The middle-distance runner is determined to do his country "proud" as he bids to win his first medal at the championships on home soil in Glasgow this summer.
Kerr told BBC Sport: "This is something we were dreaming about as kids. I was in a Scottish development squad talking about the Commonwealth Games all the time and that is the kind of stuff that you don't forget.
"Being part of Team Scotland is just everything I wanted to do when I got into the sport. You should never drift too far away from that and I never have. Growing up, I wanted to be standing on that start line with my Scotland vest on.
"I mean, I love it. I put it up with... you've got the Olympics, the worlds, and the Commonwealth Games. That's the way I've always viewed it and if ever I get a call up for the Commonwealths I'd be the first one there.
"Time goes by, and I've lived out in the States for a long time, but these are my roots and this is my blood and I just want to do myself proud and do Scotland proud."
Kerr - who recently broke the men's one-mile world record at the London Diamond League event - is a strong medal contender for Scotland at the Games and accepts that he and his fellow athletes will have to embrace the "pressure" of representing their country on home ground.
He said: "I think it's going to be a success, making sure we have a buzz in camp and we're all sharing stories and hyping each other up. A home Games is something that not a lot of people will have dealt with in their time.
"I think there's a pressure that comes with it as well and using that to our advantage and realising that the people in that stadium want us to do well. Even if we're not the most famous athlete ever, having that Scotland vest on, they'll definitely be cheering your name
"That's what it's about. I think we live with the underdog story a little bit. It doesn't matter if it's an athlete stepping on to the track or their surface for the first time ever in their national vest, or if it's someone that's kind of been there and done that for a long, long time, you know, the likes of Jake Wightman. I think we're then going to have some great results, a buzz around camp and I'm really looking forward to getting into that atmosphere again."
