Sometimes, I manage to overlook some very vital things. For example, I consider myself an amateur listener of soul music, but the very embodiment of that genre managed to fly completely over my head. Sam Cooke, in this instance with the extremely poignant “A change is gonna come”.
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I been a runnin’ 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
Cuz 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 tellin 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
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 been times that I thought I wouldn’t last for long
Now think I’m able to carry on
It’s been a long, along time coming but I know
A change gon’ come, oh yes it will