[Intro – airy, distant, almost spoken] Floating through the static… Yeah… Riverview dreams in a vapor stream Money feel imaginary ‘til it hit the seams Cloud nine hustle… still count it in my sleep [Hook – melodic, hypnotic, repetitive] I been hustlin’ on cloud nine, don’t wake me Dream chasin’, but the dream might break me Hands in the sky, but the ground can’t take me Floatin’ through the grind, let the fake shit fade me I been hustlin’ on cloud nine, don’t wake me Mind on a million while reality shaky Countin’ every blessing like the numbers can save me Cloud nine hustle, let the vision remake me [Verse 1 – Nas-style storytelling, internal rhyme heavy] I was broke in the borough of my own imagination Now I tax every thought, mental inflation Pen bleed ink like a coded narration Every bar a brick in my soul’s foundation See the vision vivid, like a lucid exhibition Where the money talk fluent but the pain need permission I been driftin’ through dimensions, split decisions in the kitchen Whippin’ dreams into existence, no forgiveness for condition Clouded judgment but my judgment still divine Read between the seams, every thread a gold mine I was chasin’ peace, now the peace come with a price Dice game with fate, roll twice, paid the price I’m levitatin’ over hate, elevation got me distant Every loss a ghostwriter, now my wins sound different Shorty said I changed, I said “nah, I upgraded” Same soul, new goals, old scars renovated [Hook – repeat] I been hustlin’ on cloud nine, don’t wake me Dream chasin’, but the dream might break me Hands in the sky, but the ground can’t take me Floatin’ through the grind, let the fake shit fade me I been hustlin’ on cloud nine, don’t wake me Mind on a million while reality shaky Countin’ every blessing like the numbers can save me Cloud nine hustle, let the vision remake me [Verse 2 – more aggressive, punchline heavy] Yeah, I’m skywalkin’, moon talkin’, funds orbit Bankroll stretch like time in a drug shortage My aura got a barcode, pain got a margin Profit off the paranoia, fear turn to market I been in a trance, trance-formin’ the trauma Karma in pajamas, still awake for the commas Every nightmare taught me how to sleep with the drama Now I daydream dollars, stackin’ green through the karma See, the hustle like a high I ain’t comin’ down from Cloud nine throne, got my crown where the sound from Voices in my head turn a whisper to an anthem Turn a doubt to a dollar, now the silence got ransom I don’t trust reality, that’s a temporary lease Bought a mansion in my mind, paid in pieces of peace Every step calculated, but the path feel faded Still I walk like a legend that the gods themselves created [Bridge – dreamy, melodic, reflective] Am I sleepin’ or awake? I can’t tell no more Every door look gold but it felt like war I was reachin’ for the sky, now I float through the floor Cloud nine love, but it’s lonely at the core Visions gettin’ vivid when the lights go dim Success feel holy but it start with sin I was prayin’ for a win, now I’m drownin’ in the wind Cloud nine spin… let it loop again [Hook – extended, layered vocals] I been hustlin’ on cloud nine, don’t wake me Dream chasin’, but the dream might break me Hands in the sky, but the ground can’t take me Floatin’ through the grind, let the fake shit fade me I been hustlin’ on cloud nine, don’t wake me Mind on a million while reality shaky Countin’ every blessing like the numbers can save me Cloud nine hustle, let the vision remake me [Outro – fading, surreal tone] Yeah… If I wake up, do it vanish? Or was I broke the whole time, just romantic? Cloud nine hustle… Either way… I’m still countin’…
