What Do The Lyrics Of Popular Songs Mean

When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me 'Free don'
just like a waving' flag
and then it goes back, and then it goes back
and then it goes back, and then it goes . . .

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
Out of the darkness, I came the farthest
out of the hardest survival
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak,
accept no defeat, surrender retreat

bridge:
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,
but for now we say:

Chorus

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 deeive us
try to control us, they couldn't hold us
'cause we just move forward like Buffalo soldiers

Well lyrics of songs cannot be said to come from one source only. There are different sources from which the lyrics might originate. Yes you're right, some may depict real life experiences as well, but again there are many other sources. Many singers sing songs based on lyrics from old poetry, others base them on their own poetry. Many are made on lyrics written specially for the song by the band itself. They can be for different occasions or historical events and people. Many contain a certain message they want to convey to the audiance. Therefore one cannot limit it to a single source.