Streets of Minneapolis (For Renee & Alex)” — A Protest Song

(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.