Everyone loves where they're from just as much as I love where I'm from! Walk 3 houses down to the corner at my Auntie Mele's house and Matangi & Toni are playing basketball in the front. Stopped and said Hi to them. Strolled along and a few houses down, I saw my cousin Kofe getting something from the car, who I havent seen since she gave birth, who now has a family with a childhood Miko buddy. Stopped and talked to her. Made my way to the corner and it was the Va'enuku residence. Peeked through my girl Kasandra's open window and she was in there playing with her son. They came out and we chatted as Baby Tate & Baby Misi starred at each other. Continued on with my stroll... waved hi to familiar passing cars, got smiles and greets from neighbors in their front lawn. Stopped to talked to my high school friend's dad who was mowing his lawn.
Taking my last stretch before I reach the house, I was all smiles. I LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD! I was born & raised in Shoreview so my heart is here! My Asian neighbors work at the local donut shop Wild Bills and she opens our side door every other day and drops off a batch for the kids. Mr Brown has been living on that same corner just as long as we lived here and is still driving the same 2 Cadillacs. We're not ghetto, we're not upscale! Kids still play on the street and you still see folks takin back a cold one on their front porch. Humans rule the streets in the day and racoons take over at night. But I still love that street.
Police pulled me over for 'running the stop sign on the corner'. I replied "Sir, I lived here my whole life! There is NO stop sign on that corner". He walked to check it out, came back, returned my DL and I was on my merry way (YEAH B*TCH! haha)
I <3 my City!
P.S. ♫Out here in ShoreView, Let Them See♫ listen here:)
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