【当我长大我会变的强壮，与生俱来的自由就像挥舞的旗帜，追溯到强于罗马的帝皇时代！还有暴力倾向的贫民区和我成长的街道，那是我的家。我们会遨游出心里的阴暗，在那里学会了最难生存方式：它可以暗淡 可以接受任何痛苦 也可以投降撤退！所以我们努力奋斗，战斗着，我们却不知道我们将获新生，因此我们耐心的等待那天并不遥远！但是那么多的战争，那么多的夙愿，使我们的承诺，违背了周围的亲人。在这之中听到冥冥之声：我们都赞同，爱就是这样，爱就是答案！当我们得到的确是欺骗，我们的控制力无法阻止，我们的事业向前迈进。人人都会唱 你我都将唱：当我长大的时候更坚强，就像挥舞的旗帜一样！】

      一首叫做《飘扬的旗帜》的歌曲经过了多轮的评审最终被选为了南非世界杯的官方主题曲。主题歌的演唱者为 31岁的xx克南(K‘naan)，他出生在索马里的一个艺术之家，由于国内局势动荡，13岁随家人移居加拿大，但他仍然心系索马里，创作的很多歌曲都和索马里局势相关。

 
  《飘扬的旗帜》是他今年2月底发行的专辑《游吟诗人》中的一首歌，歌曲带有浓郁的非洲气息，表达了对这片充满战火 、贫穷和落后的土地不离不弃的热爱。在今年9月国际足联举行的世界杯主题曲征集中，克南将自己的歌曲寄给了国际足联，最终被国际足联所认可，成为了南非世界杯的主题歌。据悉，克南已经联手西班牙xxDavid Bisbal特别为世界杯重新制作一款混音版的《飘扬的旗帜》用于宣传，两个版本届时都将收录在南非世界杯歌曲专辑之中。

《waving flag》歌词：
  when i get older i will be
  stronger they'll call me freedom just
  like a wavin flag
  when i get older i will be
  stronger they'll call me freedom just
  like a waving flag
  and then it goes back (3x)
  ahhho ahhho ahhho
  born to a throne
  stronger than rome
  but violent prone
  poor people zone
  but its my home
  all i have known
  where i got grown
  streets we would roam
  out of the darkness
  i came the farthest
  among the hardest survive
  learn form these streets
  it can be bleak
  accept no defeet
  surrender retreat
  (so we struggling)
  fighting to eat
  (and we wondering)
  when we will be free
  so we patiently wait
  for that faithful day
  its not far away
  but for now we say
  when i get older i will be
  stronger they'll call me freedom just
  like a waving flag
  and then it goes back (3x)
  ahhho ahhho ahhho
  so many wars
  settling scores
  bring us promises
  leaving us poor
  i heard them say
  love is the way
  love is the answer
  thats what they say
  but look how they treat us
  make us believers
  we fight there battles
  then they deceive us
  try to control us
  they couldn't hold us
  cause we just move forward
  like buffalo soldiers
  (but we strugglin)
  fighting to eat
  (and we wondering)
  when we will be free
  so we patiently wait
  for that faithfully day
  its not far away
  but for now we say
  when i get older i will be
  stronger they'll call me freedom just
  like a waving flag
  and then it goes back (3x)
  and then it goes when i get older i will be
  stronger they'll call me freedom just
  like a wavin flag
  and then it goes back (3x)
  ahhhooo ahhhoooo ahhhooo
  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
  when i get older i will be
  stronger they'll call me freedom just
  like a wavin flag
  and then it goes back (3x)
  and then it goes when i get older i will be
  stronger they'll call me freedom just
  like a wavin flag
  and then it goes back (3x)
  a oh a oh a oh
  when i get older
  when i get older
  i will be stronger
  just like a wavin flag (3x)
  flag flag
  just like a wavin flag