

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 gonna 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 gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go downtown Somebody keep telling me don't hang around It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say: Brother help me please But he winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
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 gonna 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 gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go downtown Somebody keep telling me don't hang around It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say: Brother help me please But he winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
• A gravação de “A Change Is Gonna Come” contou com o baterista Earl Palmer, que substituiu John Boudreaux após este recusar tocar devido ao arranjo orquestral da faixa.
• O arranjo foi inteiramente entregue ao guitarrista e arranjador René Hall, que recebeu liberdade total para criar uma orquestração estilo trilha sonora de filme, usando um amplo conjunto de cordas.
• A canção foi lançada como B‑side de “Shake” em 22 de dezembro de 1964, apesar de ter sido considerada mais pessoal e politicamente carregada que os sucessos comerciais anteriores de Cooke.
• Em 2007, a Biblioteca do Congresso incluiu a gravação no National Recording Registry, reconhecendo seu valor cultural, histórico e estético.
• O Rolling Stone posicionou “A Change Is Gonna Come” em terceiro lugar na lista “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” (2021) e a elevou ao primeiro posto da lista “The 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time” (2025).
• A inspiração para a letra veio de um incidente real em 1963, quando Sam Cooke e seu grupo foram impedidos de se hospedar em um motel segregado em Louisiana, situação que culminou em prisão por perturbação da ordem.
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