Bruce Springsteen seems equal parts outraged and inspired by the unrest and violence in Minneapolis. So much so that on Saturday — the same day that Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old intensive care nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest — the Boss began writing a song “dedicated to the people” of the city, Springsteen said Wednesday in a post on Bluesky.Bruce Springsteen said in a post on social media that the new song is dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, many of whom have been protesting the actions of ICE officers in their city. Getty“Recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis,” he wrote on the social media platform. “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free”Buesky screenshotPretti and Good, who was killed earlier this month by an ICE officer, are both name-checked in the lyrics of the song, “Streets Of Minneapolis.” So is “King Trump,” his “federal thugs,” White House senior adviser Stephen Miller and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.One verse focuses heavily on the eyewitness video shot during Pretti’s killing — and calls into question the Trump administration’s claims that Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” who “violently resisted” officers.Trump’s federal thugs beat up onHis face and his chestThen we heard the gunshotsAnd Alex Pretti lay in the snow, deadTheir claim was self-defense, sirJust don’t believe your eyesIt’s our blood and bonesAnd these whistles and phonesAgainst Miller and Noem’s dirty liesDespite specifics in Springsteen’s new song, it’s more about Minneapolis’ residents who are protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration efforts, even if it’s at the risk of their own lives.Springsteen croons in his new song:Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voiceSinging through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this landAnd the stranger in our midstHere in our home they killed and roamedIn the winter of ’26We’ll remember the names of those who diedOn the streets of MinneapolisHere the song in full on YouTube.Close