K'naan - Wavin' Flag (Original Song)
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- K'naan - Wavin' Flag
Album: Troubadour
"Wavin' Flag" is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour. The song was a global hit, reaching the top ten in 19 charts around the world and was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa. The English version was released as "Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)" by K'naan. A version of the song featuring will.i.am and David Guetta was targeted for international release. Many other bilingual and country-specific versions were released. A remake of the song by an ad hoc supergroup of Canadian artists, credited as Young Artists for Haiti, became a charity single in Canada.
![Original K'naan - Wavin' Flag dedicated to Nelson Mandela [FIFA World Cup 2010] HQ MUSIC VIDEO.mp4](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OM1G9BRqGMU/mqdefault.jpg)
I finally found the version I've been searching for years.
lol same
Now , no one have a problem with that
A had this one, bt i lost it and am really happy
Same here
Agreed
"I heard them say, love is the way. Love is the answer. That's what they say. But look how they treat us.."
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
사랑이 답이다. 사람을 사랑하자.
사랑합니다. 지구촌 가족 여러분!
The whites knew how to rule SA. Respect apartheid
"But it's my home, all I've ever known" - amazing lyrics
Ana Luiza Brown it’s talking about Somalia where he was born and has been in a civil war
He is talking about Africa our home 😭😭😭😭
Realy
@@willywonka7613 ف
Doesn't matter where he is talking about. This song is universal so everybody can identify with it.
This is the best version!!
Edit : I should add "in my opinion"
MysteryCraftGirl I agree.
F*ck Coca Cola (I'm actually drinking Coca Cola Lemon right now, taste really good)!!!
Yep
no the sc version was better
Agreed!
True!
Lyrics of Coca-Cola version destroyed this beautiful, touching song...
Facts it’s sad but not surprising
Well said this is wayyy better 👏
@Patrick K Yeah but this better cuz its emotions and it talks about a man that will one day become someone the voke version is just for Fifa
This version sure is WAY better!
capital removed all the revolutionary elements
January 2020 and this still feels like a month old song.
Mubiana Siamutwa the song still hits different
same
Mubiana Siamutwa these kind of comments are starting to feel old and boring.... we know what year it is
@@loganvandyk7090 It's 2020
January 2021 and it still feels like a month old song
1:20 to 1:42 Genius..
This full verse was awesome......
Agree
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
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
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, 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, 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]
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
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
And then it goes
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, oh
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
Thanks bro
Kanjo pro winner Huzaifa Akhtar present tr, but it will not sure how I am
Thank you for posting the lyrics!
thanks for posting lyrics was singing the long lyrics all along😂😂
I really like how many like's are on this comment ;)
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The lyrics almost bring me to tears.
Me too
Ya. He is talking about growing up in Somalia 🇸🇴 which is very dangerous and is currently in a civil war and was declared a “failed state”. The lyrics about what it’s like there.
Same
Just to add that Bruno Mars co-wrote the lyrics.
@@willywonka7613 just like Latinoamerica
Man I remember back in the 2010 summer when this song got confirmed to be the WC 2010. I learned the lyrics and told all my friends and kept singing it, then it turned out the official version was slightly different and more based on the WC. But I always preferred the original, this version just can't be beaten. I'm 25 now and this song brings back such good memories!
Me too bro. Love from brazil
For our brothers & sisters in Palestine. We are with you.
This song should have walked away with 10 Grammies!!! This song has helped me overcome so much in my Life!! Thank yuh K’Naan!!!
Qué Dios te Bendiga🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
Glad you doing better brother 🇸🇴
they made a world cup remix and ruined the original purpose of the song
I can relate this song so much to growing up in my home country. People face so much hardship but still don't give up and move forward with smiles on their faces. This is beautiful.
What is your home country?
I love the part where he says "I heard them say, love is the way" to Buffalo solders and struggling... I
That line sounds so good
Buffalo soldier was the first battalion of us army with all black man.
long live somalia🇸🇴 long live the international vibe and everything that brings us all together and makes us one❤️
failed country and people
@@Nono-fm5mj but you fail to have your own name so your realy failer
Here from 2019 and still loving this song
Same
2021 now
here from 2021 bro
2022 😃
K'naan makes me proud 🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴
K'Naan speaking the truth.
coca-cola my ass. This is the real deal.
This song while playing with friends in finland with somalians arabs albanians finnish and asians, we were united and happy, good child memories
Poor people's zone, but it's my home❤
The year was 2010. Our lives were in turmoil. The world was dying spiritually. Then 2010 summers came, the World Cup united the entire world, this was its anthem and compassion grew amongst the people
This song hits differently when you think of what africa has gone through
Stunning and so inspiring! This song will still evoke the same emotions decades later... Ageless!
After all these years, the original lyrics still hit me so hard and so good
This song never fails to cheer me up on a rough day ❤️
I cried the first time I heard the ending part of this song .. I was 13 and lost my twin brother...
😭
Sorry. Big hug.
Sorry bruv really sorry abt that
I'm sorry.
Who’s still vibing to this in 2019?
me :)
vibe check
me :)
It’s this song that I first heard and sang 11 years ago when I was 5. Tonight, at 3:36am, I was listening to it and it broke my emotional wall that stood since early 2019
Who's here in 2018 still loving this song
Yeah
Almost 2019 and would still love it😀
Me!
2019
2019. This song is beautiful and timeless.
This is one powerful song.....still awesome today and will be tomorrow.
It's been 10 years and it's still one of my favorite song. The lyrics to this song are so empowering, its universal for the all the people around the world who have been oppressed for centuries.
I’ve always preferred this version over the Coca Cola. It took out some of the natural beauty of this song. 😍😍😍 I will always love these songs
My Dad loved this song and the lyrics. He's passed now. See you again Dad.
That Rome line was 🔥
It’s a catchy song, but the lyrics are amazing!! If only all music was like this in current day.
the most powerfull song never get old. pushes the spirit to be like a waving flag in a smooth breeze
Glad to have finally found the original back
much love from Uganda Kampala 🇺🇬 #tichatichakawuki
What a song the lyrics are so deep, makes me want to cry
I just discovered the WC version a few months ago and it is truly an amazing song...but this blows it out of the water.
One of my best memories of my mom was when I played this song for her. It touched her heart and she was cried. This artist transcends rap he is a poet.
This better than waka waka.
kitty nyan nyan :3 You are right
no shit
Waka² onetime use only.. Wavin Flag alltime use..
More like waka flocka
waka waka is crap for this
NBA 2K10
I weep everytime I listen to this song.
I doesn’t matter how many times I’ve listened to this I still get chills
Theres a local legend in my town who would come in and sub for some of my elementary school teachers, 99 percent sure he was stoned most the time but fuck when he brought the guitar out and played this song it was awesome.
world cup 2010, South African, Ghana for real !!!.
Still gives me the chills 10 years later..
Finally, I land on this version. So many years I've looked
After losing just about everything being a bartender in 2020... I love this song
this has, literally, been the only song capable of motivatin me enough to actually wanna get off my ass and go run, for the past 5-6 years.
no matter the circumstance, or situation... this song has always helped me to get over the past and strive for a better self, a better life and a better future.
Yo Special K in the comments 😳
How's this man gonna drop a masterpiece then drop off the face of earth
Nov 2019, still loving this version
Am with you bro 👍
I still think this is the best version
K'naan is performing at Parliament Hill on Canada Day this year (2019)
I couldn't wait till this was released when it came out.. I bought at Sound Garden in Syracuse NY
basically still sums up the world in 2020
this is much better than the other one
Incredible song. Loved it since I heard it in 2011.
Man, I should put this as a reminder to help out all oppressed countries
Listening in 2019, obviously this song is powerful
I wish so much it would be okay for me to sing this at Karaoke. Its a beautiful song
@@annepearn4545 sing it -DO it at Karaoke
It's being ringing in my mind all day
So I had no option than to search for it
And here I am enjoying it all over again.....
Just love this song😘
Very deep🤔
The lyrics:
when i get older
i will bestronger
they'll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
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
ahhho ahhho ahhho
born to a throne
stronger than rome
but violent prone
poor people zone
but its 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 survive
learn form these streets
it can be bleak
accept no defeet
surrender retreat
(so we struggling)
fighting to eat
(and we wondering)
when we will be free
so we patiently wait
for that faithful day
its not far away
but for now we say
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
ahhho ahhho ahhho
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 there 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 will be free
so we patiently wait
for that faithfully day
its not far away
but for now we say
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
when i get older
i will bestronger
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
ahhhooo ahhhoooo ahhhooo
and everybody will be singing it
and you and i will be singing it
and we all will be singing it
wo wah wo ah wo ah
when i get older
i will bestronger
they'll call me freedom
justlike a wavin 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
justlike a wavin flag
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
a oh a oh a oh
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
Jan 2020 and I'm still blasting this Somalia hanoolaatoo forevaaa I love my people Africa will neva dieeee
This use to my childhood fav song!
I'm older and I'm just a tad bit stronger..still a long way to go...I love this song 3000 ❣️
So much better then the cola song.
Those engineering hostel days when i used to listen this song everyday in my nokia keypad phone .. memories 😃😍
I could relate. I had a samsung back then
This song is the definition of passion
Que canção linda ! Obg Deus
2022🇨🇦 Hope you are all safe out there and hope we can end these mandates and fear. Unite again with love.
This is my favourite song by far
This is a timless evergreen song,the x factor of the song is its lyrics which is applicable for all the nations😀👌
Still here after 12 years. What a song
Thank You! I love this every single time I hear it
This real song is so so so much heart touching
damn i found this so randomly today... 12 years ago...world cup memories
Still favorite ❤
Brilliant!! :)
Take a Minute is up there with this. This album is so underrated
Been looking for this for years
This version has so much more meaning.
This is literally my childhood I remember kids at school always singing this song
Omg this song is literally my childhood I remember kids at school always singing this
2019!! Remembering high school :(
El contexto de este canción es tan triste pero tan motivadora, gracias por este fracmento de la historia
feeling nostalgic...
Now more than ever, this song is relevant.
My childhood summed up in 1 video. I KNOW THIS BY HEART AND SOUL J E S U S I L O V E Y O U
Salty Potato okay?????
Istagfurallah
Bhagwan inko ashirvad do🙏🏻
@@ParamDeshpandepass123 Jai Shankar 🚩🚩🚩
One of the best songs ever, I remember when it came out when I was in high-school
respect to the Somali people.
Actually i prefer this lol
I don't drink poison-cola but the bilingual version with David Bisbal is an anthem! Greetings from Colombia South America.
may 2024, sad to see this version doesn’t have more views than it does
One of the strongest lyrics ever.
This Version has a beauty of it's own , better than the Coca-cola Remix version , not saying that version is bad , that's awesome too.
Love this song
God bless this world!
B E S T S O N G E V E R ! ! !
♥ from 🇮🇳
Living my childhood in these tough times. 😇❤🙏