Rodney Franklin-Destiny(Clips of Detroit)

Detroit scenes:Cooley High School,built in 1928 on the city's northwest side.Famous alumns include Epatha Merkerson of the show law & order.Mike Illitch owner of the Red wings,tigers,& little ceasers pizza.Obie Trice the rapper.James P. Hoffa the head of the teamsters union.Willie Green a member of the Philadelphia 76ers.Ex-NBA star Roy Tarpley.The R&B group KIARA. Take a look at 1:31,that is the Brewster Rec. Center where Joe Louis started boxing as a kid and where Diana Ross & the supremes grew up in the Brewster Projects.

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[jayent08]

cooley .lol dats ma school

[tonwil06]

mine too,from 1977-1981

[chele815]

Oh yeah, thats def Detroit. I saw the blvd. Jefferson, cooley high...even though I went to Redford. Brings back memories of when my mother would make my sister take me out on the weekends and she would ALWAYS take me to the Detroit Public Library on Woodward. Its kindof a sad place now. Im in Ny now, but I lived there all my life until 03. This song takes me back there, in the 80's for sure.

[tonwil06]

It is real sad,Redford & Mackenzie High Schools are now closed with 63 more to close by the end of the 2009 school year. They converted Northern High to an all girls academy and renamed it "International Detroit Academy". They converted Murray-Wright High to an all boys school and renamed it "Fredrick Douglas High".

[manofsteel33]

What!? They closed Redford down!? That's my old hood! Braile off of Grand River! That's sad news....even though I went to Cooley High. Class of 90. Good video. Thanks for the memories!

[tonwil06]

You are welcomed sir,I was the class of 81" from Cooley.

[Chop313rd]

I miss detroit but then I dnt always luv the D

[arteniamorriswsm]

Great to see the city b4 it got jacked.

[cartiergl]

ive found a lot of the old WJZZ cuts and put them on my page,,,,,,,,

[GregWalkerChannel]

Greg Walker is singing lead vocals - formerly lead singer with Santana

[sometimes350]

Great memories of the D.

....lived there back & forth all my life......two years at Henry Ford...class of 87..

...Brewster projects( Bricks)..downtown.... all around Greek town... East side...Riopelle & Jefferson...Da steel pimp....winter time actual snow....we dont get much snow down south.

..this son WJZZ Rosetta Hines turned me on...sounds like her...love the D...cant support my family there any more..

.great scenes and tunes go together

[divaangles]

class of 92 baby all day

[mta415]

left Cooley for Redford in 1983. My sisters graduated from Cooley.

[msOctober68]

EXCELLENT CHOICE! In chicago, WLNR used to spin this gem! It was an all female DJ station...GENIUS!!! I have this LP&CD. Rodney is a cool ass dude!

[leapsion]

Hearing this song and seeing this home town video, truly takes me back to my a.m/f.m cassette player tuned into the, "Greatly Missed", WJZZ 105.9 f.m.