hook:   its been a long...   a long time coming but i know   change gonna come,   change gonna come,change gonna come,   change gonna come(x2)      Charles Hamilton:   president to my cerebellum,   so i reach out to her listeners and my mission is i betta tell'em   our fear of a free mind is hearing and spirit can die anytime you need to cry so you hide it deep inside   reason why?   how can you change what was writtin?   easy,dont focus your brain on what they mentioned   i got so used to tryna make thru   i feel like im cheatin when im face wit a break thru   the man in the mirror keep sayin 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 thats when i question    change is iminit i evolve so its nuthin   whats the discusion   charles hamilton      hook:   change gonna come,change gonna come,   change gonna come,change gonna come,   its been a long...   a long time coming but i know change gonna come,change gonna come,   change gonna come,change gonna come      Asher Roth:   we've been calm since ever since columbus couldnt work a compass   we've acomplished what we conjured up while conscious   and consciously we conquerd all the eye can see   constantly concoting more options but jobs are still obsent leaf   it seems so odd to me and odyssey how honesty is honestly the rivrest thing upon us its astonishing   how did all the honest people vonshish from the plonet?   leaving us a laundry list of problems to acknowledge   while plotting with my phonics me and sonic and bob   non chomp and vises as i sit down and sketch my rhymes    stretch my mind to figure out whats next in line   the next emyay and andre?   nah homie its just been a long...   a long time commin...      hook:   but i kno change gonna come   change gonna come,   change gonna come,change gonna come   its been a long..   a long time comin but i kno    change gonna come,change gonna come,   change gonna come,change gonna come      B.o.B:   while as you listenin to this track   you probably about to blog about it maybe say its wack   or maybe compare the verses to see which one of us wud snap   completly ignoring the fact that this is way more than rap   cuz 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 heres a tissue    but that aint even my focus man that hate aint on my menue   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 wont be long before im home baby but the rents due,ha ha ha      hook:   its been a long...   a long time coming but i know change gonna come,   change gonna come,change gonna come,   change gonna come(x2)