When I get older, I will be stronger, they'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
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, oh
Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
A violent prone, poor people's 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're struggling, fighting to eat
And we're wondering, when we'll be free
So we patiently wait, for that fateful day
It's not far away, but for now we say
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, oh
So many wars, settling scores
Bringing us promises, leaving us foes
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're struggling, fighting to eat
And we're wondering, when we'll be free
So we patiently wait, for that fateful day
It's not far away, but for now we say
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, oh
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.
And then it goes back.
And then it goes back.
And everybody will be singing.
And you and I will be singing.
And we all will be singing.
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.
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.
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.
