Streets of Minneapolis (2026)     (video)

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1. Through the winter’s ice and cold, down Nicollet Avenue,

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a city aflame fought fire and ice, 'neath an occupier’s boots.

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King Trump’s private army from the DHS, guns belted to their coats,

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came to Minneapolis to enforce the law, or so their story goes.

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2. Against smoke and rubber bullets, in the dawn’s early light,

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citizens stood for justice, their voices ringing through the night.

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And there were bloody footprints where mercy should have stood,

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and two dead left to die on snow-filled streets,

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Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

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Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice, singing through the bloody mist,

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we’ll take our stand for this land, and the stranger in our midst.

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Here in our home they killed and roamed, in the winter of ’26,

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we’ll remember the names of those who died,

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on the streets of Minneapolis.

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3. Trump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and his chest,

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then we heard the gunshots, and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead.

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Their claim was "self defense, sir, just don’t believe your eyes !"

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It’s our blood and bones and these whistles and phones

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against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.

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Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice, crying through the bloody mist.

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We’ll remember the names of those who died,

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on the streets of Minneapolis.

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4. Now they say they’re here to uphold the law,

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but they trample on our rights,

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if your skin is black or brown my friend,

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you can be questioned or deported on sight.

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In our chants of "ICE out now !", our city’s heart and soul persists,

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through broken glass and bloody tears, on the streets of Minneapolis.

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Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice, singing through the bloody mist,

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here in our home they killed and roamed, in the winter of ’26.

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We’ll take our stand for this land, and the stranger in our midst !

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We’ll remember the names of those who died,

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on the streets of Minneapolis,

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We’ll remember the names of those who died

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on the streets of Minneapolis !

(Bruce Springsteen)