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About This Track
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.
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
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.
Wavin’ Flag lyrics
When i get older, they’ll call me freedom
Just like a Waving Flag.
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
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.
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Shouts
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danboyle86 wrote:
Love it! Should have been the World Cup theme song, not that crappy Shakira song.
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autumndee wrote:
This song is so hopeful!
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baldyburn500 wrote:
big tune,un like the world cup lol
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ZeppelinNL wrote:
How can there be 2 pages for the same tag of the song?
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hoby0128 wrote:
delightful melody
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dancercheerchik wrote:
This song gives me immediate hope in tough times (2)
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Ferdokki wrote:
This song gives me immediate hope in tough times...
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TheBigN wrote:
His Coca-Cola version of the track should have been the official anthem of the 2010 World Cup, in my opinion.
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Ferdokki wrote:
He's such a cool guy. 8)
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Invincible638 wrote:
great lyrics!
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georger24 wrote:
:) ;) :0 ;0
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mjuku wrote:
inspirational... T_T
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georger24 wrote:
great song
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Ferdokki wrote:
"When I get older, I will be stronger. They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag..." I LOVE THIS SONG!!! Ftw, K'naan!!!
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Clearwaters wrote:
Love this. Lifted me up.
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heylara wrote:
unforgettable
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childsplaymn wrote:
the best
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CHAMILLI2 wrote:
FAV K'NAAN TRACK
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Sowinho wrote:
Awesome !
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AnaM16 wrote:
<3
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