作词 : Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong
作曲 : Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty, see~
I was...The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
I was...The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
I was...The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty
Listen
Born and raised
Born and raised
The childhood part of my life wasn't very pretty, see~
I was born and raised in the slums of the city
It was a one-room shack that slept ten other children beside me
We hardly had enough food or room to sleep
It was hard times
I needed something to ease my troubled mind
It was hard times
I needed something to ease my troubled mind
Listen listen...
Born and raised
Born and raised
Give yourself give yourself give yourself...
Give yourself a chance and don't let life pass you by
But the world around you is a rat race where only the strongest survive
It's a dog-eat-dog world and that ain't no lie
Listen it ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night
On cloud~Cloud 9~
Let me tell you about cloud 9~Cloud 9~Cloud 9~
Cloud~Cloud 9~
Let me tell you about cloud 9~
Cloud~Cloud 9~
And I'm gonna live the life I love or be on Cloud 9
I, I, I, I, I, I'm riding high on Cloud 9 on Cloud 9