When I get older
I will be stronger
Theyll call me freedom
Just like a waving flag
Born from a throne, older than Rome
But violent prone, poor people zone
But its my home, all I have known
Where I got grown, but now its gone
Out of the darkness, in came the carnage
Threatening my very survival
Fractured my streets and broke all my dreams
Now feels like defeat to wretched retreat
So we struggling
Fighting to eat
And we wondering
If well be free
We can not wait for some faithful day
It’s too far away so right now I’ll say
When I get older, I will be stronger
Theyll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back
So many wars, settling scores
All that weve been through and now there is more
I hear them say love is the way
Love is the answer thats what they say
But were not just dreamers of broken down grievers
A hand will reach us and will not forsake us
This cant control us, no it can’t hold us down
We gon pick it up even though we still struggling
Au nom de la survie
And we wondering
Battant pour nos vie
We patiently wait for some other day
Thats too far away so right now I say
When I get older, I will be stronger
Theyll 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
Theyll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back
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 werent 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
When I get older, I will be stronger
Theyll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
Then it goes back
When I get older, I will be stronger
Theyll 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