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WAVIN FLAG
BY: KNAAN
2.
MEANING
The title comes from his grandfathers poems
Reflects a time of hardship in Mogadishu
First line is his grandfathers exact words
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"Born to the 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"
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Knaan wrote this song as a reflection of the hardships he faced in his hometown
The song is about freedom
Made to help escape the civil war he was amidst
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2 LINES
1. "When I get older, I will be stronger they'll call me freedom just like a waving flag"
2. "But out of the darkness I came the farthest among the hardest survival
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Poetic devices
Simile: "But we just move forward like Buffalo soldiers."
Hyperbole: "Stronger than Rome."
Simile: They'll call me freedom just like a waving flag."
Repetition: "And then it goes it goes back, and then it goes back, and then it goes back."
Symbolism: "And then it goes back, and then it goes..."
Assonance: "Learn from these streets, it can be bleak accept no defeat, surrender retreat".
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Interesting Facts
Knaan was born in Somalia in 1978
He had an aunt who was a famous singer
His song was chosen for the 2010 World Cup theme song
Knaan's name means traveler in the Somali language
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THANK YOU
Imran V
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