That day I walked by the river Remembering the days of yon Baba, the food she deliver A valley's worth so full and far We heard a plane in the air flying up above The enemy from overseas I grabbed my family by the hand 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 the roof we would hide when the sun was gone So quiet as we lay through the night I heard a man hit the window on the telephone They're searching for my family and I I took a chance with the gun holding in my hand Behind me we seek through the night I put the trigger to his head, now his life is gone My family we are free for the night No roots, no roots, no culture We're hiding in the thick of the night No roots, no roots, no culture My family we fight for our lives There's no price they can put on my name My heart's fighting in the game They tried to take my family apart It's a war that you don't want to start And now that they've put their hand on the enemy Almighty God has answered by Christ Sometimes a friend is also a frenemy They're smiling with them lying eyes Just like in life there's a war everywhere around But you can't be that shining light They took their bombs, their guns, they ate on me They're running in the dead of the night No roots, no roots, no culture No one can take that feeling from me No roots, no roots, no culture The power of the totara tree No roots, no roots, no culture No one can take that feeling from me No roots, no roots, no culture The power of the totara tree No roots, no roots, no culture No one can take that feeling from me No roots, no roots, no culture The power of the totara tree No roots, no roots, no culture The power of the totara tree No roots, no roots, no culture The power of the totara tree No roots, no roots, no culture The power of the totara tree No roots, no roots, no culture The power of the totara tree