Standing in the Shadows of Motown movie - Cloud Nine lyrics
rate meSong by Meshell Ndegeocello<br /><br>
Dennis: The childhood part of my life<br>
Wasn't very pretty, see...<br>
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom<br>
Dennis: I was born and raised<br>
In the slums of the city,<br>
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom<br>
Dennis: It was a one-room shack<br>
That slept ten other children beside me,<br>
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom<br>
Dennis: We hardly enough food<br>
Or room to sleep<br>
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom<br>
Dennis: It was hard times...<br>
I needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind<br>
<br>
Dennis: Oooh listen...<br>
My father didn't know the meaning of work<br>
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom<br>
Dennis: He disrespected mama,<br>
And treated us like dirt<br>
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom<br>
Dennis: I left home seeking a job<br>
That I never could find<br>
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom<br>
Dennis: The pressure came down hard<br>
And I took to cloud nine<br>
Temptations: Boom, boom-boom, boom<br>
<br>
Paul: I'm doing fine<br>
Up here, on cloud nine<br>
Dennis: A one more time<br>
Paul: I'm doing fine<br>
Up here, on cloud nine<br>
Dennis: Folks down there tell me...<br>
<br>
Dennis: They say give yourself a chance<br>
And don't let life pass you by,<br>
Temptations: Woo, woo, woo<br>
Dennis: But the world, say, is a rat race<br>
Where only the strongest survive,<br>
It's a dog-eat-dog world<br>
And that ain't no lie,<br>
Temptations: Ain't no lie<br>
Dennis: It ain't even safe no more<br>
To walk the streets at night<br>
<br>
Temptations: I'm doing fine<br>
On cloud nine<br>
<br>
Dennis: Let me tell 'bout cloud nine...<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Paul: You can be what you want to be<br>
Temptations: Cloud Nine<br>
Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility<br>
Temptations: Cloud Nine<br>
Eddie: And every man, every man is free<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Dennis: You're a million miles from reality<br>
Paul: Reality<br>
<br>
Temptations: I wanna' say up<br>
Eddie and Otis: Higher<br>
Temptations: Up and up,<br>
Up and away<br>
<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
<br>
Eddie: I wanna' say I love the life I live,<br>
And I'm going to live, the life I love<br>
Or be on cloud nine...<br>
I, I, I, I, I, I'm ridin' high<br>
Temptations: On cloud nine<br>
<br>
Dennis: You're as free as a burning flame<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Melvin: There's no difference between day and night<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Eddie: It's a world of love and harmony<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Dennis: You're a million miles from reality<br>
Paul: Reality<br>
<br>
Temptations: I wanna' say up<br>
Eddie and Otis: Higher<br>
Temptations: Up and up, up and away<br>
<br>
Temptations: Cloud Nine<br>
Paul: You can be what you want to be, ah<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Eddie: Every man in his mind is free<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Dennis: You're a million miles from reality<br>
Temptations: Cloud nine<br>
Paul: You can be what you want to be<br>
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Temptations: all of them weave in and out with ad libs<br>
and choruses of "Boom-booms"<br>
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fade to end<br>
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