"Roots" with Maoli

We’ve been exploring different sounds for as long as we’ve been a band. We’ve tried many styles but we always love coming back to our roots. We grew up in the islands and the music, memories and culture have kept us grounded through our career. We tried to channel that with “Roots”. We wanted to feature a Hawaiian artist and were lucky to be able to get Maoli on the song. He is a rising star and one of the great voices in reggae and country music and he absolutely crushed it. Enjoy “Roots feat Maoli."

CREDITS

Released November 14, 2025

Written by Micah Pueschel, Adam Taylor, Micah Brown, Cayson Peterson, Joseph Dickens, Drake Peterson, Glenn Awong

"Roots" contains interpolations from "Smooth Operator" written by Sade Adu & Raymond William St. John published by Angel Music (PRS) C/O SM Publishing (UK) Limited songs & Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (PRS). All rights reserved. Used by permission. 

Produced by Iration 

Recorded and Engineered by Will Brierre 

Recorded at The Arcade in Los Angeles 

Mixed by Niko Marzouca & Robert Marks at Niko's House, Deerfield Beach, FL 

Mastered by Chris Allgood at Allgood Audio Worx in Bushwick, NYC

Cover Art: Bruno Cæsar @takiisbranding

Executive Producer:
A&R: Michael H. Burnett
Management: Michael H. Burnett
Additional Management: Xavier Ramirez
Additional A&R: Amee Jana
Digital Strategist: SocialSoundSystem

LYRICS

Just a young kid
From a place nobody’s heard of
Out in the country
Where you get what your deserve
And it’s a long road
When you grow up in the valley
Of the kings chasing California dreams
Driving coast to coast
In rain and through the snow
After the ghost of a dream
Living life mostly
Trying to survive
The thing that kept me being me

Was them roots
Yeah they grow a long way down, woah
Them roots, roots
Yeah they grow a long way down

Ya la la la
Ya la la la
Ya la la la

From a country boy
To the city
Never knew that the road was such a heartbreak
So many nights under the spotlight
Singing the songs that make you feel right
And when it comes onto me heavy
I’ll take a look all around
Now I’m ready
To give you the sound
To spread it around
To town to town
Oh what a feeling
To be giving them all the roots, woah yeah now

Roots
Yeah they grow a long way down
Them roots
Yeah they grow a long way down, woah
Them roots roots
Yeah they grow a long way down
Them roots roots
Yeah they grow a long way down
Yeah down, down, down

And we’re still on that journey
Through the blood and sweat
It's a never changing destination
And no, we’re not there yet
KOA up to Santa Barbara
Florida, and in Colorado
Plant the seed
And we watch it grow
Feel the love everywhere we go

Roots
Yeah they grow a long way down, woah
Them roots
Yeah they grow a long way down, woah
Them roots roots
Yeah they grow a long way down, woah
Them roots roots
Yeah they grow a long way down

Ya la la la
Ya la la la
Ya la la la