“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 wrote in a post on Blue Sky. “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. The Grammy-winner has a long history of releasing politically-charged songs, touching on issues such as poverty, the Vietnam War, and the AIDS epidemic. “Shelter line stretching around the corner/Welcome to the new world order,” Springsteen sings. This is your life … No secret my friend/You can get killed just for living in your American skin,” Springsteen sings on the track.