Wave Your Flag ! - The 2010 World Cup Anthem - (with Lyrics)
EducationWave Your Flag ! - The 2010 World Cup Anthem - (with Lyrics)
An all European final will cumulate in the end of what has been the most colourful and noisy World Cup Tournament of all time.
The might of sunny Spain will take on the tiny nation of the Netherlands in front of an 84,000 crowd at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg..
Another 800 million will watch the final, otherwise known as the greatest T.V show on earth, from the comfort of their lounges or regular drinking haunts around the world in what is the first digital world cup..
No spectacle on earth attracts more spectators than a World Cup Final, and it is the biggest single global meeting of minds and spirits on the planet.
South Africa has done both teams and fans proud, introduced the world to the vuvuzela and heralded the start of new scoring system for international football.
Whatever your feelings on football, be they good, bad or indifferent,no one can deny the global goodwill that this tournament has invoked in us all.
Let us therefore all join in, in wishing both Spain and The Netherlands, neither of which have ever won a World Cup final before, all the very best for this evenings match.
The World Cup anthem this year is a song called wavin flag by K'Naan, a rousing, catchy and happy tune that can not fail to get you in the mood for celebrating.
Below are the words, the tune if you don't know it, can be found all over the interent, so join in, wave your flag, any flag, and join in the biggest celebration of all time, The FIFA World Cup final.
THE 2010 WORLD CUP COCA COLA ANTHEM, BY K'NAAN.
Ooooooh Wooooooh, Ooooooh Wooooooh
Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the streets our heads are lifting, as we lose our inhibition,
Celebration, its around us, every nations, all around us
Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game,
And together at the end of the day.
We all say
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 wavin’ flag
So wave your flag, now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Oooohhh, Oooooooooh wooooohh, Oooooooooh wooooohh
Give you freedom, give you fire, give you reason, take you higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the streets our heads are lifting, as we lose our inhibition,
Celebration, its around us, every nations, all around us
Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game,
And together at the end of the day.
We all say
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 wavin’ flag
So wave your flag, now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag (4x)
Oohhoooohh Woooh Ohohooooh Wooohoooh
We all say
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 wavin’ flag
So wave your flag, now wave your flag, now wave your flag
Now wave your flag (4x)
Oooooh woowoo ooh Wooo ooohh ooohoh
And everybody will be singing it
Oooooh woowoo ooh Wooo ooohh ooohoh
And we all will be singing it
READ GREG MARKOV'S WRITEUP OF THIS FINAL.
knoji.com/2010-fifa-world-cup-spain-vs-netherlands/
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