“Wavin' Flag (Live At Juno Awards 2010)” is a song by K'naan and Young Artists for Haiti sung live at the Juno Awards in 2010. The song is only available in Canada.
Lyrics[]
[Intro: K'naan]
When I get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag
[Chorus: K'naan]
When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
[Verse 1]
Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
A violence 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 survival
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak
Accept no defeat, surrender, retreat
[Pre-Chorus: K'naan]
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, but for now we say
[Chorus: 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, and then it goes back
And then it goes back, oh
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus: K'naan]
But we struggling, fighting to eat
And we wondering, when we'll be free
So we patiently wait for that faithful day
It's not far away but for now we say
[Chorus: 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, and then it goes back
And then it goes back, and then it goes
When I get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes, Drizzy
[Verse 3: Drake]
How come when the media stops covering
And there’s a little help from the government
We forget about the people still struggling
And assume that it's really all love again, nah
See we don’t have to wait for things to break apart
If you weren't involved before, it’s never too late to start
You probably think that it’s too far to even have to care
Well, take a look at where you live, what if it happened there?
You have to know the urge to make a change lies within
And we can be the reason that they see their flag rise again
[Chorus: Nikki Yanofsky]
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
Then it goes back
[Chorus:: K'naan]
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
[Chorus:: K'naan with Drake]
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
[Outro: Justin Bieber]
When I get older, when I get older
I will be stronger, just like a waving flag
[Bridge: K'naan]
And everybody will be singing it
And you and I will be singing it
And we all will be singing it
[Chorus: 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, and then it goes back
And then it goes back, oh
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
Credits[]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[1]
- Composer: Bruno Mars / Jean Daval / Keinan Abdi Warsame / Philip Lawrence
- Lyricist: Bruno Mars / Jean Daval / Keinan Abdi Warsame / Philip Lawrence
- Featured Artist: Young Artists For Haiti