When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
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
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
But out of the darkness, I came the farthest
Among the hardest survival
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak
Except 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
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
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 Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back
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
(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)
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
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
When I get older, when I get older
I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag
Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag
Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag.
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
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
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
But out of the darkness, I came the farthest
Among the hardest survival
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak
Except 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
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
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 Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back
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
(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)
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
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
When I get older, when I get older
I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag
Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag
Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag.
Contributed by Marcia - 2010/5/28 - 19:25
Language: English
Young Artists For Haiti version
WAVIN' FLAG
When I get older
I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin flag
Born from a throne
Older than Rome
But violent prone
Poor people zone
But it’s my home
All I have known
Where I got grown
But now its gone
Out of the darkness
In came the carnage
Threatening my very
Survival
Fractured my streets
And broke all my dreams
Now feels like defeat
To wretched retreat
So we strugglin’
Fighting to eat
And we wonderin’
If we’ll be free
We cannot wait
For some faithful day
It’s too far away
So right now I’ll say
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
Ahhho ahhho ahhho
So many wars
Settling scores
All that we’ve been through
And now there is more
I hear them say
Love is the way
Love is the answer
That’s what they say
But were not just dreamers
Of broken down grievers
Our hand will reach us
And we will not see ya
This can’t control us
No it can’t hold us down
We gon pick it up
Even though...
We still struggling
Au nom de la survie (In the name of survival)
and we wondering
Battant pour nos vies (Fighting for our lives)
We patiently wait
For some other day
That's too far away
So right now I say
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
Ahhho ahhho ahhho
Uhh – well alright
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 its really all love again nahh
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 the flag rise again
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
Then it goes back...
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
Ahhho ahhho ahhho
When I get older
When I get older
I will be stronger
just like a waving flag
When I get older
I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin flag
Born from a throne
Older than Rome
But violent prone
Poor people zone
But it’s my home
All I have known
Where I got grown
But now its gone
Out of the darkness
In came the carnage
Threatening my very
Survival
Fractured my streets
And broke all my dreams
Now feels like defeat
To wretched retreat
So we strugglin’
Fighting to eat
And we wonderin’
If we’ll be free
We cannot wait
For some faithful day
It’s too far away
So right now I’ll say
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
Ahhho ahhho ahhho
So many wars
Settling scores
All that we’ve been through
And now there is more
I hear them say
Love is the way
Love is the answer
That’s what they say
But were not just dreamers
Of broken down grievers
Our hand will reach us
And we will not see ya
This can’t control us
No it can’t hold us down
We gon pick it up
Even though...
We still struggling
Au nom de la survie (In the name of survival)
and we wondering
Battant pour nos vies (Fighting for our lives)
We patiently wait
For some other day
That's too far away
So right now I say
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
Ahhho ahhho ahhho
Uhh – well alright
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 its really all love again nahh
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 the flag rise again
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
Then it goes back...
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
Ahhho ahhho ahhho
When I get older
When I get older
I will be stronger
just like a waving flag
Contributed by Marcia - 2010/6/8 - 11:51
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Un bel messaggio per le persone nate in paesi poveri, sottosviluppati, sottomessi che devono affrontare i problemi della guerra, la fame, la disperazione...un bel messaggio di incoraggiamento alla lotta, a non arrendersi, a migliorare sempre e comunque per se stessi ma anche per il proprio paese...
Una canzone che ci invita a credere ma soprattutto a sperare in un futuro migliore nonostante sembri che nulla sia cambiato o che si torni indietro o semplicemente che si rimanga sempre fermi allo stesso punto.
È la lotta o la resistenza l'unica cosa che non fa morire la speranza ed è importante che le nuove generazioni siano fiduciose e pronte a cambiare la realtà e le ingiustizie di un paese e perché no del mondo intero...
Da non tralasciare anche l'aspetto critico di questo testo verso i potenti che manovrano i fili accecati dalla sete di potere e dalla avidità.