 Taller than five feet, huss The roof by the basketball courts That's where my seat was With power lines full of pigeons or fly Sneakers that died a miserable death Hanging high in the heat But I wouldn't change a thing if I could What made me is everything The bad, the ugly, the good It's understood that South Philly was a marvel I'd never be one to argue The cracks in the pavement, front steps Made of marble, the smell of pine soil My grandmother kept them clean, y'all A vestibule's a section of floor