Lyrics:

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

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




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byAmandaH
, Editor



On January 22nd, 2016, a beautiful lyric video for Sam Cooke's iconic 'A Change Is Gonna Come' was releasedb,on what would have been his 85th birthday.


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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 gonna come, oh yes it willI go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody keep tellin' me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it willThen I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees, oh