Bruce Springsteen Responds to Minneapolis Killings With Fiery New Protest Song Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

[Amaryllis]

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bruce-springsteen-minneapolis-killings-protest-song-1235506221/

Bruce Springsteen Responds to Minneapolis Killings With Fiery New Protest Song
"I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis," Springsteen writes to fans, responding to the ICE protests


Jan 28, 2026
Lyrics:
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
By 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 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

[31st Street Bridge]

1. Thank you, Bruce!

Let it echo throughout the land.

[Wiz Imp]

2. Calls out Trump, Noem & Miller by name.

Trump may actually like that Springsteen called him King Trump.

[steventh]

3. Thanks Amaryllis for the video and lyrics

And thanks to Bruce for writing and singing it.

[Jbraybarten]

4. love it

[Hugin]

5. K&R n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Thanks Bruce

[LisaM]

7. OK, Chris Christie, what say you?

He claims to be such a Springsteen fan, though how he can be that way without actually listening to the message in the music is baffling.

[LaMouffette]

8. Thank you, Bruce Springsteen! Thank you so much for calling Rump, Roem, and Miller out by name.

I know they are all callous and do not give two shits what anyone thinks of them, but if I learned that I was despised by Bruce Springsteen, I would want to leave civilization forever and go hide my shame in a cave somewhere until I died a lonely, miserable death.

[JustinBulletin]

9. Super Bowl half time show anyone?

:

[SamuelTheThird]

10. Taylor Swift just did a very strong anti-ICE song

I know I criticized her before, but she really stepped up. Good for her.

Oh wait, my mistake. The billionaire has said nothing.

Meanwhile bruce, dave matthews, olivia rodrigo, billie eilish and others are speaking out.

edit- forgot Dropkick Murphys,,,and throw in Guns n Roses (although they just had a Trump pinata)

[RetiredParatrooper]

11. STILL THE BOSS

EOM.

[JohnnyRingo]

12. He's The Boss.

Great American.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

13. Wow!

Thats why they call him The Boss.

[raccoon]

14. Thanks, Boss, for writing this song!