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ABC's of Philly

by Sonni Shine

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This is my love letter to Philadelphia, PA, my home for almost 15 years. I wrote this right before I left Philly to move to Hawai'i, inspired by Princess Nokia's ABC's of New York.

We recorded this track on August 9, 2020 in my Mt. Airy Philadelphia apartment. It's simple and straight forward, just drums and vocals. Catch the vibe, I hope you feel the energy of this great city and see something that makes you smile and feel good.

SEE THE MUSIC VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/M0iDzOLQ_8o

lyrics

Art museum area
Avenue of the arts - lived here for years that’s where we will start
Ben Franklin
Betsy Ross
Bridges coming in and out
maybe we’ll hit the
Blockley, Blockley Pourhouse
Christian St., Chris’s Jazz Café
gonna see some local legends
shred upon the bass
Dilworth plaza occupied to fight corruption
Drexel University studied music production
E for El for Elevated moving east to west
flying high over the city 69th St. Express
Front St., Café then over to
Franklin Fountain get a
chocolate-covered-marshmallow-ice-cream-mountain
Girard Ave, Germantown Ave on a diagonal
Honey’s sit and eat, northern liberties, feel me though
Iglesia, botánica, y oro en el barrio cosas de la
Isla so boricua never far from home
Johnny Brenda’s - just crossed it off my list
played a juicy fundraiser for social
Justice
K is for Kimmy’s at 34th and Hamilton—breakfast sandwiches !
Lehigh and 5th home to puerto rican kids
Milkboy
Museum
Mural arts and culture shit
N is for New Neighborhoods gettin new names
New Year’s Eve on the river see the fireworks flame
Oregon diner kick it south of point breeze,
basement shows and DIY bills at
Ortlieb’s
Pope got the microbrews pouring on draft
Passyunk Square put the italians on blast
Queen village is a nice knook
real Quiet
lots of wealthy folks there they won’t ever ever riot
Route 27 Route 23 Route 9 septa bus never really coming on time
S for South Philly lots of house shows
lots of cheap beer and punks throwing bows
30th St., Station then over to
Trader Joe’s
take the
Trolley on my way back
sweatin out my clothes
Underground Arts
Union transfer not the station - two venues not owned by live nation
Victory brews
getting drunk at
Venues
hype because they gave us free food and some booze
W for Walnut st. out to West Philly
ethiopian food maybe some indian too then take the
XH route to germantown and mt. airy
X marks the spot, see the culture gettin buried?
Youth build charter at broad and spring garden then
Youthful Young parents from new york apartments
Zoo’s full of Zebras it’s a tourist must see
but hit the street? you’re in a tent city

welcome to Philly

COPYRIGHT 2021, Sonni Schwartzbach, Take Your Streets Music

credits

released August 27, 2021
Written and Produced by Sonni Shine for Sol Pocket Productions

Drums by Joe Hatcher

Engineered and Mixed by Teyanna Stone and Ken Vincent

Music Video Directed by TG Gainey for TG Gainey Productions

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