(Intro)When I get older, I will be strongerThey'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag(Hook)When I get older, I will be strongerThey'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flagAnd then it goes backAnd then it goes backAnd then it goes backOhhhhh[K'naan]Born to a throne, stronger then RomeA violent prone, poor people zoneBut it's my home, all I have knownWhere I got grown, streets we would roamOut of the darkness, I came the farthestAmong the hardest survivorsLearn from these streets, it can be bleakExcept no defeat, surrender, retreatSo we strugglin', fightin' to eatAnd we wonderin', when we'll be freeSo we patiently wait for that fateful dayIt's not far away, but for now we say...(Hook)[K'naan]So many wars, settlin' scoresBringin' us promises, leavin' us poorI heard 'em say, love is the wayLove is the answer, that's what they sayBut look how they treat usMake us believers, we fight their battlesThen they deceive usTried to control us, they couldn't hold usCuz we just moved forward like Buffalo SoldiersBut we strugglin', fightin' to eatAnd we wonderin', when we'll be freeSo we patiently wait for that fateful dayIt's not far away, but for now we say...(Hook) 2xOhhhhhhh...Ohhhhhhh...Ohhhhhhh...[Interlude]And everybody will be singing itAnd you and I will be singing itAnd we all will be singing itOhhhhhhh...Ohhhhhhh...Ohhhhhhh...(Hook) 2x(Outro)When I get older; when I get olderI will be stronger, just like a wavin' flagJust like a wavin' flag, just like a wavin' flagFlag, flag, just like a wavin' flag