(Verse 1)
On Nicollet Avenue, beneath the winter sky,
Two lives cut short where the cold winds cry;
Renee was driving, just trying to survive,
Echoes of her name where our hearts still strive. �
Wikipedia
Alex walked beside her memory in the snow,
A healer, a nurse, where compassion used to grow;
They pinned him down, they took him down,
Ten shots in the street where justice should be found. �
Sky News
(Pre-Chorus)
They told us lies, they washed their hands,
Then tried to bury truth beneath the frozen land;
But our voices rise where fire meets frost,
Remember their names, remember the cost. �
AP News
(Chorus)
In the streets of Minneapolis, we shout and we stand,
For Renee and Alex, for every fallen hand;
No more silence, no more fear,
We raise our songs so all can hear.
ICE out now, we demand and we demand. �
Wikipedia
(Verse 2)
Thousands march in the biting cold,
Young and old, their courage bold;
“ICE out now,” the banners read,
For justice rising where blood was shed. �
Reuters
They said this was law, they said it was right,
But we saw two bodies in the fading light;
Mothers cry out, fathers shake their fists,
Justice denied in the nation’s mist. �
MPR News
(Bridge)
From city halls to nationwide cries,
From neighborhoods where the vigil light lies;
We won’t forget, we won’t let go,
Until no mother trembles with sorrow’s flow. �
The Guardian
(Final Chorus)
In the streets of Minneapolis, we shout and we stand,
For Renee and Alex, for every fallen hand;
No more silence, no more fear,
We raise our songs so all can hear.
ICE out now, we demand and we demand.
(Outro — Spoken)
They took two lives, but they lit a fire —
In every heart that cries for truth in the streets of Minneapolis.
