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Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis

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  • Nice job by Bruce.
    It's too bad that conditions made it necessary for him to create this song.
  • Here is that modern protest song, we talked about in another thread. Of course, Springsteen created it!
  • Wonderful; instant classic. I hope the families and friends of all the victims get to hear it.
  • edited January 29
    Bruce Springsteen Lyrics:    "Streets Of Minneapolis"
    Through the winter's ice and cold
    Down Nicollet Avenue
    A city aflame fought fire and ice
    'Neath an occupier's boots
    King Trump's private army from the DHS
    Guns belted to their coats
    Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
    Or so their story goes

    Against smoke and rubber bullets
    In the dawn's early light
    Citizens stood for justice
    Their voices ringing through the night
    And there were bloody footprints
    Where mercy should have stood
    And two dead, left to die on snow-filled streets
    Alex Pretti and Renee Good

    Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
    Singing through the bloody mist
    We'll take our stand for this land
    And the stranger in our midst
    Here in our home, they killed and roamed
    In the winter of '26
    We'll remember the names of those who died
    On the streets of Minneapolis

    Trump's federal thugs beat up on
    His face and his chest
    Then we heard the gunshots
    And Alex Pretti lay in the snow dead
    Their claim was self-defense, sir
    Just don't believe your eyes
    It's our blood and bones
    And these whistles and phones
    Against Miller and Noem's dirty lies

    Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
    Crying through the bloody mist
    We'll remember the names of those who died
    On the streets of Minneapolis

    Now they say they're here to uphold the law
    But they trample on our rights
    If your skin is black or brown, my friend
    You can be questioned or deported on sight
    In our chants of "ICE out now"
    Our city's heart and soul persists
    Through broken glass and bloody tears
    On the streets of Minneapolis

    Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
    Singing through the bloody mist
    Here in our home, they killed and roamed
    In the winter of '26
    We'll take our stand for this land
    And the stranger in our midst
    We'll remember the names of those who died
    On the streets of Minneapolis
    We'll remember the names of those who died
    On the streets of Minneapolis

    ICE out
    ICE out  (ICE out)
    ICE out  (ICE out)
    ICE out  (ICE out)
    ICE out  (ICE out)
    ICE out  (ICE out)
    ICE out

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  • A marvelous tribute.
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