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   Aug
   
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   Wavin’ Flag by K’naan

   When I get older, I will be stronger
   They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag
   And then it goes back…

   Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
   A 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 survivors
   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.

   (Hook)

   So many wars, settlin’ scores
   Bringin’ us promises, leavin’ us poor
   I heard ‘em 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
   Tried to control us, they couldn’t hold us
   Cuz we just moved forward like Buffalo Soldiers
   But 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.

   (Hook) 2x

   [Interlude]
   And everybody will be singing it
   And you and I will be singing it
   And we all will be singing it

   (Hook) 2x

   (Outro)
   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

   —-

   Great song, powerful words. It’s one of those songs that’ll hit you straight on. I truly felt the angst and the hint of hope w/in the lyrics.

   I’m with them, I too will “patiently wait for that fateful day.”

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