Enemy from Rainbow Shadows by Stellar

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
Its 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

• Folk
• acoustic folk
• acoustic guitar
• indie
• indie folk
• transcendental folk
• Austin