye

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, the children beside me 

We hardly had enough food or rooms, it was a hard time 

Needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind 

Ooh listen, father didn't know the meaning of work 

He disrespected Mama and treated her slightly 

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

The first thing, downhearted, I took to cloud nine 

I'm doin' fine up here on cloud nine 

Listen, one more time 

I'm doin' fine up here on cloud nine 

Folks now 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 

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It's a dog-eat-dog world and that ain't no lie 

It ain't even safe no more 

To walk the streets at night 

I'm doin' fine on cloud nine 

Let me tell you about cloud nine 

(Cloud nine) 

You can be what you wanna be 

(Cloud nine) 

You ain't got no responsibility 

(Cloud nine) 

Yeah, every man, every man is free 

(Cloud nine) 

You're a million miles from reality 

(Reality, up up and away) 

I wanna say up higher, cloud nine 

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I wanna say I love the life I live 

And I'm gonna live the life I love 

Up here on cloud nine 

Uh uh uh uh, I'm ridin' high on cloud nine 

You're as free as a bird in flight 

(Cloud nine) 

There's no difference between day and night 

(Cloud nine) 

It's a world of love and harmony 

(Cloud nine) 

You're a million miles from reality 

(Reality, up up and away) 

I wanna say up higher 

(Cloud nine) 

You can be what you wanna be 

(Cloud nine) 

You ain't got no responsibility 

(Cloud nine) 

Every man in his mind is free 

(Cloud nine) 

You're a million miles from reality 

(Cloud nine) 

You can be what you wanna be