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 I love this song .
This is a beautiful song, and K'Naan actually deserves all the fame he gets from it. Unlike all the shit on the radio that is just auto tuned talking with a catchy beat, this guy is really singing. And it's about something. An to top it all off this acoustic version is a great combination of 'ethnic' instrumentals complimented by more modern hip hop dynamics. Love it.
omg finding a comment from 8 years ago. Its crazy that now that i think about it. 2014 was also a lengendary year. Honestly we are just having fun but don't realize we are making memories :) . Also shows that I will keep coming back to this song no matter when
Esta y "Un'estate Italiana" las mejores canciones para un mundial, lastima que eligieron la basofia de Shakira para el 2010. "Wavin´ flag" 2014. Las mierdas que inventaron ahora no tienen nada que ver con el esfuerzo y el futbol. Ni siquiera representa a Brasil.
si? yo juraba que eligieron esta, que mal me equivoque, es una mierda esa, ésta es muchísimo mejor, aparte odio la música de esa, entiendo mas el ingles que lo que habla esa
When I get older I will be stronger 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, oh 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 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 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 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 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 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 Oh, oh, 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 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
Knaan is a wonderful music artisit in this 'new version' he is talking about his Home the Horn of Africa Somalia and talking about the war which left his country poor and how it affected him.
When you really pay attention to the lyrics and the meaning of the song and K'naan's home country you realize how truly tragic AND uplifting this song is....really is magical...
Porque no fue esta canción en lugar del waka, wakala por aquel entonces..?? Nunca lo entenderé, pero el tema oficial de los mundiales esta cada vez peor. Alguien dijo por ahí, porque no fue interprete Brasilero y en Portugues?? Hubiese sonado muy lindo y dado a conocer al mundo lo maravillosa que es la música hecha en Brazil... Ojala la FIFA tome nota de los comentarios en las redes sociales. Queda de Tarea para el próximo mundial.
My god this song must mean so much to him, you can see through the video, that his eyes are just watering. I'm glad that he cares about his music, and that it actually means something to him and they aren't just empty lyrics.
Honestly, when I listen to rap (I love music and am trying to express myself through it as well) I see just a money making ambition. K'Naan has no monetary ambitions, at least from what I feel. I can, as a man, cry with this man's songs because of the memory it brings from my own life. This is what music should be nowadays instead of "EWW CRANK DAHT SOLJYEAH BWAUY"
creo que la persona "Emferma" aqui eres tu, este tipo de musica no es "Reggeaton", ademas si entendieras la letra verias que esta cancion tiene mucho mas contenido
@jFizzlfication he moved to Toronto from Somalia when he was around 13. So yes he is Canadian (yay) but he's native to Somalia and most of his music is based around that fact.
really the imperfection of his singing does make the difference making this song authentic and great as it is! 1000 times better than all those pop chart hits nowadays with studio cleaned voices. All rubbish. This one is real and deserves being great. music is from the heart not from the speakers only. keep it up k'naan!
Opinan de Waka Waka y ni saben la historia de esa canción. Proviene de los esclavos africanos, un canto a su liberación de hace muchísimos años. Shakira la adaptó a la temática del fútbol agregándole los versos de ese antiguo himno. Ya dejen de faltarle el respeto sin saber la historia que hay detrás.
feel the depth in these rare lyrics because gems like these arnt made that frequently. K NAAN, if there were nobel prize in music you would have deserved for this song.
The coronavirus will heal humanity, now it's the time, we are getting stronger and united! Our human strenght is divine (not talking about religion but the power of our transcendental nature)
this song is simly PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this song and I like this version more than others versions of this song!!! others versions are nice but this is perfect!!!! I can't say something else about this song!!! enjoy it!!!!!!!!!
Opaaa... no conocía la canción original. Sin dudas me gusta, pero ahora me doy cuenta que David Bisbal la arruina para mi gusto (a tal punto que me quedo con la de Shakira).
Esta cancion no fue dedicada al Mundial de FOOTBALL si no habla de peleas que existen en este mundo que andamos, como comen muchos a gusto y muchos pelean por su comida. la del Mundial de futbol como le llaman en mi Guatemala fue el mismo ritmo pero con otra letra.!
oOh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh. [x2] Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher. See the champions, take the field now, unify us, make us feel proud. In the streets our heads are liftin', as we lose our inhibition. GARBAGE
K naan has a cold, yet he still sings like a pro. Incredible. Glad to be from the same country and same ethnicity/race as him, and I'm obviously not talking about Canadian.lmao.
If we are somali country and people, We are proud k'naan instead of country we are in your shoulders keep going brother no one can stop you if Allah say
@11jacobsen i love this guy he's sick. It's nice and refreshing after hearing stupid T-Pain,Flo Rida, Pitbull and all those auto-tune guys. ^ K,naan , Eminem, Cudi these guys are game changers
Best World Cup Song Ever!!!!
I know it is the best world cup song
That is true
Worst*
1000% magnificent
Shakira was not bad too!
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
I love this song .
The lyrics just melts your heart if yall know what hardships are kudos knaan
+Tune Kahuna : they are buffalo soldiers ; like us !
+Karan Sagar yesszzirr
God help somalis
I was 14 when I heard this song now iam 24, 10 years passed still gives me goosebumps. The golden time where Spain win the 2010 world cup 🤩
I was 8
This is a beautiful song, and K'Naan actually deserves all the fame he gets from it. Unlike all the shit on the radio that is just auto tuned talking with a catchy beat, this guy is really singing. And it's about something. An to top it all off this acoustic version is a great combination of 'ethnic' instrumentals complimented by more modern hip hop dynamics. Love it.
What have happened to this dirty world a song that talk about love and peace gets about 20 million but shit that others sang have 300 million views!!
Who is watching in 2015
me :v
me too
jack hugeman hhhh me too
Me
Me))) from Russia
this version is so much better than the watered down, commercial friendly coca cola version...
Who's listening and crying 😢 2021 ! Stay strong all we will get over !!!
Best uplifting song ever. Together we are strong 💪 Together we will beat COVID-19 ✊
K´naan with wavin flag was my memorie for 2010, it was my best year, and this is my favourite song.
omg finding a comment from 8 years ago. Its crazy that now that i think about it. 2014 was also a lengendary year. Honestly we are just having fun but don't realize we are making memories :) . Also shows that I will keep coming back to this song no matter when
❤
A lot better than the 2014th world song.
whene this song came out that was me best time of my life
true..
@@cmonoryx253 when K'naan is happy im happy. this song is all my life
@@bartga2605 didnt expect someone to reply after 4 years ^^ have a great day buddy
@@cmonoryx253 you too brother, i love to make ppl happy. I hope you spent these 4 years as good as you expect =)
@@bartga2605 Life is good at the moment, wish you the best :)
Anyone watching this in 2016 ?
Yeee me 🙋🙋
+Rewsan Yildirim Sure :D
hold this W God bless
Yes me
yess me
Esta y "Un'estate Italiana" las mejores canciones para un mundial, lastima que eligieron la basofia de Shakira para el 2010. "Wavin´ flag" 2014. Las mierdas que inventaron ahora no tienen nada que ver con el esfuerzo y el futbol. Ni siquiera representa a Brasil.
si? yo juraba que eligieron esta, que mal me equivoque, es una mierda esa, ésta es muchísimo mejor, aparte odio la música de esa, entiendo mas el ingles que lo que habla esa
Nicolás Luna
Fue oficial también, pero la principal fue waka waka.
When I get older I will be stronger
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, oh
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
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
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
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
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
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
Oh, oh, 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
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
This is my favourite version of the song. Just words and music. Masterpiece...
Knaan is a wonderful music artisit in this 'new version' he is talking about his Home the Horn of Africa Somalia and talking about the war which left his country poor and how it affected him.
Absolutely quality song, this is the epitome of freedom. Death to racism. I feel the passion and sincerity in his music. K'naan you rock!
The lyrics were so inspirational that I started crying. Wow...
When you really pay attention to the lyrics and the meaning of the song and K'naan's home country you realize how truly tragic AND uplifting this song is....really is magical...
Porque no fue esta canción en lugar del waka, wakala por aquel entonces..?? Nunca lo entenderé, pero el tema oficial de los mundiales esta cada vez peor. Alguien dijo por ahí, porque no fue interprete Brasilero y en Portugues?? Hubiese sonado muy lindo y dado a conocer al mundo lo maravillosa que es la música hecha en Brazil... Ojala la FIFA tome nota de los comentarios en las redes sociales. Queda de Tarea para el próximo mundial.
PLEASE MAKE A SONG FOR 2018 WORLD CUP !!!
DOWNLOAD!!! NOW !!! fav song :D
Thumbs up if are listing this in 2015
knan warsame insha allah strong somalia our hero allah haku xafido viva Somalia
Awesome, I could listen that song a hundred times
My god this song must mean so much to him, you can see through the video, that his eyes are just watering. I'm glad that he cares about his music, and that it actually means something to him and they aren't just empty lyrics.
This song make me cry but at the same time make me happy and excited!!
13 years later and I still listen to this song. One of the best World Cup songs ever!
Honestly, when I listen to rap (I love music and am trying to express myself through it as well) I see just a money making ambition. K'Naan has no monetary ambitions, at least from what I feel. I can, as a man, cry with this man's songs because of the memory it brings from my own life. This is what music should be nowadays instead of "EWW CRANK DAHT SOLJYEAH BWAUY"
if i get older i ll be stronger and they'll call me freedom from future president
13 ano depois eu aki no Brasil ouvindo essa musica top !!!! Que só me trás lembranças boas!!! Quem tiver aki em 2022 deixa um like
Its been 8 years now since I first watched this video, and its still shocking the way that knaan feels this song... Gorgeous song
Who is watching in 2016
👐
Me :D
i havent watched this for about 8 years....
when u hear/see/feel something and everything comes back in ur memories. i love it
This song makes me cry, always!
It's just so motivational.
aun que sea que esta música sea la oficial del mundial 2014 :(
creo que la persona "Emferma" aqui eres tu, este tipo de musica no es "Reggeaton", ademas si entendieras la letra verias que esta cancion tiene mucho mas contenido
The brazil song is so badly.
So true! Since when was Pitbull ever connected in anyway at all to football?
***** 1week later...
***** Clear*
@jFizzlfication he moved to Toronto from Somalia when he was around 13. So yes he is Canadian (yay) but he's native to Somalia and most of his music is based around that fact.
really the imperfection of his singing does make the difference making this song authentic and great as it is!
1000 times better than all those pop chart hits nowadays with studio cleaned voices. All rubbish.
This one is real and deserves being great. music is from the heart not from the speakers only. keep it up k'naan!
Reminds me of 2010 and year 6, only good memories...
2010 the first world cup i followed
EnMaMu14 Me too
EnMaMu14 As a german, I still like 2006 the most :)
EnMaMu14 I think is the only one I have follow
Listening this song in Brasil 2014 World Cup... the best song by far.. even though this wasn't the original version...
Esto si se puede llamar cancion de un mundial no como la de ahora
Anyone in 2020 march, 11 years 1 month... Passed
one of the best
In my heart always the real world cup theme! ⚽🌎👩👩👦👩👩👦👦👩👩👧👩👩👧👦👪 🎉 🙏
Who the hell disliked it
strong Somalia
awesome lyrics best lyrical content
wow amazing song...gud inspiration to the players
its really d best world cup song it just motivates me
really like the live version ... more deep and real than the studio versions
Opinan de Waka Waka y ni saben la historia de esa canción. Proviene de los esclavos africanos, un canto a su liberación de hace muchísimos años. Shakira la adaptó a la temática del fútbol agregándole los versos de ese antiguo himno. Ya dejen de faltarle el respeto sin saber la historia que hay detrás.
XOXO Shakira destrozó la canción
¿Según vos? Porque la mayoría de la gente votó Waka Waka como la mejor canción de los mundiales. Al parecer te olvidaste de votar por tu favorita :(
XOXO Una votación de internet? Listo, cierren todo.
No sabría decirte con exactitud, pero salió hasta en la sopa esa noticia... lamento decirte que fue así. saludos!
this song make me happy :) i love k'naan
feel the depth in these rare lyrics because gems like these arnt made that frequently.
K NAAN, if there were nobel prize in music you would have deserved for this song.
The coronavirus will heal humanity, now it's the time, we are getting stronger and united! Our human strenght is divine (not talking about religion but the power of our transcendental nature)
Both of the versions are great. Ps better than brazilan 2014 song
seriously amazing!!! This is an African feeling. I love this song. greetings from Mexico
Hope you are still doing well Roberto🙏🏾 but Yes this song is amazing! Greetings from America my friend
this song is simly PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this song and I like this version more than others versions of this song!!! others versions are nice but this is perfect!!!! I can't say something else about this song!!! enjoy it!!!!!!!!!
Miss dude’s music. Big up Somali massive! Rest In Peace Yusuf Farah. Love you, young god.
Love the positive vibe of this track.
Im 3 laters Later her
24/7/2017 From Bahrain Still Watcing....
Hats OFF....
2k17
-takes out a lighter and waves-
Awesome I love it amazing fantastic
it's a remix
Hi
Good
Kse ho
powerful song....my soul rocked. this song is responsible for increase my self confidence.
I Salute To You K'naan
Opaaa... no conocía la canción original. Sin dudas me gusta, pero ahora me doy cuenta que David Bisbal la arruina para mi gusto (a tal punto que me quedo con la de Shakira).
WHO is watching in 2016
Am Watching 2017........................)
I love this one for my brother
love this song, when I get older I will be stronger, born to a throne stronger than Rome (BIRTHRITE)
Love from Thailand
My teacher showed me this song. He told me to be the first of your family to be successful. It changed how I saw everything.
Beautiful song
From weakness to freedom.
Esta cancion no fue dedicada al Mundial de FOOTBALL si no habla de peleas que existen en este mundo que andamos, como comen muchos a gusto y muchos pelean por su comida. la del Mundial de futbol como le llaman en mi Guatemala fue el mismo ritmo pero con otra letra.!
Nostalgia😭😭😭
Questman lindos recuerdos de ese año
April 2016
awesooooome
I love this song
I love Africa
And Brasil loves too
Very muuuch :D
strong Somalia
oOh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh. [x2]
Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher.
See the champions, take the field now, unify us, make us feel proud.
In the streets our heads are liftin', as we lose our inhibition.
GARBAGE
Gtfo u idiot, This is real music
What a song❤ damn lyrics hits my soul ❤️
Thumbs up if you think that everybody are borther, and want to say: NO MORE WAR..! It's time to love..!
K naan has a cold, yet he still sings like a pro. Incredible. Glad to be from the same country and same ethnicity/race as him, and I'm obviously not talking about Canadian.lmao.
12 years on and this song could not be more relevant
if you really2 'feel' this song.im sure the lyrics we'll give you motivation.
Since pitbull song is no where to wavin flag soccer anthem 2010...they came up with shakira la la la...still better...
If we are somali country and people, We are proud k'naan instead of country we are in your shoulders keep going brother no one can stop you if Allah say
haha i like how he has his ipod earphones in, probably listening to some eminem
why is there so many versions of this song? what is version called again?
inspiring.. always. when ever I feel down I'll listen to this song!!
wonderful music! I love to see the Bob Marley influence.
Rayzaak is like a little brother to me... That makes K'Naan family!!!! I love this song and the love it represents!!!
this song is *beast*
@TheRockermichi, so are you saying that the world cup one is crap?
How could you?
I sing this song loud, at least once s month, to keep fighting and resistance
@11jacobsen i love this guy he's sick. It's nice and refreshing after hearing stupid T-Pain,Flo Rida, Pitbull and all those auto-tune guys. ^ K,naan , Eminem, Cudi these guys are game changers