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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
K'naan
Vocals
Bruno Mars
Guitar
P. Lawrence
Background Vocals
Deuce
Programming
Kerry Brothers
Programming
Nate Stallworth
Keyboards
Onree Gill
Keyboards
Ron Haney
Guitar
Steve "Styles" Rodriguez
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Keinan Abdi Warsame
Songwriter
Jean Daval
Songwriter
Bruno Mars
Songwriter
P. Lawrence
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
K'naan
Producer
Bruno Mars
Producer
Ari Levine
Recording Engineer
Christian Plata
Recording Engineer
Erik Madrid
Recording Engineer
Kerry Brothers
Producer
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer
Miki Tsutsumi
Recording Engineer
Stuart White
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
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
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back, oh
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, but for now we say
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
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 faithful day
It's not far away but for now we say
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 back, and then it goes
And then it goes
And everybody will be singing it
And you and I will be singing it
And we all will be singing it
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 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
Writer(s): Philip Martin Lawrence Ii, Jean Guillaume Daval, Keinan Abdi Warsame, Peter Gene Hernandez
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