Sam Cooke - A Change Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent
just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know whats up there beyond the sky
It's been a long,l long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I do to the movie, I do 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 will

Then I go to my brother
And I say, "Brother, help me please"
Be he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees

Oh there been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But I think "m able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yest it will