Bruce Springsteen's Timely Protest Song For Minneapolis

Here we go!

THROUGHOUT TIME THERE HAVE BEEN PROTEST SONGS

This is bringing me vibes of the Kent State incident in 1970. Not that I was old enough to even know what was going on at the time. But now I know that CSNY put that song together in the matter of days. It was written, recorded and released within a couple of days.

Now, Bruce Springsteen has basically done the same thing. Even though it's a couple of weeks after the shooting of Renee Good, the shooting of Alex Pretti was just a few days ago. Springsteen wrote, recorded and relased the original song "Streets of Minneapolis" in just a couple of days as well.

SPRINGSTEEN HAS OFTEN SPOKEN IN POLITICAL PROTEST

From Rolling Stone Magazine:

“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

Springsteen has been known to voice his political stance many times before this. He often uses his mic to express his opinions and continue whether or not his fans are on board with his views or not. There is the school that feels that musicians, other celebrities, etc should stay in their lane. But for all of time, there have been protest songs. But before, those songs weren't as blatant as they are now. You had to kind of listen and understand the lyrics. Now, they just come right out and say what they mean with no question.

Here are the lyrics to the "Streets of Minneapolis" by Bruce Springsteen:

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