Back in 2009 I stated that K’naan is probably one of the most underrated/under-appreciated hip/hop artists of the year and if you read here you can see I just go on and on about how he doesn’t get the attention he deserved for his sophomore album Troubadour. Well I have a feeling that 2010 is gonna be his best year yet. Coca-Cola has picked his song Wavin’ Flag to serve as the anthem for Coca-Cola South Africa World Cup Campaign! Thanks Coke.. not only do you taste great.. but you have great taste!!
For us the fans this means two things: 1) More people will be able to listen to his messages of peace and hope through his positive music and 2) By the end of the year Wavin’ Flag will probably be so overplayed that you wont want to hear it ever again. And is this a bad thing? NOT AT ALL! I am willing to sacrifice listening to Wavin Flag for the good of the world cup and humanity. Simple put more people need to listen to K’naan. From the first time I got goosebumps listening to his chorus driven anthem and still as I am writing this post, listening to his music has the natural tendency to inspire.. and what better place to inspire than the World Cup; Where players from all over the world peacefully coming together to partake in the greatest sport ever created in the history of mankind!!! (yes I am a die hard soccer fan!)
The track below is a remix of K’NAAN’s “Wavin’ Flag,” reworked for the Coca-Cola campaign, which invites football fans to express their optimism and passion for football through active dance celebrations in the run-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa.
Lirik lagu K'naan - Wavin Flag :
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin flag(x2)
And then it goes back (x3)
Oh
Born to a throne
Stronger than rome
But violent 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 form these streets
It can be bleek
Accept no defeat
Surrender, retreat
(So we strugglin')
Fighting to eat
(And we wonderin')
When we'll be free
So we patiently wait
For that faithful day
It's not far away
But for now we say
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a waving flag
(And then it goes back x3)
Ahhho ahhho ahhho
So many wars, settling scores
Bringin' us promises leaving 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 there battes
Then they deceive us
Try to control us
They couldn't hold us
Cause we just move forward
Just like buffalo soldiers
(But we strugglin)
Fighting to eat
(And we wonderingg)
When we'll be free
So we patiently wait
For that faithfully day
It's not far away
But for now we say
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin' flag
(And then it goes back (3x)
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 (3x)
Ahhhooo ahhhoooo ahhhooo
And then it goes
And than everybody will be singing it
And you and I will be singing it
And we all will be singing it
Woah woah woah
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin' flag
(And then it goes back (3x)
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 (3x)
A oh a oh a oh
When I get older
When I get older
I will be stronger
Just like a wavin' flag (3x)
Flag(x2)
Just like a wavin' flag
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin flag(x2)
And then it goes back (x3)
Oh
Born to a throne
Stronger than rome
But violent 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 form these streets
It can be bleek
Accept no defeat
Surrender, retreat
(So we strugglin')
Fighting to eat
(And we wonderin')
When we'll be free
So we patiently wait
For that faithful day
It's not far away
But for now we say
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a waving flag
(And then it goes back x3)
Ahhho ahhho ahhho
So many wars, settling scores
Bringin' us promises leaving 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 there battes
Then they deceive us
Try to control us
They couldn't hold us
Cause we just move forward
Just like buffalo soldiers
(But we strugglin)
Fighting to eat
(And we wonderingg)
When we'll be free
So we patiently wait
For that faithfully day
It's not far away
But for now we say
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin' flag
(And then it goes back (3x)
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 (3x)
Ahhhooo ahhhoooo ahhhooo
And then it goes
And than everybody will be singing it
And you and I will be singing it
And we all will be singing it
Woah woah woah
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom
Just like a wavin' flag
(And then it goes back (3x)
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 (3x)
A oh a oh a oh
When I get older
When I get older
I will be stronger
Just like a wavin' flag (3x)
Flag(x2)
Just like a wavin' flag
Download Theme Song Piala Dunia 2010 :
K'Naan - Wavin Flag
