Bruce Springsteen Releases New Protest Tune Known as “Streets Of Minneapolis”
Obama’s best friend just released an anti-ICE song.
Music artist Bruce Springsteen has once again allowed his left-leaning politics to impact his music.
The 20-time Grammy Award-winning artist has just released a new song titled “Streets of Minneapolis,” which contains anti-ICE lyrics.
CBS News had these details to report on Springsteen’s new song:
Bruce Springsteen has released a song in honor of Alex Pretti and Renee Good titled “Streets of Minneapolis.”
Springsteen announced the release Wednesday on Instagram.
“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 said. “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”
The slow-burning song builds from just acoustic guitar and voice to a fuller band tune, including a harmonica solo, and ends with chants of “ICE Out!”
“Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice,” The Boss sings. “Singing through the bloody mist/We’ll take our stand for this land/And the stranger in our midst.”
The title echoes Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia,” which served as a title song for the Tom Hanks-led 1993 film “Philadelphia.” It earned him an Oscar in 1994 for outstanding original song.
The new song has already amassed over 2 million views in less than 24 hours.
Take a listen here:
This isn’t the first time Springsteen has called out ICE.
KARE reported he made statements regarding ICE deportation tactics a week before releasing the sing too:
Bruce Springsteen slammed President Donald Trump and the federal crackdown on immigrants during a surprise performance Saturday in his home state of New Jersey.
During his comments at the Light of Day Winterfest Concert, Springsteen dedicated a song to the memory of Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
The legendary rocker called on federal agents to leave Minneapolis and for fans of his music to tell Trump the same.
Springsteen then dedicated his 1978 song “The Promised Land” to Good’s memory, according to cellphone video from the performance shared by NJ.com and other outlets.
“Right now, we are living through incredibly critical times. The United States, the ideals and the values for which it stood for the past 250 years is being tested as it has never been in modern times. Those values and those ideals have never been as in danger as they are right now,” Springsteen said.
“If you stand against heavily armed masked federal troops invading an American city using gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens. If you believe you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, then send a message to this president because the mayor of that city has said ICE should get the f–k out of Minneapolis. And this song is for you and in the memory of a mother of three, an American citizen, Renee Good,” he added.
In response, the White House doubled down on its claim Good was using her vehicle as a deadly weapon when she was fatally shot and called Springsteen’s political opinions “bad.”
It’s far from the first time the singer songwriter has spoken out against Trump—or a Republican president, for that matter.