When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flagBorn from a throne, older than Rome But violent prone, poor people's zoneBut it's my home, all I have known Where I got grown, but now it's goneOut of the darkness, in came the carnage Threatening my very survivalFractured my streets, and broke all my dreams Now feels like defeat, a wretched retreatSo we're struggling, fighting to leave And we're wondering, if we'll be freeWe cannot wait, for some fateful day It's too far away, so right now I sayWhen I get olderI will be stronger They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flagAnd then it goes back And then it goes backAnd then it goes backSo many wars, settling scores All that we've been through, and now there is moreI hear them say, love is the way Love is the answer, that's what they sayBut we are not just dreamers A broken down creationWe are not just dreamers Our hand will reach usAnd we will see herThis can't control us No, it can't hold us downAnd we won't pick it up, even though we still Struggle itOn de la survie And we wonder itPas tant pour nos vies We'll patiently wait, for some other dayIt's too far away, so right now I say When I get olderI will be stronger They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flagFreedom, just like the waving flagAnd then it goes back, and then it goes back, and then it goes backWhen I get older, I will be strongerThey'll call me freedom, just like the waving flagAnd then it goes back, and then it goes back, and then it goes backHow come when the media stops coveringAnd there's a little help from the governmentWe forget about the people still strugglingAnd assume that it's really all of them again, nahSee, we don't have to wait for things to break apartIf you weren't involved before, it's never too late to startYou probably think that it's too far to even have to careWell, take a look at where you live, what if it happened there?You have to know the urge to make a change lies withinAnd we can be the reason that they see their flag rise againWhen I get older, I will be strongerThey'll call me freedom, just like the waving flagAnd then it goes back, and then it goes back, and then it goes backWhen I get older, I will be strongerThey'll call me freedom, just like the waving flagAnd then it goes back, and then it goes back, and then it goes backWhen I get older, I will be strongerThey'll call me freedom, just like the waving flagAnd then it goes back, and then it goes back, and then it goes backWhen I get older, when I get olderI will be stronger, just like a waving flag