Sam Cooke "A Change Is Gonna Come"

"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."

Malcolm X

I was born by the river

In a little tent

And just like the river

I've been running ever since

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes it will

It's been too hard living

But I'm afraid to die

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

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna 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 gonna come, 

oh yes it wil

Then I go to my brother

I say brother help me please

But he winds up knocking me

Back down on my knees

There's been times that I thought

I couldn't last for long

But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come

Oh, yes it will