Wavin' Flag (Instrumental)-K'NAAN

[00:00.00]When I get older [00:01.750]I will be stronger [00:03.324]They'll call me freedom [00:05.51]Just like a wavin'flag [00:10.150]When I get older [00:11.534]I will be stronger [00:13.106]They'll call me freedom [00:14.679]Just like a wavin'flag [00:16.755]And then it goes back [00:18.392]And then it goes back [00:19.966]And then it goes back [00:22.853]Born to a throne [00:24.237]Stronger than Rome [00:25.747]But violent prone [00:27.322]Poor people zone [00:28.959]But its my home [00:30.467]All I have known [00:32.43]Where I got grown [00:33.674]Streets we would roam [00:35.184]Out of the darkness [00:36.730]I came the farthest [00:38.303]Among the hardest [00:39.940]Survival [00:41.700]Learned from these streets [00:43.148]They can be bleak [00:44.658]Accept no defeat [00:46.116]Surrender retreat [00:47.689]So we struggling [00:49.388]Fighting to eat [00:50.819]And we wondering [00:52.456]When we'll be free [00:54.92]So we patiently wait [00:55.541]For that fateful day [00:57.112]It's not far away [00:58.813]But for now we say [01:00.449]When I get older [01:02.19]I will be stronger [01:03.537]They'll call me freedom [01:05.166]Just like a wavin'flag [01:07.356]And then it goes back [01:08.990]And then it goes back [01:10.438]And then it goes back [01:13.58]So many wars [01:14.522]Settling scores [01:15.403]Bringing us promises [01:17.604]Leaving us poor [01:19.367]I heard them say [01:20.814]Love is the way [01:22.451]Love is the answer [01:24.63]That's what they say [01:25.698]But look how they treat us [01:27.116]Make us believers [01:28.816]We fight their battles [01:30.390]Then they deceive us [01:32.26]Try to control us [01:33.600]They couldn't hold us [01:35.133]But we just move forward [01:36.771]Like Buffalo Soldiers [01:38.282]But we struggling [01:39.780]Fighting to eat [01:41.211]And we wondering [01:43.34]When we'll be free [01:44.609]So we patiently wait [01:46.119]For that fateful day [01:47.754]It's not far away [01:49.74]But for now we say [01:50.961]When I get older [01:52.536]I will be stronger [01:54.47]They'll call me freedom [01:55.680]Just like a wavin'flag [01:57.694]And then it goes back [01:59.458]And then it goes back [02:00.966]And then it goes back [02:02.676]And then it goes [02:03.532]When I get older [02:05.42]I will be stronger [02:06.680]They'll call me freedom [02:08.252]Just like a wavin'flag [02:10.553]And then it goes back [02:12.00]And then it goes back [02:13.510]And then it goes back [02:15.324]And then it goes [02:18.43]And then it goes [02:26.642]And everybody will be singing it [02:30.108]And you and I will be singing it [02:33.441]And we all will be singing it [02:41.333]When I get older [02:42.968]I will be stronger [02:44.543]They'll call me freedom [02:46.116]Just like a wavin'flag [02:48.459]And then it goes back [02:49.969]And then it goes back [02:51.542]And then it goes back [02:53.178]And then it goes [02:54.91]When I get older [02:55.539]I will be stronger [02:57.111]They'll call me freedom [02:58.685]Just like a wavin'flag [03:00.888]And then it goes back [03:02.525]And then it goes back [03:03.972]And then it goes back [03:08.229]When I get older [03:11.375]When I get older [03:14.457]I will be stronger [03:17.667]Just like a wavin'flag [03:20.738]Just like a wavin'flag [03:24.238]Just like a wavin'flag [03:27.321]Flag [03:28.708]Flag [03:30.407]Just like a wavin'flag