K'NAAN - Wavin' Flag

[00:00.15] When I get older I will be stronger [00:03.78] They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag [00:10.25] When I get older I will be stronger [00:13.43] They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag [00:17.32] And then it goes back, and then it goes back [00:20.48] And then it goes back, oh [00:23.08] Born to a throne, stronger than Rome [00:25.95] But violent prone, poor people zone [00:29.27] But it's my home, all I have known [00:32.46] Where I got grown, streets we would roam [00:35.55] Out of the darkness, I came the farthest [00:38.70] Among the hardest survival [00:41.96] Learn from these streets, it can be bleak [00:44.72] Accept no defeat, surrender, retreat [00:47.87] So we struggling, fighting to eat [00:50.94] And we wondering when we'll be free [00:54.29] So we patiently wait for that fateful day [00:57.52] It's not far away, but for now we say [01:00.84] When I get older I will be stronger [01:04.03] They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag [01:07.82] And then it goes back, and then it goes back [01:11.07] And then it goes back, oh [01:13.57] So many wars, settling scores [01:16.65] Bringing us promises, leaving us poor [01:19.72] I heard them say, "Love is the way" [01:22.98] "Love is the answer," that's what they say [01:25.83] But look how they treat us, make us believers [01:29.39] We fight their battles, then they deceive us [01:32.44] Try to control us, they couldn't hold us [01:35.52] 'Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers [01:38.48] But we struggling, fighting to eat [01:41.60] And we wondering, when we'll be free [01:44.71] So we patiently wait for that faithful day [01:48.02] It's not far away but for now we say [01:51.32] When I get older I will be stronger [01:54.53] They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag [01:58.31] And then it goes back, and then it goes back [02:01.49] And then it goes back, and then it goes [02:04.06] When I get older I will be stronger [02:07.16] They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag [02:10.94] And then it goes back, and then it goes back [02:14.12] And then it goes back, and then it goes [02:18.88] And then it goes [02:19.87] [02:27.32] And everybody will be singing it [02:30.22] And you and I will be singing it [02:33.55] And we all will be singing it [02:36.02] [02:41.94] When I get older, I will be stronger [02:45.11] They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag [02:48.86] And then it goes back, and then it goes back [02:52.09] And then it goes back, and then it goes [02:54.54] When I get older, I will be stronger [02:57.76] They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag [03:01.56] And then it goes back, and then it goes back [03:04.70] And then it goes back, oh [03:08.63] When I get older, when I get older [03:15.06] I will be stronger just like a wavin' flag [03:21.27] Just like a wavin' flag, just like a wavin' flag [03:27.76] Flag, flag, just like a wavin' flag [03:33.47]