K'naan - Waving Flag, himno oficial del Mundial Sudáfrica 2010

Hace unos meses les contábamos acerca del músico Somalí que atravesó fronteras con su música hiphopera, y que felizmente conocí a través de la música de NatGeo. Hoy nos enteramos, para sorpresa de todos, que K'naan ha sido elegido por la organización del Mundial 2010 en Sudáfrica como el artista que interprete el himno oficial del torneo.

Su canción: "Waving Flag" será escuchada por millones de personas de todas partes del planeta, y sin dudas será el principio de un nuevo hito musical para Sudáfrica. El tono, las notas musicales, la letra, su significado y la voz de K'naan ya ganan adeptos, y va por más!

Te presentamos el tema, el himno del Mundial en Sudáfrica 2010:

Letra: When I get older, I will be stronger Theyâ??ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag.

When I get older, I will be stronger Theyâ??ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back.

Born to a throne, stronger than Rome But Violent prone, poor people zone But itâ??s my home, all I have known Where I got grown, streets we would roam But out of the darkness, I came the farthest Among the hardest survival Learn from these streets, it can be bleak Except no defeat, surrender retreat.

So we struggling, fighting to eat and We wondering when weâ??ll be free So we patiently wait, for that fateful day Itâ??s not far away, so for now we say.

When I get older, I will be stronger Theyâ??ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back.

So many wars, settling scores Bringing us promises, leaving us poor I heard them say, love is the way Love is the answer, thatâ??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 couldnâ??t hold us Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers.

But we struggling, fighting to eat And we wondering, when weâ??ll be free So we patiently wait, for that faithful day Itâ??s not far away, but for nw we say.

When I get older, I will be stronger Theyâ??ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back.

When I get older, I will be stronger Theyâ??ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back.

(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And everybody will be singing it (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And you and I will be singing it (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And we all will be singing it (Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh).

When I get older, I will be stronger Theyâ??ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back.

When I get older, I will be stronger Theyâ??ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back.

When I get older, when I get older I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag.