Philly Soul Rise

Intro

This is where the music lives, this is where the music gives

Philadelphia, can you feel it, Philadelphia, can you feel it

Verse 1

Born on Broad Street where the trolley bells hum out a slow tune

Gamble and Huff turned a basement into a ballroom by June

Forty deep, MFSB had the whole room in a sway

Saturday night got baptized before it turned into day

The O'Jays preached that love was the message, no static, no lie

Harold Melvin brought the ache and Teddy brought reason to cry

That silk in his voice could turn a whole congregation to prayer

This is Philadelphia — don't argue, just breathe in the air

Chorus

Philly soul, cut into the grain

Philly soul, washing out the pain

Every note they played was more than music

Every song they made, we never lose it

Philly soul

Verse 2

South Street corners stacked with record shops full of dreams

Nothing in this city ever stayed just what it seems

Sigma Sound at midnight, tape machines running hot

Kenny Gamble scribbling lessons nobody taught

Strings come in and your chest cracks open like a door

North to West Philly, everybody knows the score

When that Philly soul hits you, the whole block starts to glow

That's the sound this city built and never let go

Chorus

Philly soul, cut into the grain

Philly soul, washing out the pain

Every note they played was more than music

Every song they made, we never lose it

Philly soul

Break

(feel it, feel it)

Philadelphia

Verse 3

McFadden and Whitehead said ain't no stopping us now

And they was right — this city never once took a bow

From soul to hip hop, the bloodline stayed intact

The Roots and Jill Scott kept the story exact

Questlove on the kit like a Philly institution

Every bar we drop's a piece of the same solution

We carry all them giants sitting high on our shoulders

This is where the music lives, and the music just gets older

Build

Drop

Chorus

Philly soul, cut into the grain

Philly soul, washing out the pain

Every note they played was more than music

Every song they made, we never lose it

Philly soul

Outro

Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Feel the soul, feel the soul

This is where the music lives

Spoken

Written by DiscoPrincess - Royalty of the Night