Where did you grow up?

These are some pictures of the town I grew up in and currently still reside. It's a sleepy town really...south of Ann Arbor, MIchigan, called Dundee.

 

Since i dont want to say anything special, i'll let cheech say it for me


Cheech
Took a walk to the corner store
Just to buy a loaf of bread and a box of s`mores
Up pulled a guy in a yellow van
Shiny gold badge flashing in his hand

(Chong
He said, alright all you mohuddles down here
I want you all to hit the floor
I got one thing to ask you and nothing more
So answer in English, if you can
Where were ya born, man

(Cheech
Huh? Where was I born?

(Chong
That`s right, I said
Where were ya born?

(Cheech
Hey, are you one of those dudes who do horoscopes, man
Hey, I`m a Cancer with a bad moon rising

(Chong
Look here Alfago, watch my lips
Where were ya born?

(Cheech
I was BORN IN EAST L.A.
Man, I was BORN IN EAST L.A.

(Chong
Oh yeah, you were BORN IN EAST L.A.
Let`s see your green card

(Cheech
Huh? Green card?
I`m from East LA

(Chong
Alright, then who`s President of the United States

(Cheech
Oh, that`s easy, man
That guy that used to be on Death Valley Days, John Wayne

(Chong
Alright, let`s go, come on

(Cheech
Next thing I know, I`m in a foreign land
People talkin so fast, I couldn`t understand
There was nobody there to lend a helping hand
I was cold, it was dark where is a burger stand

I want to go back to East LA
I wish I was back in East LA
I don`t belong here in downtown T.J.
Cause I was born in East LA, ole

I crawled under barbed wire, swam across a stream
Rode in six different trucks packed like a sardine
Walked all day in the burning sun
Now I know what it`s like to be born to run

Up ahead was the promised land
Shining like a star just beyond my hand
All I could see was a golden door
I looked up, a sign said five billion sold

And I was back in East LA
Yes, I was back in East LA
You know I`m never gonna stray
Cause I was born in East LA, oh LA

(adlibs with I'm a low rider rocker in East LA, oh LA)

EAST LA!!!

 

Heh... when my grandma's greatgrandparents moved here (or was it her grandparents... around 1905 anyways), they lived in a hill. No shit, they dug out a hole in a big ol hill and lived in it for their first few years in Saskatchewan.

 

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