Listen to Wavin' Flag by K'naan

Wavin' Flag

K'naan

Hip-Hop/Rap

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

K'naan

Vocals

Bruno Mars

Guitar

P. Lawrence

Background Vocals

Deuce

Programming

Kerry Brothers

Programming

Nate Stallworth

Nate Stallworth

Keyboards

Onree Gill

Keyboards

Ron Haney

Guitar

Steve "Styles" Rodriguez

Steve "Styles" Rodriguez

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Keinan Abdi Warsame

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

Christian Plata

Recording Engineer

Erik Madrid

Recording Engineer

Kerry Brothers

Producer

Manny Marroquin

Manny Marroquin

Mixing Engineer

Miki Tsutsumi

Recording Engineer

Stuart White

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

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, oh

[Verse 1]

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

[PreChorus]

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

[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, oh

[Verse 2]

So many wars, settlin' scores

Bringing us promises, leavin' 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

[PreChorus]

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

[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

And then it goes

[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

And then it goes

[Bridge]

And everybody will be singing it

And you and I will be singing it

And we all will be singing it

[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

And then it goes

[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, oh

[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

Written by: 李焯雄

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