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Stellar (stylised stellar*) is a New Zealand pop/rock band led by vocalist Boh Runga, sister of acclaimed recording artist Bic Runga. They have had four RIANZ top 10 singles (the highest being "Every Girl" at No. 3) and two No. 1 albums. The band's signature song is "Violent", which at the 2000 New Zealand Music Awards won the Single of the Year award, as well as winning Runga an award for best Songwriter. The band won seven awards, among them the Best Album award for their debut, Mix. This was followed up by 2001's Magic Line and 2006's Something Like Strangers. The band officially disbanded in 2010 after releasing their greatest hits compilation, and reformed in 2017. more »

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Everyone thinks they're the good ones
Trying not to look in the mirror
But I see my people are fading
Digging our own graves

We think the enemy is them, there, can't you see
Terrorists and welfare queens sure as can be
But do you ever wonder why
There's always one more hate to try
What you might be missing
What you can't see

Because I've met the enemy
And the enemy is me
Nine at Emanuel
Three hundred at Wounded Knee
This violence is our history
And silence our complicity
And I ask you here right now
Who do you want to be

If only it were that simple
Somebody for us to blame
The system, it wants us fighting
While it feasts on our remains

I see no enemy
But if I did it would be me
My people have lost our way
Sure as can be
How do I turn and face
What we've become in the name of race
How do I dig its roots from inside me

Because I've met the enemy
And the enemy's in me
Eight in Atlanta
El Paso had twenty three
It's silence that's our history
And violence our complicity
We must at last stand down
If we want to be free

Freedom you are calling

Oh, freedom from all this hate
And from the need to subjugate
Freedom isn't quite the thing
You think it should be
And if there is an enemy
It's name is white supremacy
And everywhere they're rising up
So let's get free

Because I know this enemy
Inside of me
And it will stop at nothing
To make sure no one's free
It's long past time to pick a side
Will your kids believe you tried?
Because let me tell you now
One day we'll make it die
Make it die
It will die
Let it die

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