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Introduction: C F Am G C
C F
when i get older i will be
Am G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
C
like a waving flag
F
and then it goes back
Am
and then it goes back
G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
C
born to a throne
G
stronger than rome
Am
but violent prone
G
poor people zone
F
but its my home
C
all i have known
F
where i got grown
G
streets we would roam
C
out of the darkness
G
i came the farthest
Am G
among the hardest survivin
F
learn form these streets
C
it can be bleek
F
accept no defeet
G
surrender retreat
C G
(so we struggling) fighting to eat
Am G
(and we wondering) when we will be free
F
so we patiently wait
C
for that faithful day
F
its not far away
G
but for now we say
C F
when i get older i will be
Am G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
C
like a waving flag
F
and then it goes back
Am
and then it goes back
G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
C
so many wars
G
settling scores
Am
bring us promises
G
leaving us poor
F
i heard them say
C
love is the way
F
love is the answer
G
thats what they say
C
but look how they treat us
G
make us believers
Am
we fight there battles
G
then they deceive us
F
try to control us
C
they couldn't hold us
F
cause we just move forward
G
like buffalo soldiers
C G
(but we strugglin) fighting to eat
Am G
(and we wonderingg) when we will be free
F
so we patiently wait
C
for that faithfully day
F
its not far away
G
but for now we say
C F
when i get older i will be
Am G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
C
like a waving flag
F
and then it goes back
Am
and then it goes back
G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
C F
when i get older i will be
Am G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
C
like a waving flag
F
and then it goes back
Am
and then it goes back
G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
C F
when i get older i will be
Am G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
C
like a waving flag
F
and then it goes back
Am
and then it goes back
G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
C F
when i get older i will be
Am G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
C
like a waving flag
F
and then it goes back
Am
and then it goes back
G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
C F
when i get older i will be
Am G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
C
like a waving flag
F
and then it goes back
Am
and then it goes back
G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)