"A Change Is Gonna Come" - Ain't That Good News (1964)

"Change Is [bad word] quot;
Sam Cooke

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've [bad word] ever since
It's been a long, a long [bad word] 
But I know a change [bad word]  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 [bad word] 
But I know a change [bad word]  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 [bad word] 
But I know a change [bad word]  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

Ohhhhhhhhh.....

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 [bad word] 
But I know a change [bad word]  oh yes it will