A Change Is Gonna Come

Tue, 05 May 2026 07:18:04 -0600

A Change Is Gonna Come, 1964 R&B by Sam Cooke

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[Verse 1]
I was born by the river
In a little tent
Oh, and just like the river, I've been runnin'
Ever since

[Chorus]
It's been a long
A long time comin', but I know
A change gon' come
Oh, yes, it will

[Verse 2]
It's been too hard livin'
But I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's up there
Beyond the sky

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
I go to the movie
And I go downtown
Somebody keep tellin' me
"Don't hang around"

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]
Then I go to my brother
And I say, "Brother, help me please"
But he winds up
Knockin' me
Back down on my knees
Lor', there been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now, I think I'm able to
Carry on

[Chorus]
It's been a long
A long time comin', but I know
A change gon' come
Oh, yes, it will

history of philosophy by Dr. Leonard Peikoff

Heraclitus

Heraclitus, pre-Socratic around 500BC. the cconcept of change. change requires the existence of contradictions. So everything Heraclitus held is changing. Everything is changing, in every respect, at every instant. Nothing ever remains the same in any way, in any respect for two consecutive instances. No man can ever step twice into the same river. Everything flows, nothing abides. That’s one. And the other is, nothing is, everything is becoming.

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A Change Is Gonna Come

A Change Is Gonna Come, 1964 R&B by Sam Cooke

history of philosophy by Dr. Leonard Peikoff