Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river, in a little tent
 And just like the river, I've been running ever, ever since
 It's been a long, long time coming
 But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will, oh
 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 is gonna come, oh yes it will
 Then I go to a movie, and I go downtown
 Somebody keep telling me, "Don't you, don't you hang around"
 It's been a long, a long time coming
 But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
 Then I go to my brother and I say, "Brother, oh brother, would you help me please"
 But he winds up knocking me, knocking me back down, back down to my knees, oh yeah
 There've been times that I've thought I wouldn't last for long
 But I think that I, I could carry, carry on
 It's been a long, yes it has, it's been a long time coming
 But I know, know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will, I know for myself, God
 A change is gonna come, I believe a change is gonna come
 Oh, a change is gonna come