U2 drops blistering song about Minneapolis mom Renee Good - Minnesota Tribune
U2, the Irish rockers who have never been shy about commenting about America, have released a new song, “American Obituary,” about Renee Good and Minneapolis.
“Renee Good born to die free,” Bono blares. “American mother of three/Seventh day January/ A bullet for each child, you see/The color of her eye/930 Minneapolis/To desecrate domestic bliss/Three bullets blast three babies kissed/Renee the domestic terrorist???”
Good, a Minneapolis poet and married mother of three, was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Jan. 7 on Portland Avenue in south Minneapolis.
U2 are the latest artists to release a song about the impact of ICE’s operation in Minnesota, notably following Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and Jesse Welles’ “Good vs. I.C.E.”
The 4½-minute tune is part of a new EP “Days of Ash: Six Postcards from the Present … Wish We Weren’t Here,” released on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18.
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Part of the lyrics
Renee Good born to die free
American mother of three
Seventh day January
A bullet for each child, you see
The color of her eye
930 Minneapolis
To desecrate domestic bliss
Three bullets blast, three babies kissed
Renee the domestic terrorist???
What you can’t kill can’t die
America will rise
Against the people of the lie