[00:01.609]When I get older,[00:02.634]I will be stronger,[00:04.394]They'll call me "Freedom",[00:05.905]Just like a wavin' flag.[00:10.420]When I get older,[00:13.315]I will be stronger,[00:14.233]They'll call me "Freedom",[00:15.758]Just like a wavin' flag.[00:17.821]And then it goes back.[00:19.536]And then it goes back.[00:21.126]And then it goes back.[00:23.610]Born to a throne[00:25.099]Stronger than Rome,[00:26.749]But violent-prone.[00:28.366]Poor people zone.[00:29.910]But it's my home.[00:31.530]All I have known.[00:33.093]Where I got grown.[00:34.676]Streets we would roam.[00:36.231]Out of the darkness,[00:37.814]I came the farthest[00:39.348]Among the hardest survival.[00:42.580]Learn from these streets.[00:44.109]It can be bleak.[00:45.734]Accept no defeat.[00:47.226]Surrender retreat.[00:48.754]So we strugglin',[00:50.642]Fightin' to eat.[00:51.983]And we wonderin'[00:53.570]When we'll be free.[00:55.174]So, we patiently wait[00:56.758]For that fateful day.[00:58.310]It's not far away,[00:59.824]But for now we say,[01:01.504]When I get older,[01:02.982]I will be stronger,[01:04.576]They'll call me "Freedom",[01:06.164]Just like a wavin' flag.[01:08.420]And then it goes back.[01:09.998]And then it goes back.[01:11.672]And then it goes back.[01:14.194]So many wars.[01:15.688]Settlin' scores.[01:17.322]Bringing us promises.[01:18.824]Leaving us poor.[01:20.500]I heard them say,[01:22.038]"Love is the way.[01:23.738]Love is the answer."[01:25.220]That's what they say.[01:26.880]But look how they treat us.[01:28.352]Make us believers.[01:29.850]We fight their battles,[01:31.484]Then they deceive us.[01:33.093]Try to control us.[01:34.602]They couldn't hold us[01:36.216]'Cause we just move forward[01:37.758]Like Buffalo soldiers.[01:39.372]But we strugglin',[01:41.012]Fightin' to eat.[01:42.540]And we wonderin'[01:44.220]When we'll be free.[01:45.728]So we patiently wait[01:47.266]For that fateful day.[01:48.880]It's not far away,[01:50.474]But for now we say,[01:52.023]When I get older,[01:53.586]I will be stronger,[01:55.131]They'll call me "Freedom",[01:56.699]Just like a wavin' flag.[01:58.968]And then it goes back.[02:00.542]And then it goes back.[02:02.216]And then it goes back.[02:03.926]And then it goes...[02:05.006]When I get older,[02:06.332]I will be stronger,[02:07.834]They'll call me "Freedom",[02:09.404]Just like a wavin' flag.[02:11.684]And then it goes back.[02:13.342]And then it goes back.[02:14.913]And then it goes back.[02:16.520]And then it goes...[02:19.844]And then it goes...[02:28.090]And everybody will be singing it.[02:31.344]And you and I will be singing it.[02:34.598]And we all will be singing it.[02:42.658]When I get older,[02:44.130]I will be stronger,[02:45.724]They'll call me "Freedom",[02:47.308]Just like a wavin' flag.[02:49.608]And then it goes back.[02:51.207]And then it goes back.[02:52.776]And then it goes back.[02:55.010]And then it goes...[02:55.843]When I get older,[02:56.791]I will be stronger,[02:58.394]They'll call me "Freedom",[02:59.942]Just like a wavin' flag.[03:02.112]And then it goes back.[03:03.697]And then it goes back.[03:05.370]And then it goes back.[03:09.738]When I get older,[03:12.689]When I get older,[03:15.992]I will be stronger,[03:18.916]Just like a wavin' flag.[03:22.358]Just like a wavin' flag.[03:25.465]Just like a wavin' flag, flag, flag.[03:31.632]Just like a wavin' flag.