Bruce Springsteen - That's What Makes Us Great Lyrics

I love Springsteen's music but i would be curious how he would respond to this question: " So, Bruce, why don't you sponsor several immigrant families by letting them move into your homes" I suspect, like most hypocritical celebrities living behind the WALLS surrounding their mansions that he would respectfully decline.

Wow. This sounds like one of those songs in a flashback on the Simpsons when they play a bad 80s song.

This video makes our country look intolerant

Thank you! Says it all!

Hahahahahahahahaha....the man that's once sang Born in the U.S.A. now sings the anti-Fascist anthem against the greatest right -wing Fascist pig after Hitler and Pinochet. Goooooooo Bruce, full Force against the rotten right - wing Fascist pigs who have raised their ugly heads again......we wiped that scum out in WWII, we'll do It again this time round.....this time permanently😎😎😎

https://www.shmoop.com/born-in-the-usa/songwriting.html fool

KEEP WRITING & SINGING !!!!

Love can conquer hate but this song is stirring up hate Bruce I love u been a fan for years but please make the next songs about the music rather than politics like high hopes the rising or magic please brucey all my love

Song and the artist suck.

My gawd this is awful!

Bruce this is Jim from Indiana huge fan of the E street band I love you and support your music most of all. But Bruce I've been typing your name in every search engine bout every week after high hopes! Bruce I honestly didn't agree on bringing politics into music. like I said your the boss but I've been waiting for a Springsteen song of anything inspired by magic,the rising,devil's and dust,working on a dream,born to run u name it! or that music you hear in your head. your political dession your! our dession! my dession but please bring me more of that Bruce Springsteen tune!!!! make it Wondeful make it about the music which you know what to do lol!!!! And I mean well bless you boss and the street always shines on Blessing Avenue;)

He's telling a lie,he put his faith in a lair and a crook for the past 8 years..

James Massingale obama?

Anti-Trumpers are FULL of hate. That's all you people do is hate and not think things through

Finally the musicians are speaking out! Thank you Bruce.

See also Nasty Man by Joan Baez.

We are the people! Let's unite against the system! they re against US don't let em fool us

if he isn't your president then why is he the president of the U.S. No you can only say that he isn't your president if you are in a different country. we had to deal with the worst president of all time Obama for 8 years so now you can know how it feels and deal with trump. the Democrats clearly said that whoever wins, there will not be any arguments on social media and it will all be dealt with in a civil matter. so I guess that makes democrats hypocritical just like their main feminists leader Hillary Clinton.

tell me what the fuck did trump do wrong and what sentence did he say that was racist.

huhhh well we've lost him. bye bye bruce springsteen you will be missed. The old bruce isn't coming back and I won't accept it but I'm gonna have to.

Go wear a pussy hat, Springsteen.

Band of Brothers-Joe & Bruce

I haven't heard this horrible hate song once on the radio...

Proud of my President..making America great again..Trump for 2020

Anthem Of The Braindead..

FUCK YOU BRUCE LIBTARD FUCK! I WANT TO STICK A PIECE OF STEEL FROM 9/11 UP YOUR ASS AND HIT ALL YOU BRUCE FANS OVER THE HEAD WITH FOR BEING STUPID!

How long did it take you to come up with that lame ass comeback, Tubby?

FASTER THAN YOU WROTE YOURS, SCUMMY!

I find that very hard to believe. The only thing you can do fast is lose brain cells and gain weight. Nice try, Water Head.

I would never take advice from a left anti-American douche bag! I dont care what you are anyone thinks of my videos but realistically you know i am a pretty well studied player that you are jelly of! hahahaahaa!

THANK YOU BRUCE WE NEEDED THAT HERE IN THE LAND OF THE TRUTH

Great song, great video! But what do we do about all the people who are just too dumb to realize they were conned into voting for him? Trump keeps reneging on his campaign promises. And the courts will continue to block his bigoted and unconstitutional executive orders! The Republicans complained for 6 years about Obamacare. Now that they have the power, they can't come up with a better plan! So funny! We need to give the power back to the people who actually want to help the American people. We have the most expensive health care system on the planet. Make Bernie Sanders president, and he will fix it!

Typical shit Liberal song. Give it up Bruce, all your fans are blue collar workers. Liberals fuck over the hard working man. Have you forgotten your roots?

No I think that's you, Pal.

No, that's definitely you faggit, plus I'm not your Pal. You don't have any Pals, except your Dads, when you blew him.

Get an original thought and learn to spell. Like I said you're all the same. You're all bent out of shape. You people are so easily rattled. That's the sign of a small mind.

Leigh Roy......your vivid depictions of incestuous gay sex sounds like your speaking from experience. Maybe you should seek some counseling for your pain.

Hahaha, maybe you're right. It's been a big week.

People who still think Trump is a good choice for President are either extremely wealthy or extremely fucking stupid. Sorry but that's reality.

these old hags need to go !

joe hauoi yeah the whole Republican Party is just a bunch of old white people. They should let an uprising commence.

WTF is this Bullshit FU you 3rd rate Bob Dylan You suck

I was wondering if Springsteen ever did a concert at a Trump venue in Atlantic City?

that sucks ass lol

The Boss and the power of the people is what makes this country great! Thank you, again, Bruce and Joe!!!

Please come back to Y-Town and sing to us financially downtrodden individuals about our plight in 'the rust belt'. But could you please sell the tickets for less than $150.00 this time. Please Bruce ... P...L...E...A...S...E

listen good

BRILLIANT!!! It says EVERYTHING !!!

lol I love bruce and this is hilarious.. keep coping

The liberals that love this is analogous to the kid that's excited to be asked to prom, even though they were asked as a joke

Huh? Are you saying that this song is a joke?

Sad, mostly

Good on Bruce Springsteen. America has been great, used to be great... until Trump and his bunch of deplorables started shitting all over it.

Obama was SHIT and should be arrested

Arrested for what? If anyone's going to be arrested it will be Trump. He's the one under 3 investigations right now.

For giving Nukes to Iran and N'Korea and opening the floodgates for Muslims into Europe and the USA. For starters... The Left can investigate this, f#ck the DEMON RAT PARTY and SPRINGSTEEN.. He was on a YACHT with OBAMA a few weeks ago. He's not a musician, he's a propagandist

Think you guys ripped off this other dude. https://youtu.be/-jc13HITo4w?list=PLOro_xkSAco8NxSvITSWQV9TUbCP4rTUW

Nothing to write home about

Other musicians didn’t start calling Bruce Springsteen “The Boss” for no reason; it wasn’t self-promotion at all. Like his well-known and highly regarded 1984 song “Born in the U.S.A.” which recalls the tragedies that the Vietnam War inflicted on so many people, including his friends, this song isn’t rock, it’s an anthem expressed using rock. Anthems are a separate genre used in various types of music, most commonly heard in music of celebration such as national anthems. Anthems are written to be inspirational and motivating. This is the best I’ve heard from Springsteen in a long time, in a few days this song is going to be everywhere. Springsteen and Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers clearly and emphatically deliver their message. The music and vocals are just right, solid, professionally played and produced. But what makes it a success for me is the lyrics. I like how they start singing about the beauty of the American Dream that we all love, then Grushecky sings a warning that there’s trouble ahead and we better do something. Next Springsteen hurls out the standard accusations that we’ve all heard many times before. But then he stops complaining and turns inward and asks himself: “What difference can I make?,” growing stronger with the repeated refrain “Love can conquer hate.”

The Boss and his pal Joe Grushecky’s new song lyrics:

“That’s What Makes Us Great”

Grushecky:
They come from everywhere
A longing to be free
They come to join us here
From sea to shining sea.

Duo:
And they all have a dream
As people always will
To be safe and warm
In that shining city on the hill.

Grushecky:
Some wanna slam the door
Instead of opening the gate
Aw, let’s turn this thing around
Before it gets too late.

Duo:
It’s up to me and you
Love can conquer hate
I know this to be true
THAT'S what makes us great.

Springsteen:
Don’t tell me a lie
And sell it as a fact
I’ve been down that road before
And I ain’t goin’ back
And don’t you brag to me
That you never read a book
I never put my faith
In a con man and his crooks.

Duo:
I won’t follow down that path
And tempt the hands of fate
Aw, let’s turn this thing around
Before it gets too late
It’s up to me and you
Love can conquer hate
I know this to be true
That’s what makes us great.

Springsteen:
In the quiet of the night
I lie here wide awake
And I ask myself
Is there a difference I can make?
It’s up to me and you
Love can conquer hate

Poor Bruce, old age and dementia have caught up with him. Perhaps the most anti-American song ever written since The Who done American Woman to make fun of us. very sad.

I wish I had a few Springsteen Snowflake tears, I heard they make great gun lube....

Here comes the Boss to save the day!

i somehow got to this video after watching a live version of Bruce performing Drive All Night. The difference in class between that and this is planetary.

Sounds like total crap! Omg, this guy might have been the boss at one point, but he ain't the boss of anything anymore, except maybe a dump that I took this morning. All you Libs can lick Deez Nuts!

Bill Conway I love how bills the only person standing up for the liberals. Go team Liberals!

I do support you bill, all the way.

#Notmyspringsteen -- Snowflake liberal communist Springsteen writes a song hating on President Trump whereby he pontificates love can conquer hate.  What hypocrisy. Couldn't bring in the blue collar vote for Hillary? Poor Bruce.

All the Americans and every population in the world has to understand that immigrants aren't leaving all they have behind for invading your country and slaveing you and your family; but instead for join you and your ideology, cause lot of times your homeland just isn't your patria.
So the fastest we all get this the fastest we can create something good out of our lives and countries

Bruce is realy geting muck gooder at ritting those liricks. He's inspirred me to be who I am two day

This song is useful when I want to torture people. It's more effective than water boarding !

....some are still blind and think that Trump really is great for America. If you put Trump up against Bruce, who is the man you will put your money on, when it comes to trust and to be a working class hero... you need to read a little, true value and honesty and here we have a man who gives away 200 000 USD after every show to ideal org. Trump, cheat on taxes and behave like an dictator....,choose your wish, with every wish come´s a curse.....

Are you on drugs. You don't know WTF you are talking about idiot

Frid66 do some research. Oh wait, conservatives don't care and tend to ignore anything that's bad about their beloved president. Oh wait, if they don't care, then why does Frid (what the hell is that name) comments on a comment that blatantly says that trump is basically a Conman? Well Frid is an idiot who can't say anything negative about trump or their very related cousins, aunts, uncles and regular family will frown upon what they call a "liberal snowflake" and then he'll be punished for his horrendous crime of...

being open minded. I'm sorry you had to read that Frid, us liberals know what happens in your incest filled towns. Because, we were all the same once. You, me, uncle daddy Cletus. Us Americans didn't quarrel, disagree, or get mildly furious against those city folk. We all came from a species related to the chimpanzee and there isn't a 'god' that has a plan for us. The world is also changing. We changed it. For centuries us humans have developed effective ways to make goods for other humans to use or have, but they way we did/do it effects the planet in ways we cannot fix. For example: the temperature of the planet rises a certain amount every year and as it rises, the percentage of ice on the planet sinks. And thus is 'global warming' or as you may know it as... 'fake news'. Why did I write that whole paragraph? To make a point? Maybe. To piss off an ignorant fuck who drinks beer and rapes his daughter every night because his cousin-wife says "not tonight"? No. My point is, you made a very bad choice about voting for a man who had a father with Alzheimers. I'm really just mad mainly for the Paris agreement, MAINLY. You conservatives always twist my words. But I'm also pissed about how many ignorant fucks are out there. I'm gonna end this with a question.
Do you conservatives check for multiple sources or do you just watch Fox and friends all day?

Frid66 btw Frid, no hard feelings. I just hate you politically.

Me One You realize Hillary cheated on her taxes too, right? Plus she stole money from her own organization, which was donated money to go to a certain cause, not for a $20,000 pant-suit.

I'm confused. Was someone anti immigration? Or anti illegal immigration. Let's bring up illegals in your next song Bossie boy, cuz immigrants are great and make this country better. Illegals however? Boot them.

His WIFE was an illegal immigrant, Sweetie....

Losersteen

Steve Johnson that's not very creative.

Sounds like a South Park parody about how lame liberals are

I don't think you understand the message in most South Park songs...

lol Springsteen's fans are the archetypal Trump voters! dumbass is out of touch with the country and even his own fans LOL

What a hateful person Bruce has become. I wish Bruce would stop spreading hate. The song is not that great either...

If you don't like Springsteen, Frid66, don't listen to him. How fucking hard can that be?

Fuckhead is everywhere in NY NJ area he's like elevator music you can't avoid it. :D

You take the stairs at the Sears Tower wise ass

Tell it to the Anti-Fa

I hope you don't kiss your girlfriend with that mouth...You seriously can't see the message here? Are you 5?

How strange his fair weather fans are now not his fans......says something.........

What a piece of crap , he is your PRESIDENT because we elected him , get over it . this will play on radio nowhere forever

Techinally, we voted for Clinton. Clinton lead Trump by 3 million votes but because of a fucked up (in my opinion, and by my own calculations which I can explain if you want) electoral college, he won.I mean I'm over it but if you're gonna throw the excuse around that he won the popular vote, you need to fact check.

They come from everywhere a longing to be free
They come to join us here from sea to shining sea
And they all have a dream As people always will
To be safe and warm In that shining city on the hill
Some wanna slam the door Instead of opening the gate
Aw, let’s turn this thing around Before it gets too late
It’s up to me and you
Love can conquer hate
I know this to be true
That’s what makes us great

Don’t tell me a lie And sell it as a fact
I’ve been down that road before And I ain’t goin’ back
And don’t you brag to me That you never read a book
I never put my faith In a con man and his crooks
I won’t follow down that path And tempt the hands of fate
Aw, let’s turn this thing around Before it gets too late
It’s up to me and you
Love can conquer hate
I know this to be true
That’s what makes us great
In the quiet of the night
I lie here wide awake
And I ask myself
Is there a difference I can make?

If Love Trumps Hate, then surely you must speak out constantly over the barbaric teachings of Islam that has them murdering LGBT people and female genital mutilation, right, Springsteen?

Don't you love how rightwingers pretend to care about gay people and women, as long as they get to slag off Muslim extremists?
See, it's not Muslims who are taking away women's and GLBTQ rights here in the USA -- that would be Publicans and other rightwingers.

I just love how lefties like you pretend to be all for equality, but only so long as you can put people down.
And anytime someone points out some serious issues that lefties should be railing against, they always go "la la la, rightwingers are the problem, la la la, ignore the obvious problem, la la la"

smartalek180 what rights were taken away. Im curious. What specific rights have been taken away? And Islam is well, not tolerant of women, or gays (women are murdered if they are raped, homosexuality is iegal and punishable by death if they dint just feel like torturing u instead) feminist and LGBTQ groups in the US support islam as of late, and I can't understand it. This is literally American jews supporting the NAZIs in the 30s-40s. You are misguided and extremely ill informed based on your comment. Research takes work!

Also if you are pro gov't/globalism, u should really replace that rebel insignia. Being a loyalist to the actual empire isn't flattering.

1. It is not the teachings that are murdering people and practicing FGM, it is the radical extremists of Islam.
2. Just because someone speaks out about a particular injustice or issue, doesn't mean they don't care about other issues.
3. What, precisely, are you doing to address the injustices of hate crimes against LGBT's and of FGM?

1. Ok, but you said "teachings."2. Where, precisely, does Bruce attack Christians and Americans? This song is very pro-American. It's just anti-Trump. America =/= whoever happens to be president at any given time. I'd bet that you criticized Obama on at least one occassion when he was president, am I right?   3. Then I hope you support welcoming refugees from these Islam nations to the US. The refugees are coming here precisely to escape the radicals who oppress gays and women.

Trite, boring, hack, pandering to the most intellectually lazy and naive amongst us. So basically all typical Bruce stuff.

Very gay. 0 stars. See me after class.

Wow what a boring song. This is real garbage in my opinion considering these guys are considered professional artists. What a joke.

Thanks to both of you for another great protest song! That's what makes us great!

I would rather listen to this than Ted Klugent or KKKid Rock anytime!
THANKS BRUCE AND JOE!

Great use of a sixth grade rhyming dictionary . . . . . but a pathetic excuse for a protest anthem.

please i'm ignorant, i do not recognize the voice of the other singer (not Bruce) 🙂

No matter what you think about the singers and the song, Trump has certainly stirred the passion up in mankind be it for better or for worse.

True and the LEFT like BRUCE must be destroyed

Bruce Snowflakesteen. Plus.......song sucks!

Thanks Bruce and Joe. Your message is clear and well stated. Thanks for sharing.

A lot of idiots on this thread. That said, keep on keepin' on Bruce and Joe. Rational people will once again rule the day, someday.

No, You forget so quickly? Your mouth got YOU in trouble! I guess you really are psycho or really fucking stupid and don’t learn!

PJ York
Go get fucked right -wing scum.....watch your dirty right-wing backs😎😎

This is same person that cancelled a concert in Greensboro, NC over their stance on transgenders. So who's hating who, Bruce? Go live in Syria or better yet, North Korea. with Nukehead.

And Obama and Clinton didn't lie. Clinton had sex with someone young enough to be his daughter. And Obama was not even BORN in the US, but somehow finagled his way into office. And if he had had his way, the National Anthem would have been "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing." Thank God for Trump. I compare him with Nixon, the most honest man that was ever president. Better yet, America would still be great if Strom Thurmond had been elected president in 1948. At least everyone would have known their place. Dixiecrat all the way.

@kenscribbles -- you are trying to use facts and logic in dealing with people who respect neither.
"A" for effort, but ultimately, a waste of time and energy.

mkl62 to think just a few years ago Syria was beautiful. Good thing the states have ISIS' back! Wouldn't want the country to get any better!

kenscribbles it's not about the president. Trump has obviously been compromised by the Deep State. They're the problem. Too bad, he lasted longer than i thought he would though. If yku didn't like him before, rest easy.. He's now owned by the same people who have always owned the government. Our outsider has failed, and The Establishment will make sure this never happens again. The US is occupied.

@mkl62 Did you really just say Nixon was the most honest man to ever be president? I don' t really want to attack him because I think he was one of the better presidents in the latter half of the twentieth century, but that statement is either woefully ignorant or purposefully stupid. Furthermore, Nixon would have hated nearly all of Trump's policies, given that he established the EPA, worked on extensive immigration reform, and encouraged foreign investment and labor. Educate yourself please.

This song really sucks. And no, I'm not a Trump supporter.

I am a huge Springsteen fan but i also voted Trump and it's honestly disappointing that he has to make anti trump songs and statements... not everyone thinks the same as him and he basically singles out all his trump supporter fans

Thanks for saying this. I was never much into Bruce, but rock music itself is pretty much gone due to demographic changes. Bon Jovi even started making country music because Americans are being severely replaced by invaders. Springsteen is going to have to join a salsa band soon.

Considering that DJT's approval rating is less than 40%, I don't think this song will hurt Bruce. Plus, he's already been a rock legend for decades and he's 70 years old, so he's in a place in his life where he can say whatever he wants politically without hurting his career.

Huh? Country music is American, just like rock.

Springstein sounds awful these days, his voice I mean.

I agree but he is 70 something now.

Derek S u crazy he is 67

God awful. A 95% Joe Grushecky song with a 5% cameo Springsteen appearance, kinda like diluting 1 part fine Scotch Whiskey with 19 parts Bud Light. The lyrics are childish, predictable, and worse, condescending. I don't listen to music to be lectured to, neither do Les Deplorables who put Trump in office and--years ago--made Springsteen a superstar. Now he comes forth out of New Jersey like a bad industrial odor to crap all over the people who made him filthy rich.

okay with that words out of your mouth, you have just proven that you understand shit. It´s better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are an idiot, rather than open it and prove that you are...why do you bother ? You need real friends, and you sure need something more....a lot more...but you will never have that coming...because you are to busy, busy to learn a blind man how to see...

Probably, you should practice your own advice, for it is you who sounds like the idiot. Like most "STARS", Springsteen should just stick to entertainment, instead of using his stage to address politics, complete with all of the separate subjects, like economics and global geography and human nature, subjects that he obviously has not a clue.

"Like most "STARS", Springsteen should just stick to entertainment, instead of using his stage to address politics"

Would that include like, Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, and Scott Baio as well?

Thank you, Bruce and Joe. It scares me to know that I live in the same country as these Trump Dump people.

Use to be a fan not anymore.

Hahaha! Deal with it bitch!! KAG...TRUMP 2020!!!

Well done Brucey! I'm proud of you for not being afraid to share you message through your music. Makes for a nice tune too :) Thanks for sharing it.

kenneth cloward how ?

give credit to Joe. smh.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/james-rogers-bush/the-die-is-cast/1243530945703239/

Thank you for uploading this. Despite all the discussion, it has not been widely available. You have done a public service.

Yes, a DIS service!

Let's have an impeach tRump tour sir .

Bruce is a liberal fascist communist. You can take that to the bank!

You cannot use big words until you fully understand their meaning. Obviously you don't. Go back under your rock.

Oh ... you're back.  And I'm impressed with all your big words. (If I can find any - and I can't).

Go head and do that to yourself, since it seems to be a hobby you talk about and seem to enjoy doing to yourself. The rest of us don't want to be included in your twisted fantasies, however.

Fuck yeah !

If love conquers hate, why all the hateful Trump bashing? Get over it. More bullshit from a billionaire has- been hack who thinks he has all the answers.

Alex Jones is a performanc artist. But you bought his ACT and his (non)facts didn't you.

Hey Trumpee, have you been grabbed by the ----- yet?

"More bullshit from a billionaire who thinks he has all the answers"...can't tell if he's referring to Donald or Bruce Springsteen. ;)

Very true, Robert. The Left only accepts peace and tolerance on their terms, not the Constitution's.

Disagreeing with a political figure or criticizing his policies is not the same as hating him.

A bit of good old honesty lads. Well done. Pity you guys are withdrawing it

?? Withdrawing it?

'Swat I read? Not sure

That's what I read... not sure