Somali-Canadian Rapper K’Naan Performs 'Wavin' Flag' in Democracy Now's Firehouse Studio
For those who think there aren't any good freedom songs being written these days, here's but one example...
....Out of the darkness, I came the farthest
Among the hardest survival
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak
Except no defeat, surrender retreatSo we struggling, fighting to eat and
We wondering when we'll be free
So we patiently wait, for that fateful day
It's not far away, so for now we sayWhen I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes backSo many wars, settling scores
Bringing 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 their battles, then they deceive us
Try to control us, they couldn't hold us
Cause we just move forward like Buffalo SoldiersBut we struggling, fighting to eat
And we wondering, when we'll be free
So we patiently wait, for that faithful day
It's not far away, but for now we say....
Hip hop artist K’Naan joined DN recently in their firehouse studio for an interview about his life growing up in war-torn Somalia, the media’s coverage of Somali pirates, his latest album, “Troubadour” and much more. Stay tuned for the broadcast of that interview in the coming days.
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