A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke (Cover)

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke (Cover) with tags sam cooke, black lives matter, civil rights movement, soul music, aretha franklin, etta james, blm, naacp, protest

Hey guys!!!!!

Ever since I was a child, from the age of 4, I fell so deeply in love with, and was always so deeply moved by the blues, jazz, and soul music of black artists. I so stand with the very people who have paved the road from which I started making music - The very road that has helped to heal my heart - The very road that literally enables me to eat and have a safe place to rest my head. Thank you all! This song is from an artist who has influenced who I am today.I hope you like it :) Love,Beth

Lyrics:

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

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 will

I 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 will

Then I go to my brother

And I say brother help me please

But he winds up knockin' me

Back down on my knees, oh

There have 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 is gonna come, oh yes it will

Artist: Sam Cooke

Album: Ain't That Good News

Released: 1964

Genre: R&B/Soul