Lyrics of Wavin' Flag by K'naan

World Cup 2010 anthem!

Celebration Remix:

Oh oh oh oh...

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 hands are lifting
As we lose our inhibition
Celebration, its around us
Every nation, all around us

Singing forever young, 
Singing songs underneath the sun
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game
And together at the end of the day

We all 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 ...

Oh oh oh oh oh... 

Give You Freedom, Give you fire
give you reason, take you higher
See the champions, Take the field now
Unify us, make us feel proud

In the streets, our hands are lifting
As we lose our inhibition
Celebration, its around us
Every nation, all around us

Singing forever young, 
Singing songs underneath the sun
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game
And together at the end of the day

We all 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 ...

Oh oh oh oh oh... 

We all 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 ...

Oh Oh...

And everybody will be singing it ....

Oh oh oh...

And we all will be singing it ...

Original Edition:

When i get older, they'll call me freedom
Just like a Waving Flag.

[Chorus]
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

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.
But out of the darkness, I came the farthest,
Among the hardest survival.
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak,
Except 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, so for now we say

[Chorus]
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] 2x
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And everybody will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And you and I will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And we all will be singing it
(Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh)

[Chorus] 2x
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