Wavin' Flag Celebration Mix - K'Naan

lyrics for Celebration Mix

in case you are lazy to go to the site here are the lyrics =)
p.s warning, the site is a image and the image "cooler" than just the lyrics...

Give me freedom

give me fire,

give me reason

take me higher.

See the champions

take the field now.

Unify us

Make us feel proud.

In the Streets our

hands are lifting.

And we lose our,

inhibitions

Celebration

it surrounds us

Every nation

all around us

Staying forever young

singing songs underneath the sun

let's rejoice in the beautiful game

then together celebrate the day

we all say

When i get older

i will be stronger

they'll call me freedom

just like the wavin' flag

and then it goes back (x3)

This song is the anthem for the world cup 2010 in South Africa. Great song, the rhythm makes you happy and makes you feel alive, which by the way is the very essence of the world cup. The lyrics are also very powerful and festive, see the site above, when in the verse K'naan says "see the champions take the field now unify us make us feel proud" that's the inner core of the world cup, making people proud by unifying countries from all the corners of the world. In my opinion great song, i could listen to it the whole day...

the original song was the Wavin' Flag and it is too a awesome song, again.. strong lyrics.. check it out:

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 battes
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 wonderingg)
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

We Are The World 25 For Haiti

The recording of ‘We Are The World 25 For Haiti’ has the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago.

The "We Are The World 25 For Haiti" was sung by a variety of today's signers and artists. The purpose of the song was the same of the " We Are the World - USA for Africa", to make money and send it to a needing place.

List of artists participating:

Soloists:

• Justin Bieber
• Nicole Scherzinger
• Jennifer Hudson
• Jennifer Nettles
• Josh Groban
• Tony Bennett
• Mary J. Blige
• Michael Jackson
• Janet Jackson
• Barbra Streisand
• Miley Cyrus
• Enrique Iglesias
• Jamie Foxx
• Wyclef Jean
• Adam Levine
• Pink
• BeBe Winans
• Usher
• Celine Dion
• Orianthi (on guitar)
• Fergie
• Nick Jonas
• Toni Braxton
• Mary Mary
• Isaac Slade
• Lil Wayne
• Carlos Santana (on guitar)
• Akon
• T-Pain
• LL Cool J (rap)
• Will.i.am (rap)
• Snoop Dogg (rap)
• Busta Rhymes (rap)
• Swizz Beatz (rap)
• Iyaz (rap)
• Nipsey Hussle (rap)
• Kanye West

List taken from Wikipedia

My Opinion on this "fund raising":

I think that this song is amazing, just as the last one. Just by having a lot of famous singers the song gets a new taste. The idea of separating parts of the lyrics (again) for specific artists was very well done. Some of the artists (in my opinion) shouldn't have the honor to sing this song, such as Justin Bieber. John Mayer deserved way more than Justin Bieber. The Rap part was innovating but not necessary, I mean: we can get the meaning of the song without the rap, and also in my opinion it was just created to put more artists in the list of soloists.

"We Are The World 25 For Haiti"

Axé

Axé is a brazilian music genre which is safe to say that it can entertain almost all Brazilians. Axé was created in Bahia in 1980, and it is very popular during the carnaval week. Today Axé music is attributed to all the music that come from Bahia.

The meaning of the word Axé, in the religion candomblé and umbanda, means positive energy. With media, Axé was quickly spread throughout Brazil. The most common way of "spreading" was the "Micaretas" ("shows" of axé music)

Popular Axé artists and one of their songs for example of axé are:

Claudia Leitte

Ivete Sangalo

I personally like axé, it is not my favorite genre of music but its nice to go to micaretas (which i went on the carnaval). i like the rhythms and the guitar playing behind the songs.

Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer

Waiting On The World To Change

Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing
There's no way we ever could
Now we see everything is going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Its hard to be persistant
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would've never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on the door
When you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cuz when when the only information ooohhh,
They can bend it all they want

So while we're waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It's not that we don't care
We just know that the party's there
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

We're still waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population

So we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Know we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Waiting on the world to change
Waiting on the world to change
Waiting on the world to change.

taken from azlyrics.com

This is one of my favorite songs written by john mayer. This song talks about all the wrongs that happen in the world and how we people just wait for something to change. I think that this is Mayer's most famous song, and for those who haven't listened to it please go here:

John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change Music Video

John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change Acoustic

John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change Live

John's guitar skills are envyous...

please comment on what you thought about the song or thinks about the song...