索马里裔嘻哈xxK'naan的歌曲《飘扬的旗帜》（Wavin' Flag）日前被选为2010年南非足球世界杯的官方主题歌。
现年31岁的K'naan出生在索马里的一个艺术之家，由于国内局势动荡，13岁时K'naan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》（Troubadour）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，因此最终被南非世界杯组委会相中。
据悉，K'naan将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。
南非世界杯将于明年6月11日开幕，其分组抽签仪式将于今年12月4日在开普敦举行。
When I get older, I will be stronger
当我长大，我将更将强壮
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
他们呼唤我自由，就像那飘扬的旗帜
When I get older, I will be stronger
当我长大，我将更加强壮
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
他们呼喊我自由，就像那飘扬的旗帜
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
当我回来的时候，自由已经来临
And then it goes back
自由已经来临了
Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
But Violent prone, poor people zone
But it’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 we’ll be free
So we patiently wait, for that fateful day
It’s not far away, so 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, 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, 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 Soldiers
But 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
When 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 back
When 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 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
They’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
They’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.
