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Bruce Springsteen has shared a new protest song, \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d in response to the \u201cstate terror being visited on the city.\u201d In the track, released today (January 28, 2026), he pulls no punches about his disdain for President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security, while paying tribute to the two shooting victims, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.<\/p>\n
A portion of the first verse:<\/p>\n
\u201cKing Trump\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later in the song, he name checks United States Homeland security advisor Stephen Miller and U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrump\u2019s 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\u2019t believe your eyes
It\u2019s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem\u2019s dirty lies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Springsteen<\/strong><\/span><\/a> added a brief statement to accompany \u201cStreet of Minneapolis\u201d: \u201cI 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. It\u2019s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.<\/p>\n\u201cStay free, Bruce Springsteen.\u201d<\/p>\n