That thing I walk by the river

Remembering the days of young

My mum the food she delivered

Our bellies were so full and fun

We heard a plane in the air flying up above

The enemy from overseas

The sea

I grabbed my family by the hands and we ran away

We're running from the enemy

No roots no roots no culture

We're running from the enemy

No roots no roots no culture

I'm hiding with my family

Inside a room we would hide when the sun was gone

So quiet as we hid through the night

I heard a man through the window on the telephone

They're searching for my family and I

I take a chance with the gun holding in my hand

Behind it we would seek through the night

I pulled the trigger to his head now his life is gone

My family we are free for the night

Say no roots no roots no culture

We're hiding in the thick of the night

No roots no roots no culture

My family will fight for our lives

There's no price they can put on our name

My hearts fighting in the game

They tried to take my family apart

It's a war that you don't want to start

And now the tables have turned on the enemy

Almighty God has answered my cries

Sometimes a friend is also a frenemy

They're smiling with them lying eyes

Just like in life there's a war everywhere around

And you can be the shining light

They took their bombs their guns the enemy

They're running in the dead of the night

Our roots our roots our culture

No one can take that feeling from me

Yeah

Our roots our roots our culture

The power of the totara tree yeah

Our roots our roots our culture

No one can take that feeling from me no

Our roots our roots our culture

The power of the totara tree