Moving iTunes music from "shared library" to "library" on a Mac??

I want to put music from my iTunes onto my new iPhone 5 but I cannot because all my music (except 4 songs I recently bought) are under the "SHARED" drive and I cannot sync them (manually or automatically) to my new iPhone 5.
My goal: to get all my music into my iTunes library and out of this iTunes "shared library", and once I get them there I'm pretty sure I can put songs/playlists/movies/etc on my iPhone 5.
So here is my story timeline (maybe it will help?)
1. I had an iPhone 4S linked to an iTunes library on a PC for a couple years.
2. I bought a Mac Pro (super excited) and bought 4 songs on the library on the Mac (my PC was still in use at the time)
3. My PC started acting up.
4. My iPhone 4S broke (long story).
5. Yesterday I bought an iPhone 5
Where I am at today:
6. Now I have a MacPro and an iPhone 5
7. My current iTunes music library displays only 4 songs in it
8. All the music I bought and had on my PC are now showing up on my Mac's iTunes, but under the "SHARED" tab and not under the "LIBRARY" tab
What I want to do is be able to combine the music I had on my old iTunes (currently in my SHARED library on the Mac) with the 4 songs I bought recently (4 songs in my LIBRARY on the Mac). After I combine the two libraries I want to be able to put music/movies/aps onto my new iPhone 5. ...I cannot do this right now because all the music that I have is under "Shared" (except those new 4 songs...I really want more than 4 songs on my iPhone) and I cannot get the shared music onto my new iPhone.
Any and all help is appreciated, ~eks1111

You'll have to buy some software for the PC that will read Mac-formatted drives.

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