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This song is performed by K'naan and appears on the album Troubadour (2009).
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Wavin' Flag
was the Song of the Day on
July 31, 2011
Number-One HitThis song was a
Number-One Hit!
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When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin' flag.

[Chorus]
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

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.
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.

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

[Chorus]

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.

But 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] 2x

(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And everybody will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And you and I will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And we all will be singing it
(Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh)

[Chorus] 2x

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

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Celebration Mix VersionEdit

Ooooo oooooo oooo
ooooo oooooo oooo

Give me freedom, give me fire
Give me reason, take me higher
See the champions take the field now
You define us, make us feel proud

In the streets our heads are liftin'
As we lose our inhibition
Celebration, it surrounds us
Every nation, all around us

Saying forever young
Singing songs underneath the sun
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game
And together at the end of the day, we all say

When I get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
When I get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag

So wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag

Give you freedom, give you fire
Give you reason, take you higher
See the champions take the field now
You define us, make us feel proud

In the streets our heads are liftin'
As we lose our inhibition
Celebration, it surrounds us
Every nation, all around us

Saying forever young
Singing songs underneath the sun
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game
And together at the end of the day, we all say

When I get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
When I get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag

So wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag

We all say, when I get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
When I get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag

So wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag

And everybody will be singing it
And we all will be singing it

Spanish Celebration Mix Version (feat. David Bisbal)Edit

Ooooo oooooo oooo
ooooo oooooo oooo

Give me freedom, give me fire,
give me reason, take me higher see the champions, take the field now
unify us, make us feel proud
en las calles, muchas manos
levantadas, celebrando
una fiesta, sin descanzo
los paises, como hermanos

Canta y une tu voz
grita fuerte que te escuche el sol
el partido ya va a comenzar
todos juntos vamos a ganar

Unidos!
seremos grandes, seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo, bandera de libertad
que viene y que va, que viene y que va
que viene y que va, que viene y que
when i get older i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
so wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag ooo
ooooo oooooo oooo
ooooo oooooo oooo

Danos vida, danos fuego
que nos lleve, a lo alto
campeones, o vencidos
pero unidos, a internarlos
in the streets our, hands are lifting
as we lose our, inhibition
celebration, it surrounds us
every nation, all around us

Staying forever young,
singing songs underneath the sun
let's rejoice to the beautiful game,
then together at the end of the day
we all say

Seremos grandes, seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo, bandera de la libertad
que viene y que va, que viene y que va
que viene y que va, que viene y que
when i get older i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
so wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag ooo
ooooo oooooo oooo
ooooo oooooo oooo

Unidos!
seremos grandes, seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo, bandera de libertad
when i get older i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
so wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag ooo
ooooo oooooo oooo
and everybody will be singing it
ooooo oooooo oooo
and we all will be singing it

Brazilian Celebration Mix Version (feat. Skank)Edit

Gooooo-ooo-ool
Oooohhh...
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Brasil!
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Oooohhh...
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Brasil!

Give me freedom, give me fire
Give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now
Unify us, make us feel proud

In the streets our heads are lifting
As we lose our inhibition
Celebration, it surrounds us
Every nation all around us

Staying forever young
Singing songs underneath the sun
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game
Then together at the end of the day
We all say

REFRÃO (2X)
When i get older I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag
Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag

Gooooo-ooo-ool
Oooohhh...
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Brasil!
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Oooohhh...
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Brasil!

Gol de placa, de trivela
No cantinho pra desempatar
É de letra, de cabeça
Bicicleta pra comemorar

A bola vai rolar
Entre a camisa e o coração
Grito lá do fundo então
É campeão, é campeão!

REFRÃO
E quando ela rola o mundo para
Só na torcida, sem respirar
E quando ela passa pelo goleiro
O brasil inteiro vai comemorar
Comemorar
Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag

Gooooo-ooo-ool
Oooohhh...
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Brasil!
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Oooohhh...
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Brasil!

REFRÃO
E quando ela rola o mundo para
Só na torcida, sem respirar
E quando ela passa pelo goleiro
O brasil inteiro vai comemorar
Comemorar
Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag

Gooooo-ooo-ool
Oooohhh...
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Brasil!
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Oooohhh...
Gooooo-ooo-ool
Brasil!

Thai Celebration Mix Version (feat. Tattoo Colour)Edit

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แสงอาทิตย์สาด ตามฤดูกาล
เกมที่รอคอย คอยมาแสนนาน
วันที่โลกเปิด วันที่ทุกอย่าง
ตื่นมารวมกัน จนไม่เห็นห่าง
เงาของแสงไฟ ส่งที่ใบหญ้า
กายยังเคลื่อนไหว ล้มยังลุกใหม่
เกมที่ทดสอบ คนด้วยหัวใจ
คงจะได้รู้ ใครจะคว้าชัย

Staying forever young,
singing songs underneath the sun
let's rejoice to the beautiful game,
then together at the end of the day
We all say

ประตูที่สำคัญ คือรักที่ให้กัน
รางวัลที่คนผูกพัน
ให้เราได้สุขใจ ถึงโลกจะห่างไกล
ให้เราได้สุขใจ ถึงโลกจะห่างไกล
โว้ โอ โอ๊
When i get older i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
so wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag ooo
โว้ โอ โอ๊ โอ๊ โอ่ โอ โอ๊ โอ่ โอ๊ โอ่ โอ โอ๊ โอ่
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Give you freedom, give you fire
give you reason, take you higher
see the champions, take the field now
unify us, make us feel proud
แสงอาทิตย์สาด ตามฤดูกาล
เกมที่รอคอย คอยมาแสนนาน
วันที่โลกเปิด วันที่ทุกอย่าง
ตื่นมารวมกัน จนไม่เห็นห่าง
เงาของแสงไฟ ส่งที่ใบหญ้า
กายยังเคลื่อนไหว ล้มยังลุกใหม่
เกมที่ทดสอบ คนด้วยหัวใจ
คงจะได้รู้ ใครจะคว้าชัย

Staying forever young,
singing songs underneath the sun
let's rejoice to the beautiful game,
then together at the end of the day
We all say

ประตูที่สำคัญ คือรักที่ให้กัน
รางวัลที่คนผูกพัน
ให้เราได้สุขใจ ถึงโลกจะห่างไกล
ให้เราได้สุขใจ ถึงโลกจะห่างไกล
โว้ โอ โอ๊
when i get older i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
so wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag ooo
โอ๊ โอ่ โอ โอ๊ โอ่ โอ่ โอ๊ โอ่ โอ โอ โอ่ โอ โอ๊ โอ
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ประตูที่สำคัญ คือรักที่ให้กัน
รางวัลที่คนผูกพัน
ให้เราได้สุขใจ ถึงโลกจะห่างไกล
ให้เราได้สุขใจ ถึงโลกจะห่างไกล
โว้ โอ โอ๊
when i get older i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
so wave your flag now wave your flag
now wave your flag ooo
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Young artists for HaitiEdit

http://www.facebook.com/youngartistsforhaiti Young Artists for Haiti Facebook page

(All) When I get older I will be stronger
(All) They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag

(K'naan) Born from a throne older than Rome
(K'naan) But violent prone poor people zone
(Nelly Furtado) But it's my home, all I have known
(Sam Roberts) Where I got grown but now it's gone

(Avril Lavigne) Out of the darkness in came the carnage
(Avril Lavigne) Threatening my very survival
(Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan) Fractured my streets and broke all my dreams
(Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman) Now feels like defeat to wretched retreat

(All & Kardinal Offishall) So we struggling, fighting to eat
(All & Kardinal Offishall) And we wondering if we'll be free
(Jully Black) We cannot wait for some faithful day
(Jully Black) It's too far away so right now I say

(All) When I get older I will be stronger
(All) They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag
(All) And then it goes back, and then it goes back
(All) And then it goes back, ooooh

(Lights) So many wars settling scores
(Deryck Whibley of Sum 41) All that we've been through and now there is more
(Serena Ryder) I hear them say, love is the way
(Jacob Hoggard of Hedley) Love is the answer, that's what they say

(Emily Haines) But we are not just dreamers of broken down grievers
(Hawksley Workman) A hand will reach us and when will it take us
(Drake) They can't control us, no, it can't hold us down
(Chin Injeti of Bass Is Base) We gonna pick it up even though we still

(All & Pierre Lapointe) Struggling! Au nom de la survie
(All & Pierre Lapointe) And we wondering! Battant pour nos vie
(Esthero & Corb Lund) Who patiently wait for some other day
(Esthero & Fefe Dobson) That's too far away, so right now I say

(All) When I get older I will be stronger
(All) They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag
(All) And then it goes back, and then it goes back
(All) And then it goes back, ooooh

(All) When I get older I will be stronger
(All) They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag
(All) And then it goes back, and then it goes back
(All) And then it goes back, ooooh

[RAP PART]
(Drake) How come when the media stops covering
(Drake) And there's a little help from the government
(Drake) We forget about the people still struggling
(Drake) And assume that its really all love again
(Drake) See we don't have to wait for things to break apart
(Drake) If you weren't involved before it's never too late to start
(Drake) You probably think that it's too far to even have to care
(Drake) We'll take a look at where you live what if it happened there
(Drake) You have to know the urge to make a change lies within
(Drake) And we can be the reason that they see their flag rise again

(Nikki Yanofski) When I get older I will be stronger
(Nikki Yanofski) They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag
(15 & Justin Nozuka) And then it goes back, and then it goes back
(Nikki Yanofski) And then it goes back...

(All) When I get older I will be stronger
(All) They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag
(All) And then it goes back, and then it goes back
(All) And then it goes back, ooooh

(All) When I get older I will be stronger
(All) They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag
(All) And then it goes back, and then it goes back
(All) And then it goes back, ooooh

(Justin Bieber) When I get older...
(Justin Bieber) When I get older...
(Justin Bieber) I will be stronger...
(Justin Bieber) Just like a waving, flag...
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