A Change is Gonna Come
By: Sam Cooke (1964)
Album: Ain't that Good News
This song is one of the most powerful songs of the Civil Rights Movement. It was written about an act of discrimination involving Sam Cooke.
Selected Lyrics:
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
Keywords: Sam Cooke, A Change is Gonna Come, Race or Ethnicity