Lyrics:

Yo (one time)
I was born by the river (uh, uh) in a tenement
Oh, my poor mother, she could hardly pay the rent
It's been a long, ha, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it will

Yeah (two time)
It's been too hard living, huh, and I'm afraid to die (why?)
I don't know what's out there, yeah, yeah, beyond the sky
It's been a long, huh, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come (oh)
Oh yes it will

Say it, Wyclef (check it out, say it, uh uh)

See, I go to my brother (c'mon, and say what, say what)
And I say, brother, help me, please (c'mon, L Boogie)
And he winds up, he winds up knocking me, knocking me (uh huh)
Yeah, back down on my knees

Ohh (three time), it's been times when I didn't think
That I would last for long, huh
But now we think we're able to carry on
It's been a long (uh huh huh huh yeah), yeah, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, (oh) yes it will

This has been the Fugees
L Boogie
Prize Well
Wyclef
The Refugees are out
(yes it will, yes it will, yes it will)