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Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit, OK Windsor

by KingOfContentMarketing
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There technically is no South Detroit. Check it:

Former Journey lead singer Steve Perry explains "born and raised in south Detroit" lyrics
  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Originally Posted by Joe Ditzel View Post

    There HAS to be a south detroit! I don't know of any people 1 atom wide, and how could they build cars? OK, maybe it isn't a CITY NAME, but directions ARE supposed to be directions. I am in northeast fortwayne. People have called it that. Yet fortwayne isn't divided like that. There is a northern and southern california. AGAIN, no actual states with north/south.

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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    "The syntax just felt right to me...I fell in love with the line..."

    I can relate. I love the story, and how it all was derived from the thought of "street light people", and how that evolved. Wow. So cool.

    Just never know where an idea is going to come from.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    South is a direction not a name. The more grammatically correct "southern" wouldn't have fit with the lyrics, but I'm sure that he figured that people would be sharp enough to recognize he was saying he was born in the southern portion of Detroit.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    Again, getting to read the moment of creative inspiration on this was very cool. Not to be redundundundant. I can see him standing in a window watching that counting the street light people going in and out of the darkness, murmuring to himself "Steet light people---ohhhhohhohhhhhh".

    Talk about letting the inward child go on with its bad self!
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