🎸 Ice Off Our Streets 🎸
(Verse 1 — driving, gritty)
Some folks call it law and order,
Rolling heavy through our town,
Ice boots stomping on the pavement,
Citizens get dragged down.
A woman in her car, just living her life,
Shot down on a frozen Minneapolis street,
They said she was a threat — man, that explanation’s cheap.
They say they came to protect — we saw a body fall,
Renee Good won’t breathe again — that’s the cost of it all.
(Chorus — punchy, pointed)
Ice off our streets — they don’t protect or serve,
Ice off our streets — justice we reserve.
Ice off our streets — no more killing here,
Don’t want your fear — ice off our streets!
(Verse 2 — searing truth)
Then another Sunday morning,
Neighbors out to film the scene,
Alex stood to see what truth looked like,
But they stepped in with their machine.
Sprayed him, shoved him down — then rounds rang out,
Ten shots fired in a flash — and then the crowd cried out.
A nurse with no record, a citizen with a voice,
Now he’s just another name they tried to justify.
They call for calm while tension grows,
But every lie just fuels the cries,
People marching through Minneapolis
With truth burning in their eyes.
(Chorus — louder)
Ice off our streets — they don’t protect or serve,
Ice off our streets — justice we reserve.
Ice off our streets — no more killing here,
Don’t want your fear — ice off our streets!
(Bridge — shaking off complacency)
Oh, they’ll high-hat with their statements,
Spin the story every way,
But we saw what we saw
In the cold light of day.
We won’t stand still while our neighbors fall,
And we won’t be quiet when justice calls!
(Final Chorus — defiant)
Ice off our streets — hear the people roar,
Ice off our streets — peace is what we’re for.
Ice off our streets — not another soul,
Ice off our streets — that’s our rock-and-roll!
(Outro — spoken over fading chords)
Yeah… ice off our streets… can’t you see?
Justice isn’t something that’s given —
It’s something we take back.
