
'Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers. Try to control us, they couldn't hold us, The original single was a hit in Canada and reached 2 on the Canadian Hot 100 as the third official single from the album, after the singles 'ABCs' and 'Bang Bang', which.

The song was originally written for Somalia and aspirations of its people for freedom. Knaan Born from a throne Older than Rome But violent prone Poor people zone. 'Wavin' Flag' is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour. We fight their battles, then they deceive us, Video clip and lyrics Young Artists For Haiti Wavin Flag by Artists for Haiti. Love is the answer, that's what they say,īut look how they treat us, make us believers, This song is a re-make of K'naan’s mega hit Wavin' flag It went on to debut at number 1 in Canadian Hot 100. So we patiently wait, for that fateful day, Learn from these streets, it can be bleak, Where I got grown, streets we would roam.īut out of the darkness, I came the farthest, They'll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag,Īnd then it goes back, and then it goes back, K'naan Born from a throne Older than Rome But violent prone Poor people zone. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer When I get older, I will be stronger Video clip and lyrics Young Artists For Haiti Wavin Flag by Artists for Haiti. Many other bilingual and country-specific versions were released. A version of the song featuring will.i.am and David Guetta was targeted for international markets. The Spanish cover featuring David Bisbal became very popular.

The English version was released as "Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)" by K'naan to differentiate it from the original Canadian hit or from the Canadian Haiti charity hit. This amended international version with additional lyrics reached the top ten in more than twenty different charts around the world. The song became a truly global hit when it was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa. After a devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, a remake of the song by an ad hoc supergroup of Canadian artists, credited as Young Artists for Haiti, became a charity single in Canada, reaching #1 on the Canadian Hot 100 in its own right. The original single was a hit in Canada and reached #2 on the Canadian Hot 100 as the third official single from the album, after the singles "ABCs" and "Bang Bang", which were minor hits. Haiti has been ravaged by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Januwith over. The song is intended to create more awareness in order to help rebuild Haiti.

The song was originally written for Somalia and aspirations of its people for freedom. Young Artists for Haiti is a supergroup of Canadian artists who came together to record a charity single, 'Wavin' Flag', to benefit relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. "Wavin' Flag" is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour.
