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