A Change Is Gonna Come de Sam Cooke

I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like the river, I’ve been running ever since
It’s been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die
I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky
It’s been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come

I go to the movie, and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me "Don’t hang around"
It’s been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come

Then I go to my brother and I say, "Brother, help me please"
But he winds up knocking me back down on my knees

There’ve been times that I’ve thought I couldn’t last for long
But now I think I’m able to carry on
It’s been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come

Una canción en la que Sam Cooke, que fue detenido por los disturbios causados tras serle denegado el registro en un hotel, expresa su dolor por la segregación racial y su esperanza de que la situación cambie. Canción inspirada al escuchar "Blowing in the wind", de Bob Dylan, porque pensó que "no podía ser blanco quien había escrito una canción así". Los beneficios de esta canción fueron donados a la Fundación de Martin Luther King.