C F
When i get older i will be
Am G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
C
like a wavin flag
[chorus]
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
[chorus]
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
[chorus x2]
[Same chords for verses]
and everybody will be singing it
and you and i will be singing it
and we all will be singing it
wo wah wo ah wo ah
[chorus x3]
[riff goes something like]
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|
G |----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|
D |-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A |---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E |-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|
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