Bruce Springsteen He seems equal parts outraged and inspired by the riots and violence in Minneapolis.

So much so that on Saturday, the same day Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old intensive care nurse, who was shot dead by federal agents during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest: The Chief began writing a song “dedicated to the people” of the city, Springsteen he said Wednesday in a post on Bluesky.

Bruce Springsteen said in a social media post that the new song is dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, many of whom have been protesting the actions of ICE agents in their city.
Bruce Springsteen said in a social media post that the new song is dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, many of whom have been protesting the actions of ICE agents in their city.

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“I recorded it yesterday and delivered it to you today in response to the state terrorism that is visiting the city of Minneapolis,” he wrote on the social media platform. “It is dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors, and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free.”

Bowsky Screenshot

Bowsky Screenshot

Pretti and Good, who was killed earlier this month by an ICE officer, appear by name in the lyrics of the song “Streets Of Minneapolis.” So are “King Trump,” his “federal goons,” White House senior adviser Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

One verse focuses heavily on the eyewitness video. shot during Pretti’s murder, and casts doubt on the Trump administration’s claims that Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” WHO “resisted violently“Officers.

Trump’s federal goons took a beating

His face and his chest

Then we heard the shots.

And Alex Pretti was lying in the snow, dead.

Your claim was in self-defense, sir.

Just don’t believe your eyes

It’s our blood and bones

And these whistles and telephones

Against the dirty lies of Miller and Noem

Despite the specific details of Springsteen’s new song, it’s more about Minneapolis residents protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration efforts, even if it’s at the risk of their own lives.

Springsteen sings in his new song:

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice

Singing through the bloody fog

We will take our stand for this land

And the stranger among us

Here in our house they killed and wandered

In the winter of the 26th

We will remember the names of those who died.

On the streets of Minneapolis

Here the full song on YouTube.