Philadelphia child wild, mild mind all filled with city fresh city, foul city fiery city, frigid city Philadelphia child mild, wild wildflower watered with child power growing from cracks... in cement sidewalks and school yards... and playgrounds singular and lovely common and ugly Philadelphia child piled high...with visions of his-story rhythms of ghetto's glory Richard Allen, 52 story buildings, Elfreths Alley, liberty-bell rings, sewer smells and belly swells class trips to Independence Hall evoke questions like... ³Where do I fit in all - of this?² four ghetto girls and barrio boys taught lessons in the voice of the founding forefathers but those same four still ain't found their fathers Philadelphia child at the mercy of the public school system at the mercy of the existence of human allegiance and government finance dance with the element of chance the chance to grow the chance to fly the chance to know the chance to die In body In spirit, mind or soul the chance to be gold...or fool Philadelphia child Olympic hopeful won gold medals in... mattress flipping and subway sprinting well versed in the Yo! lingo pretzel and cheese steak fed Philly born and bred Tasty cake sweet or hard of head tread and trampled on same ground Ben Franklin and the boys walked upon Drill teams have replaced the not-ready-for-integration-Declaration of Interdependence players White-booted Philly attituded zooted... up... on Schuykill Punch They shout above drum and street-stomp saying... We are here We are, we live, we matter
Amazing!!!
I love this one!
It’s so hypnotic!👌🏿
Merci
Que dire ?
Une femme
Un champ
Salute!
Sacred ... *word!
💓🙏🏽
Deep
🔥🔥
Well versed in the yo-lingo
Philadelphia child
wild, mild
mind all filled with city
fresh city, foul city
fiery city, frigid city
Philadelphia child
mild, wild
wildflower
watered with child power
growing from cracks... in cement sidewalks
and school yards...
and playgrounds
singular and lovely
common and ugly
Philadelphia child
piled high...with visions of his-story
rhythms of ghetto's glory
Richard Allen, 52 story buildings,
Elfreths Alley, liberty-bell rings,
sewer smells and belly swells
class trips to Independence Hall
evoke questions like...
³Where do I fit in all - of this?²
four ghetto girls and barrio boys
taught lessons in the voice
of the founding forefathers
but those same four
still ain't found their fathers
Philadelphia child
at the mercy of the public school system
at the mercy of the existence
of human allegiance and government finance
dance with the element of chance
the chance to grow
the chance to fly
the chance to know
the chance to die
In body
In spirit, mind or soul
the chance to be gold...or fool
Philadelphia child
Olympic hopeful
won gold medals in...
mattress flipping and subway sprinting
well versed in the Yo! lingo
pretzel and cheese steak fed
Philly born and bred
Tasty cake sweet or hard of head
tread and trampled on
same ground Ben Franklin and the boys walked upon
Drill teams have replaced the
not-ready-for-integration-Declaration of Interdependence players
White-booted
Philly attituded
zooted...
up...
on Schuykill Punch
They shout above drum and street-stomp
saying...
We are here
We are, we live, we matter
i dont like it