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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.
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  • NOW!16
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  • Juno Awards 2010
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  • Ö3 Greatest Hits 51
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  • Now That's What I Call Music! 76
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  • Dear-Nostalgia

    I go running with this song. Incredibly motivational, I LOVE it <3

    22 days ago

  • Hetfield55

    It takes me back to June too, this song will always remind me of summer/world cup '10. Great song [3] good times for the german team. This song is so full of african hope....

    last month

  • danboyle86

    Love it! Should have been the World Cup theme song, not that crappy Shakira song.

    February 2012

  • autumndee

    This song is so hopeful!

    November 2011

  • baldyburn500

    big tune,un like the world cup lol

    November 2011

  • ZeppelinNL

    How can there be 2 pages for the same tag of the song?

    November 2011

  • hoby0128

    delightful melody

    November 2011

  • dancercheerchik

    This song gives me immediate hope in tough times (2)

    October 2011

  • Ferdokki

    This song gives me immediate hope in tough times...

    October 2011

  • TheBigN

    His Coca-Cola version of the track should have been the official anthem of the 2010 World Cup, in my opinion.

    September 2011

  • Ferdokki

    He's such a cool guy. 8)

    September 2011

  • Invincible638

    great lyrics!

    September 2011

  • georger24

    :) ;) :0 ;0

    September 2011

  • mjuku

    inspirational... T_T

    September 2011

  • georger24

    great song

    September 2011

  • Ferdokki

    "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!!!

    August 2011

  • Clearwaters

    Love this. Lifted me up.

    August 2011

  • heylara

    unforgettable

    June 2011

  • childsplaymn

    the best

    June 2011

  • CHAMILLI2

    FAV K'NAAN TRACK

    June 2011
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