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Posted on 01/28/2026 2:45:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
Bruce Springsteen has responded to the recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis at the hands of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents with a new song titled "Streets of Minneapolis."
You can listen to the song and read the lyrics below.
"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 wrote on Facebook. "It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free, Bruce Springsteen."
What Happened to Alex Pretti and Renee Good?
On Jan. 24, federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse who appeared to be using his phone to record U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Videos show agents pinning Pretti to the ground and hitting him, and one officer leaving with what appears to be a gun.
Pretti's death marked the second fatal Minneapolis shooting by a federal agent this month, following the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Both deaths have led to nationwide calls for more thorough investigations and the removal of ICE from Minneapolis.
How Did Other Rockers React to the Killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti?
Springsteen is not the first rock artist to react to the murders of Good and Pretti. Graham Nash issued a lengthy statement denouncing ICE and President Donald Trump while also taking stock of his large catalog of protest songs.
"So I’ll say it again… after just watching a bunch of thugs who call themselves 'agents' kill yet another human being: F**K ICE," Nash said. "And since these murderers are part of a government sanctioned agency I’ll say this and don’t bother getting mad about it: **** TRUMP too."
Journey guitarist Neal Schon also reacted to the killing of Pretti with a concise post on X (formerly Twitter), writing, "This is f---ing insane and it all needs to stop."
Famously outspoken guitarist Tom Morello reshared several anti-ICE posts following Pretti's death and referred to the agency as "masked federal government secret police murdering US citizens" in an exchange with another X user.
Bruce Springsteen, 'Streets of Minneapolis' 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
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Who?
He took the Streets of Philadelphia song that he wrote 30 years ago and changed the name. Good work, Bruce. Go back to your 360 acre horse farm estate on the streets of Colts Neck, NJ and SFTU.
Nobody compares the two protesters killed on Jan 6th to the two in Minnesota. Big difference in media coverage.
Who cares about this person?
What a cuck.
Oooo, Bruce Springsteen reacts ... oooooo, let’s listen!
just some annoying asshole
I thought it was “Streets of Philadelphia” Bruce Springsteen
They say if you give 5 monkeys each a typewriter and infinite time, they’ll eventually produce the works of William Shakespeare.
For Springsteen’s latest; one monkey, a bottle of Jim Beam, and 14 minutes.
Puke
Well, I had no opinion either way, hadn’t even paid the events any mind at all ...
But now, we have a severely retarded communist musician (of sorts) making some sort of public statement, I guess I should pay attention. Maybe.
Oh ........wait ......
You can listen to the song and read the lyrics below.
I'll pass. Hard pass.
There's a name I haven't heard in thirty years.
ICE is the same agency that operated under Obama and Biden administrations-without complaint.
What about his song for Laken Riley?
Oh no! We’ve lost Springsteen.
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