Waving flag
K'naan"Waving flag" is a song by K'naan, released in 2010 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:31 long and contains 107 lines and 453 words.
Lyrics
0:00When I get older
0:02I will be stronger
0:03They'll call me freedom
0:05Just like a wavin' flag
0:10When I get older
0:12I will be stronger
0:13They'll call me freedom
0:15Just like a wavin' flag
0:17And then it goes back
0:19And then it goes back
0:20And then it goes back
0:23Born to a throne
0:24Stronger than Rome
0:26But violent-prone
0:27Poor people zone
0:29But it's my home
0:30All I have known
0:32Where I got grown
0:34Streets we would roam
0:35Out of the darkness
0:37I came the farthest
0:38Among the hardest survival
0:42Learn from these streets
0:43It can be bleak
0:45Accept no defeat
0:46Surrender retreat
0:48So we strugglin'
0:50Fightin' to eat
0:51And we wonderin'
0:53When we'll be free
0:54So we patiently wait
0:56For that fateful day
0:57It's not far away
0:59But for now we say
1:01When I get older
1:02I will be stronger
1:04They'll call me freedom
1:05Just like a wavin' flag
1:08And then it goes back
1:09And then it goes back
1:11And then it goes back
1:13So many wars
1:15Settlin' scores
1:16Bringing us promises
1:18Leaving us poor
1:19I heard them say
1:21Love is the way
1:23Love is the answer
1:24That's what they say
1:26But look how they treat us
1:27Make us believers
1:29We fight their battles
1:30Then they deceive us
1:32Try to control us
1:34They couldn't hold us
1:35'Cause we just move forward
1:37Like Buffalo soldiers
1:38So we strugglin'
1:40Fightin' to eat
1:41And we wonderin'
1:43When we'll be free
1:44So we patiently wait
1:46For that fateful day
1:48It's not far away
1:49But for now we say
1:51When I get older
1:53I will be stronger
1:54They'll call me freedom
1:56Just like a wavin' flag
1:58And then it goes back
2:00And then it goes back
2:01And then it goes back
2:03And then it goes
2:04When I get older
2:05I will be stronger
2:07They'll call me freedom
2:08Just like a wavin' flag
2:11And then it goes back
2:12And then it goes back
2:14And then it goes back
2:15And then it goes
2:19And then it goes
2:27And everybody will be singing it
2:30And you and I will be singing it
2:34And we all will be singing it
2:42When I get older
2:43I will be stronger
2:45They'll call me freedom
2:46Just like a wavin' flag
2:49And then it goes back
2:50And then it goes back
2:52And then it goes back
2:53And then it goes
2:54When I get older
2:56I will be stronger
2:57They'll call me freedom
2:59Just like a wavin' flag
3:01And then it goes back
3:03And then it goes back
3:04And then it goes back
3:09When I get older
3:12When I get older
3:15I will be stronger
3:18Just like a wavin' flag
3:21Just like a wavin' flag
3:24Just like a wavin' flag flag flag
3:31Just like a wavin' flag
When I get older I will be stronger They'll call me freedom Just like a wavin' flag 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 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 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 So we strugglin' Fightin' 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 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 So many wars Settlin' 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 So we strugglin' Fightin' 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 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 And then it goes And everybody will be singing it And you and I will be singing it And we all will be singing it 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 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
Translation
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