When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin flagBorn from a throne
Older than Rome
But violent prone
Poor people zoneBut it's my home
All I have knownWhere I got grown
But now its goneOut of the darkness
In came the carnage
Threatening my very survivalFractured my streets
And broke all my dreamsNow Feels like defeat to wretched retreatSo we strugglin'Fighting to eatAnd we wonderin'If we'll be freeWe cannot wait for some faithful day
It's too far away so right now I'll sayWhen I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a waving flag
(And then it goes back x3)Aho aho ahoSo many wars settling scoresAll that we've been through
And now there is moreI hear them say love is the wayLove is the answer that's what they sayBut were not just dreamers
Of broken down grieversOur hand will reach us
And we will not see yaThis can't control us
No it can't hold us downWe gon pick it up even though we still strugglingAu nom de la survie (In the name of survival)And we wonderingBattant pour nos vies (Fighting for our lives)We patiently wait
For some other dayThats too far away so right now I saySo we strugglin'Uh, well alright
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 nahh
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 the flag rise againWhen I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin' flagAnd then it goes backAnd then it goes backThen it goes backSo we strugglin'When I get older
When I get older
I will be stronger
Just like a waving flag
Songwriters
GUETTA, DAVID / WARSAME, KEINAN / VAN DE WALL, NIK / LAWRENCE, PHILLIP / ADAMS, WILL / MARS, BRUNO / DEVAL, JEANPublished by
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