[Intro]

When I get older, I will be stronger

They'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 1]

Born to a throne, stronger than Rome

A violence-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

[Pre-Chorus]

So we strugglin', fighting to eat

And we wonderin' when we'll be free

So we patiently wait for that fateful day

It's not far away, but for now, we say

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

So many wars, settlin' scores

Bringin' us promises, leavin' 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

[Pre-Chorus]

But we strugglin', fighting to eat

And we wonderin' when we'll be free

So we patiently wait for that fateful day

It's not far away, but for now, we say

[Chorus]

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—

[Bridge]

(Oh)

(Oh) And then it goes—

(Oh)

(Oh)

And everybody will be singing it (Oh)

And you and I will be singing it (Oh)

And we all will be singing it (Oh)

Oh, oh, oh (Oh)

[Chorus]

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, when I get older

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

[Outro]

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