Now, I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy, but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight

 

Brown sugar how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should, yeah

 

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, wooh
How come you, how come you taste so good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooh
Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooh

 

A-who, who, awho, who...
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, other children beside me.
We hardly had enough food or room to sleep.
It was a hard times, needed something to ease my troubled mind.

 

My father didn't know the meaning of the word
He disrespected Mama and treated us like dirt
I left home seeking a job that I never did find
Depressed and down-hearted, I took to Cloud 9

I'm doing (fine)
Up here (on cloud nine)
Listen, one more time
I'm doing (fine)
Up here (on cloud nine)

 

Folks now they 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.
It's a dog-eat-dog world and that ain't no lie. (Ain't no lie)
Listen, it ain't even safe no more, to walk the streets at night.

I'm doing fine on Cloud 9.
Let me tell you about Cloud 9.

 

And every man, every man is free
Cloud nine
And you're a million miles from reality
Reality

I wanna' stay up
Higher
Up, up, up and away
Cloud nine

 

wanna' say I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love
Or be on cloud nine
I, I, I, I, I, I'm ridin' high
On cloud nine

 

Mr. Moonlight
You came to me one summer night
And from your beam you made my dream

 

And from the world you sent my girl
And from above you sent us love
And now she is mine
I think you're fine