Change Gonna Come

[Chorus: Sam Cooke] It's been a long A long time coming but I know Change gonna come [Verse 1: Charles Hamilton] Prisoner to my cerebellum So I reach out to the listeners And my mission is I better tell 'em Our fear of a free mind is hearing Your spirit can die anytime You need to cry and so you hide it deep inside Reason why? How can you change what was written? Easy, don't focus your brain on what they mentioned I got so used to tryna make due I feel like I'm cheating when I'm faced with a break through The man in the mirror keeps saying 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 crush them Change is eminent I evolve so it's nothing What's the discussion Charles Hamilton [Chorus: Sam Cooke] It's been a long A long time coming but I know Change gonna come [Verse 2: Asher Roth] We've been pompous ever since Columbus couldn't work a compass We've accomplished what we've conjured up while conscious Unconsciously we've conquered all the eye can see Constantly concocting more options but jobs are still obsolete It seems so odd to me, an odyssey How honesty is honestly the rarest thing upon us It's astonishing How did all the honest people vanish from the planet? Leaving us a laundry list of problems to acknowledge While plotting with my phonics me and Conic and B.o.B Nag Champa rises as I sit down and sketch my rhymes Stretch my mind to figure out what's next in line The next Em, Ye and Andre? Nah homie its just been a long A long time coming [Chorus: Sam Cooke] It's been a long A long time coming but I know Change gonna come [Verse 3: B.o.B] Well as you listening to this track You probably about to blog about it and maybe say its wack Or maybe compare the verses to see which one of us has snapped Completely 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 here's a tissue But that ain't even my focus man that hate ain't on my menu Im 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 rent's due Ha ha ha [Chorus: Sam Cooke] It's been a long A long time coming but I know Change gonna come