A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent just like that river, I've been running ever since i'ts been a long, long, long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come mmmmmm yes it is when I go, I go to my brother i say brother, help me believe but he just winds up knockin me down back down on my knees yeah i thought i wouldn't last this long, but now i know that i, i, i, i, i, i, i can kill you, yeah it's been a looooong, a long time comin, but i know my change, my change is gonna come