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Song of the Week - 'Wavin' Flag' by K'Naan as featured on Austin City Limits

I had something else picked out for this week's Song of the Week, but after viewing K'Naan on the Austin City Limits and hearing the version of 'Wavin' Flag', I was moved.  I had to share this song.  I might be a sappy little b sometimes with movies.  Especially the scene in Good Will Hunting where the Ben Affleck character goes to pick up Will and he's not there.  It gets me every time.  However, I'm rarely moved by hearing a song, especially on the very first listen.  As the moment brewed in front of me watching K'Naan, it was definitely a great musical moment that I knew I needed to share. I downloaded the original 'Wavin' Flag' from iTunes, back in 2009.  If I remember it correctly, it was a free song of the week via iTunes.  I liked it right away, and it started getting some heavy play in one of my best of play lists.  The lyrics for the original version are somewhat uplifting, but I didn't really get the reference of how he would