It's been a long... A long time coming but I know Change gonna come, Change gonna come, change gonna come, Change gonna come
President to my cerebellum, So I reach out to her listeners and my mission is I betta tell'em Our fear of a free mind is hearing and spirit can die anytime you need to cry so you hide it deep inside Reason why? How can you change what was writtin? Easy, don't focus your brain on what they mentioned I got so used to tryna make thru I feel like I'm cheatin when I'm face with a break thru The man in the mirror keep sayin I hate you I respond like lil nigga I made you Slay those sayin they could break you so when I take a break I go ape come back and play fool When they think they won that's when I question Change is iminit I evolve so it's nuthin What's the discusion Charles hamilton
Change gonna come, change gonna come, Change gonna come, change gonna come, It's been a long... A long time coming but I know change gonna come, change gonna come, Change gonna come, change gonna come
We've been calm since ever since columbus could'ntwork a compass We've acomplished what we conjured up while conscious And consciously we conquerd all the eye can see Constantly concoting more options but jobs are still obsent leaf It seems so odd to me and odyssey how honesty is honestly the rivrest thing upon us it's astonishing How did all the honest people vonshish from the plonet? Leaving us a laundry list of problems to acknowledge While plotting with my phonics me and sonic and bob Non chomp and vises as I sit down and sketch my rhymes Stretch my mind to figure out what's next in line The next emyay and andre? Nah homie it's just been a long... A long time commin...
But I kno change gonna come Change gonna come, Change gonna come, change gonna come It's been a long... A long time comin but I kno Change gonna come, change gonna come, Change gonna come, change gonna come
While as you listenin to this track You probably about to blog about it maybe say it's wack Or maybe compare the verses to see which one of us wud snap Completly ignoring the fact that this is way more than rap Cause I happen to be on a magazine you happen to see this issue Some people wish you well man some people turn against you Some people even call up to the station just to diss you You bitch you, you only mad at your self heres a tissue But that ain't even my focus man that hate ain't on my menue I'm in a different city about to rock a different venue My girl sent me a text message just to say "I miss you" It won't be long before I'm home baby but the rents due, ha ha ha
It's been a long... A long time coming but I know change gonna come, Change gonna come, change gonna come, Change gonna come
