[Chorus: K'naan]
When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
So wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag (Oh)

[Verse 1: K'naan]
Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
A violence-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

[Pre-Chorus: K'naan]
So we strugglin', fighting 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: K'naan]
When I get older, I will be stronger
I'll make it better, struggle no longer
When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
So wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag (Oh)
[Verse 2: K'naan & will.i.am]
So many wars (Wars), settlin' scores (Scores)
Bringin' us promises, leavin' us poor
And in a situation when death's a compensation
They got no occupation to buy no medication
See, it's a combination of no education
But we can never get and save tomorrow's generation
'Cause they can't control us, no, they can't hold us down
We gon' pick it up

[Pre-Chorus: will.i.am & K'naan]
Even though we all strugglin', fighting to eat
And we wondering when we'll be free
So we patiently wait (Wait) for that fateful day (Go)
It's not far away, but for now, we say

[Chorus: K'naan, will.i.am, Both]
When I get older, I will be stronger
I'll make it better, struggle no longer
When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
So wave your flag (Yeah), and wave your flag (Yeah)
And wave your flag (Yeah), and wave your flag
And wave your flag, and wave your flag
And wave your flag
[Bridge: K'naan]
(Oh)
(Oh)
(Oh)
(Oh)
And everybody will be singing it (Oh)
And you and I will be singing it (Oh)
And we all will be singing it (Oh)
Oh, oh, oh (Oh)

[Chorus: K'naan, K'naan & will.i.am, will.i.am]
When I get older, I will be stronger
Stronger, stronger, I will be stronger
Stronger, stronger, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
So wave your flag, and wave your flag
And wave your flag, and wave your flag
And wave your flag, and wave your flag
And wave your flag (Yeah)

[Outro: K'naan]
(Oh, oh, oh) Just like a wavin' flag
(Oh, oh) Just like a wavin' flag
Just like a wavin' flag
Just like a wavin' flag