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A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke

WOW, just WOW! I discovered this song when I was about 12 years old and I fell right in love. Sam Cooke's voice plus the lyrics and the meaning behind this song is truly an astounding combination. This song talks about the Oppression of black individuals, the wars going on in the middle east, the Apartheid and the suffering of all people all over the world. There are pictures of Great leaders like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, and I think this is a special way to project emotion onto the audience, to allow us to feel the hurt and the loss of these individuals. I watched the most recent music video of the song but the lyrics are the exact same, the song is a national and global treasure. All the videos and pictures of people facing heartache are so relatable because these things still go on today just in a different way. People everywhere are suffering because of one reason or the other, people are fighting for their basic human rights, fighting to make sure that food is on the table, fighting to make sure their kids are safe when they step outside, and some are fighting to simply survive. "I go to the movie and I go downtown Somebody keep tellin' me don't hang around", this is one of the lyrics I find so captivating and raw because back in the day when this song was made situations like this occurred occured, it doesn't happen now but there is still so much hate, racism, and resentment all over. Another piece of the song I love is "There have 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 is gonna come, oh yes it will", I appreciate these lyrics because as much hate that is circulating in our society, there will always be a bright light somewhere, there are always people that will continue fighting for the injustices we face and never settle, there will always be good people, and in the end, a change is going to come, we just all have to believe and remain persistent!!

 LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4

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