A Change is Gonna Come

Originally by Sam Cooke, but this one is sung by Lauryn Hill

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


Oh 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



There will always be hard times in life. Things will change and there will take some adapting to. We need to carry on and not let these things stop us from living, but rather strengthen us and prepare us for what's to come. We can be sad for the moment, but there's also time where we just have to move on and accept the new circumstances. It seems like I might be losing something very dear to me, but I still see hope in that it might not have to happen. It hasn't sunk in yet. But if it were to happen, I guess I just have to accept and adapt.


Job 5:8-16


"But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.
  He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
    miracles that cannot be counted.
    He provides rain for the earth;
    he sends water on the countryside.
   The lowly he sets on high,
    and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
   He thwarts the plans of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.
   He catches the wise in their craftiness,
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
   Darkness comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.
   He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
   So the poor have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth."