(Written by Sam Cooke/Sung by Vel Omarr)
(Music by Carl Protho)
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been 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
Chorus
Then I go to my brother
And I say "Hey, brother help me please"
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees
Ohhhhhhhhh....
There 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, a long time coming
But I know a change gon’ come, oh yes it will
