Wavin' Flag - Music
Wavin' Flag by K'naan
K'naan
Artist Biography For K'naan
Keinan Abdi Warsame Born 1978 Known Professionally As K'naan Is A Somali-Canadian Poet And Hip-Hop Artist. The Coming To America Songfacts States That Born In Mogadishu Somalia He Spent His Childhood There During The Somali Civil War Which Began In 1991. K’naan’s Grandfather Haji Mohammad Was A Poet And His Aunt Magool One Of Somalia's Most Famous Singers. The Young Somalian Acquired An Early Interest In Hip-Hop From The Records That Were Sent To Him From America By His Father. K’naan Describes Growing Up In Somalia Amidst The Ongoing Warfare On His Song "Coming To America". At Age 13 He Left For New York City With His Mother And Brother And Finally Settled In The Rexdale Neighbourhood Of Toronto. In 2001 K'naan Performed In Geneva At The 50th Anniversary Of The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees. In 2005 He Performed With DobaCaracol During The Live 8 Concert In Barrie Ontario. His Full-Length Debut Album The Dusty Foot Philosopher Was Released In 2005. His Song "Soobax" Pronounced "So-Bah" Is Now Featured In The Best Selling Video Game FIFA Football 2006 Made By Electronic Arts And He Has Toured The World With The Cup. K'naan Participated In The Breedlove Odyssey Tour With Mos Def Talib Kweli Pharoahe Monch And Jean Grae. He Also Participated In The "Welcome To Jamrock" Tour Along With Damian Marley. The Dusty Foot Philosopher Received A 2006 Juno Award For Rap Recording Of The Year And Was Nominated For The Inaugural Polaris Music Prize. He Also Featured In A Song By M1 Titled "Till We Get There". The Song "In The Beginning" From The Album The Dusty Foot Philosopher Was Featured In The 2008 Comedy "Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" He Also Toured With Stephen Marley On Stephen's "Mind Control" Tour. His Latest Album "Troubadour" Was Released In 2009 Featuring Guests Artists Such As Damian Marley Adam Levine Kirk Hammett Mos Def And Chali 2NA. A Remixed Version Of K'naan's Single "Wavin' Flag" Was Chosen As The Coca-Cola Anthem For The 2010 FIFA World Cup In South Africa. K'naan Won The 2010 Juno Awards For Canada's Artist Of The Year And Songwriter Of The Year.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Wavin' Flag
K'naan - Troubadour
According To Songfacts Wavin' Flag Was Originally Released On K'naan's Second Studio Album Troubadour. It Was The Long Player's Third Single And Peaked At #99 On The Billboard Hot 100 The Toronto-Raised Hip-Hop Artist's First Entry On The Chart. A Remixed Version Was Chosen As The Official Song Of The FIFA 2010 World Cup. It Features Revised Lyrics With A New Focus On Football. Wavin' Flag Lyrics When I Get Older They'll Call Me Freedom
Just Like A Waving Flag. Chorus 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 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 Faithful 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 Waving Flag Just Like A Waving Flag Just Like A Waving Flag
Flag Flag Just Like A Waving Flag
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Biography - K'naan
Keinan Abdi Warsame Born 1978 Known Professionally As K'naan Is A Somali-Canadian Poet And Hip-Hop Artist. The Coming To America Songfacts States That Born In Mogadishu Somalia He Spent His Childhood There During The Somali Civil War Which Began In 1991. K’naan’s Grandfather Haji Mohammad Was A Poet And His Aunt Magool One Of Somalia's Most Famous Singers. The Young Somalian Acquired An Early Interest In Hip-Hop From The Records That Were Sent To Him From America By His Father. K’naan Describes Growing Up In Somalia Amidst The Ongoing Warfare On His Song "Coming To America". At Age 13 He Left For New York City With His Mother And Brother And Finally Settled In The Rexdale Neighbourhood Of Toronto. In 2001 K'naan Performed In Geneva At The 50th Anniversary Of The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees. In 2005 He Performed With DobaCaracol During The Live 8 Concert In Barrie Ontario. His Full-Length Debut Album The Dusty Foot Philosopher Was Released In 2005. His Song "Soobax" Pronounced "So-Bah" Is Now Featured In The Best Selling Video Game FIFA Football 2006 Made By Electronic Arts And He Has Toured The World With The Cup. K'naan Participated In The Breedlove Odyssey Tour With Mos Def Talib Kweli Pharoahe Monch And Jean Grae. He Also Participated In The "Welcome To Jamrock" Tour Along With Damian Marley. The Dusty Foot Philosopher Received A 2006 Juno Award For Rap Recording Of The Year And Was Nominated For The Inaugural Polaris Music Prize. He Also Featured In A Song By M1 Titled "Till We Get There". The Song "In The Beginning" From The Album The Dusty Foot Philosopher Was Featured In The 2008 Comedy "Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" He Also Toured With Stephen Marley On Stephen's "Mind Control" Tour. His Latest Album "Troubadour" Was Released In 2009 Featuring Guests Artists Such As Damian Marley Adam Levine Kirk Hammett Mos Def And Chali 2NA. A Remixed Version Of K'naan's Single "Wavin' Flag" Was Chosen As The Coca-Cola Anthem For The 2010 FIFA World Cup In South Africa. K'naan Won The 2010 Juno Awards For Canada's Artist Of The Year And Songwriter Of The Year.
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According to Songfacts, Wavin' Flag was originally released on K'naan's second studio album, Troubadour. It was the long player's third single and peaked at #99 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Toronto-raised hip-hop artist's first entry on the chart. A remixed version was chosen as the official song of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. It features revised lyrics with a new focus on football.
Wavin' Flag lyrics
When i get older, they'll call me freedom
Just like a Waving Flag.
[Chorus]
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
[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 faithful 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 Waving Flag,
Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag
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