(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---------------------------------------------------------------|