Wavin' Flag

According to Songfacts, Wavin' Flag was originally released on K'naan's second studio album, Troubadour. It was the long player's third single and peaked at #99 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Toronto-raised hip-hop artist's first entry on the chart. A remixed version was chosen as the official song of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. It features revised lyrics with a new focus on football. Wavin' Flag lyrics When i get older, they'll call me freedom Just like a Waving Flag. [Chorus] When I get older, I will be stronger, They'll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag, And then it goes back, and then it goes back, And then it goes back Born to a throne, stronger than Rome but Violent prone, poor people zone, But it's my home, all I have known, Where I got grown, streets we would roam. But out of the darkness, I came the farthest, Among the hardest survival. Learn from these streets, it can be bleak, Except no defeat, surrender retreat, So we struggling, fighting to eat and We wondering when we'll be free, So we patiently wait, for that fateful day, It's not far away, so for now we say [Chorus] So many wars, settling scores, Bringing us promises, leaving us poor, I heard them say, love is the way, Love is the answer, that's what they say, But look how they treat us, Make us believers, We fight their battles, then they deceive us, Try to control us, they couldn't hold us, Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers. But we struggling, fighting to eat, And we wondering, when we'll be free So we patiently wait, for that faithful day, It's not far away, but for now we say, [Chorus] 2x (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And everybody will be singing it (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And you and I will be singing it (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And we all will be singing it (Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh) [Chorus] 2x When I get older, when I get older I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag, Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag

[Intro] When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag [Chorus] When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back, oh [Verse 1] Born to a throne, stronger than Rome A violence-prone poor-people zone But it's my home, all I have known Where I got grown, streets we would roam Out of the darkness, I came the farthest Among the hardest, survival Learn from these streets, it can be bleak Accept no defeat, surrender, retreat [Pre-Chorus] So we strugglin', fighting to eat And we wonderin' when we'll be free So we patiently wait for that fateful day It's not far away, but for now, we say [Chorus] When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back, oh [Verse 2] So many wars, settlin' scores Bringin' us promises, leavin' us poor I heard them say, "Love is the way Love is the answer," that's what they say But look how they treat us, make us believers We fight their battles, then they deceive us Try to control us, they couldn't hold us 'Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers [Pre-Chorus] But we strugglin', fighting to eat And we wonderin' when we'll be free So we patiently wait for that fateful day It's not far away, but for now, we say [Chorus] When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back, and then it goes— When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back, and then it goes— [Bridge] (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) And then it goes— (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) And everybody will be singing it (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) And you and I will be singing it (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) And we all will be singing it (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) [Chorus] When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back, and then it goes— When I get older, when I get older They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back, oh [Outro] When I get older When I get older I will be stronger Just like a wavin' flag Just like a wavin' flag Just like a wavin' flag, flag, flag Just like a wavin' flag