A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Keep Movin On [2003]

I was born by the river

In a little tent

Oh

And just like the river I been a running ever since

It's been a long

A long time coming but I know a change gon' come

Oh

Yes it will



It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

It's been a long

A long time coming but I know a change gon' come

Oh

Yes it will



I go to the movie and I go downtown

Somebody keep telling me, "Don't hang around"

It's been a long

A long time coming but I know a change gon' come

Oh

Yes it will



Then I go to my brother and I say, "Brother help me please"

But he winds up knocking me back down on my knees

Oh



There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for long

Now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long

A long time coming but I know a change gon' come

Oh

Yes it will