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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Her Chicago Soul

Chicago...Born & Raised...On The South Side Is Where She Spent Most Of Her Days. 
You Know The South Side...Home Of The White Sox, Home Of The Hoagy, & Home For Barack Obama. 
Remembering Her Old Days...Hanging Out At The Beverly Parks, Eating Harolds Chicken, & Riding The Metra Train Back In Forth For Only $1.65. 
Some Compare To New York In So Many Ways...The Lofts, Penthouse Suites, Projects, & Dirty Streets. 
Right After You Get Off That Red Line Train, Theres A Homeless Man Standing There Asking You For A Piece Of Change. 
On Wabash Ave. Right Under The Bridge, Theres A Sign That Reads "Do Not Feed Pigeons." 
She's Not Talking About The Negativity Of Violence In Her City But She Is Breaking Down What Made Her Fall In Love With Windy. She Saw Something In Her In 2010 That She Couldn't Resist. Maybe It Was Experiencing Chicago's Deep Dish For The 55th Time At Lou Malanatis Pizza On Wells Street. 
The Summer Time Chi On Rush Street During The Heat Of The Night. 
She Fell In Love With Ohio Street Beach & Navy Pier On Wednesday Nights. Chicago Style Hot Dogs, Jew Town, & Grand Lux Cafe. Right. 
Those Are The Things That Drove Her Closer To The Windy City. 
But Really & In Reality...Chicago Is Her Destiny. 
Every Soul Here Has The Freedom Of Individuality & Freedom Of Speech. 
Where You Can Dance Like You & I Can Dress Like Me. 
See This Is Where Al Capone & Black Stone Came Along. 
Where The Red Line Meets Your Blue Line & That Brown Line Takes You To The North Side. 
Thursday Nights Are Spent Somewhere In Her Loft Downtown...Admiring The Skyline, Lake-Front, & Quiet Time Along With Some Miles Davis, Common, &  Jill Scott. 
Getting Fresh With Some Garrets Popcorn That She Only Waited 45 Minutes In Line To Get. Everyday She's Working Day & Night On The Avenue. 
Putting Up Fights With Old Drunks & Homeless Guys. 
So Many Options Of Food..."I Think Tonight Will Be A Jamaican Night & Tomorrow Japanese." Not Only Did She Fall In Love With Windy But Windy Fell In Love With Me. That's Why It's So Hard To Leave. 
The Wacker Bridges, The Chicago River, & Plenty Boats To Start A Trend. 
This Is The Real City Of Sin. The City That Never Sleeps...You Better Slip You Ambien. 
Yellow Cabs, Gypsy Cabs, Dollar Cabs, & CTA...Get You Where You Need To Go & We Have More Beaches Than L.A. 
Where Oprah, Kanye, & Michael Jordan Are Our Heros. What Other Woman Do You Know Who Can Shut Down Michigan Ave. & Host A Show There? 
Chicago Is Tried & True After The Great Fire & Harsh Winters Of Below 22. Nothing Can Slow Her Down...Not Hail, Sleet, Snow, Or Rain. 
Strength Is What She Gained. 
So Sing That Jazz & Blues..."Chicago, Chicago Is My Kinda Town." 
The Home Of The Get Down, Whiskey Bar On Rush Street, Rock & Roll McDonalds On Clark Street, & China Town. 
Hold Your Breath When Your On Top Of The Sears Tower. 
Black Scarf, Black Gloves, Black Boots, Black Hat...In The Winter Time. Everybody Shares Your Swag. 
Starbucks On Every Corner & Potbelly Sandwiches. 
Horses On The Streets & Silver Men Dancing. 
Cameras, Fancy Cars, Decked Out Apartments, Museums, High Rises, Rudeness, Accents, & Rats. Chicago Is All That. 
Kinda Like A New Kind Of Black, A Little Pro-Black But Diverse As Well. In The Summertime...It's Hot As Hell. 
Winter Time You Freeze & Turn Pale. 
This Is Where Her Soul Lives & Expands. 
This Is Where The Little Things Go Grand. 
Hyde Park, Bronesville, & Lincoln Park. 
She Is So Chi-Town From Her Walk To Her Dress Style.
So Even If She Shall Go Away...Chi-Town Will Not Because She Lives Inside Of Her & She Promised To Never Let Her Change. 
Everything She Learned & Was Ashamed Was Taught In Her Early Chi-Town Days. She Brought Her This Far & Developed A Love So Deep That Even The Love Of A Man Could Not Reach. 
She Could Never Forget Where She Came From. 10360 S. Walden Parkway Street. Sweet Home Chicago. These Are The Stories Told By Stony & Cottage Grove. Where The Money Move & The Determine Live. This Is Home... 

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