Wavin’ Flag Lyrics
[Intro: All Artists]
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a waving flag
[Verse 1: K'naan]
Born from a throne, older than Rome
But violent prone, poor people zone
[Nelly Furtado]
But it's my home, all I have known
[Sam Roberts]
Where I got grown, but now it's gone
[Avril Lavigne]
Out of the darkness, in came the carnage
Threatening my very survival
[Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan]
Fractured my streets and broke all my dreams
[Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman]
Now feels like defeat to wretched retreat
[Pre-Chorus: All Artists]
So we struggling
[Kardinal Offishall]
Fighting to eat
[All Artists]
And we wondering
[Kardinal Offishall]
If we'll be free
[Jully Black]
We can not wait for some faithful day
It’s too far away so right now I’ll say
[Chorus: All Artists]
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
[Verse 2: Lights]
So many wars, settling scores
[Deryck Whibley of Sum 41]
All that we've been through and now there is more
[Serena Ryder]
I hear them say love is the way
[Jacob Hoggard of Hedley]
Love is the answer that's what they say
[Emily Haines of Metric]
But were not just dreamers of broken down grievers
[Hawsley Workman]
A hand will reach us and will not forsake us
[Drake]
This can't control us, no it can’t hold us down
[Chin Injeti]
We gon' pick it up even though we still struggling
[Pre-Chorus: Pierre Lapointe]
Au nom de la survie
[All Artists]
And we wondering
[Pierre Lapointe]
Battant pour nos vie
[All Artists]
We patiently wait for some other day
[Fefe Dobson and Esthero]
That's too far away so right now I say
[Chorus: All Artists]
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
[Verse 3: Drake]
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, nah
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 their flag rise again
[Chorus: Nikki Yanofsky]
When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
[Matt Mays]
And then it goes back
[Justin Nozuka]
And then it goes back
[Nikki Yanofsky]
Then it goes back
[All Artists]
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
[Outro: Justin Bieber]
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 waving flag
[Verse 1: K'naan]
Born from a throne, older than Rome
But violent prone, poor people zone
[Nelly Furtado]
But it's my home, all I have known
[Sam Roberts]
Where I got grown, but now it's gone
[Avril Lavigne]
Out of the darkness, in came the carnage
Threatening my very survival
[Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan]
Fractured my streets and broke all my dreams
[Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman]
Now feels like defeat to wretched retreat
So we struggling
[Kardinal Offishall]
Fighting to eat
[All Artists]
And we wondering
[Kardinal Offishall]
If we'll be free
[Jully Black]
We can not wait for some faithful day
It’s too far away so right now I’ll say
[Chorus: All Artists]
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
[Verse 2: Lights]
So many wars, settling scores
[Deryck Whibley of Sum 41]
All that we've been through and now there is more
I hear them say love is the way
[Jacob Hoggard of Hedley]
Love is the answer that's what they say
[Emily Haines of Metric]
But were not just dreamers of broken down grievers
[Hawsley Workman]
A hand will reach us and will not forsake us
[Drake]
This can't control us, no it can’t hold us down
[Chin Injeti]
We gon' pick it up even though we still struggling
[Pre-Chorus: Pierre Lapointe]
Au nom de la survie
[All Artists]
And we wondering
[Pierre Lapointe]
Battant pour nos vie
We patiently wait for some other day
[Fefe Dobson and Esthero]
That's too far away so right now I say
[Chorus: All Artists]
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
[Verse 3: Drake]
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, nah
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 their flag rise again
[Chorus: Nikki Yanofsky]
When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
[Matt Mays]
And then it goes back
[Justin Nozuka]
And then it goes back
[Nikki Yanofsky]
Then it goes back
[All Artists]
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
[Outro: Justin Bieber]
When I get older, when I get older
I will be stronger, just like a waving flag
About
Genius Annotation
This song is a re-make of K'naan’s mega hit Wavin' flag It went on to debut at number 1 in Canadian Hot 100.
The song features over 57 Canadian artists, even a 16 year old Justin Bieber.
It was dedicated to the people suffering due to the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that occured in Haiti on January 12 2010
The first verse is the same as the original but the second verse and Drake’s rap were added for this version
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Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
- 2.All to All
- 4.Baby
- 5.Hollywood
- 6.Perfect
- 7.Oh... Canada
- 9.Your Man
- 14.Let’s Go Higher
- 16.Walk With Me
- 17.I Wonder
- 18.Hallelujah
- 19.Wavin’ Flag
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K’naan, Aion Clarke, Arkells, Avril Lavigne, Brandon Lehti, Broken Social Scene, Chin Injeti, City and Colour, Colin James, Colin MacDonald, Corb Lund, Dave Faber, Deryck Whibley, Drake, Elisapie, Emily Haines, Esthero, Fefe Dobson, Hawksley Workman, Hayley Sales, I.M.A, Jacob Hoggard, James Shaw, Jay Malinowski, Jessie Farrell, Jim Creeggan, Jim Cuddy, Josh Ramsay, Jully Black, Justin Bieber, Justin Nozuka, Kardinal Offishall, Kathleen Edwards, Kevin Parent, Lights, Lamar Ashe, Matt Mays, Nelly Furtado, Nikki Yanofsky, Pat Kordyback, Pierre Bouvier, Pierre Lapointe, Red1, Sam Roberts, Serena Ryder, Shiloh (Doll), Stacey McKitrick, Stephan Moccio, Suzie Mcneil, Canadian Tenors, Tom Cochrane, Torquil Campbell & Tyler Connolly
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Released on
March 10, 2010
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