Change Gonna Come

Change gonna come
By the fire, by the gun
By the word, by the deed
By the heavens, by the streets
Change gonna come
By the fire, by the sun
By the water, by the seeds
By the day by degrees
Change gonna come
By the father, by the son
By the woman, by the seeds
By the war, by the peace
Change gonna come
By the many, by the one
By the fire, by the sun
By the fire, by the gun

They wanna call me a terrorist
But that's like the pot calling the kettle black
Or the pot boiling to cook the crack
Or the cat [?]
How wack is that?
But that's regular protocol all over the almanack
Cats of this hoot was built on a cul-de-sac
[?]
And I'm thinking to myself like, aah, how wack is that?
But in order to change that, we gotta change the mindset of cats
But the mindset of cats are caught in a [?]
But what came first: cocaine rap, or cocaine crack?
But now these rappers rapping to push cocaine back
Or rapping to bring cook cocaine back
And while you chew on that, please remember this
That's still: Kun fayakun, kun fayakun
Change all that exists, ya Allah

Change gonna come
By the fire, by the gun
By the word, by the deed
By the heavens, by the streets
Change gonna come
By the fire, by the sun
By the water, by the seeds
By the day by degrees
Change gonna come
By the father, by the son
By the woman, by the seeds
By the war, by the peace
Change gonna come
By the many, by the one
By the fire, by the sun
By the fire, by the gun

[?] CNN and MSN and Fox news
Lose yourself like Eminem and [?]
Satan says Simon says monkey see and monkey do
They kill your brother, rape your mother
[?]
So tell me what you wanna do
Speak straight, now tell me what you wanna do
[?] like it's nothing new
[?]
So tell me what you wanna do
Season time now, tell me what you wanna do
Man and woman come and go
[?]
So tell me what you wanna do
Speak straight man, tell me what you wanna do
Matter of fact man, tell me what you gonna do
Matter of fact man, show me what you gonna do

Change gonna come
By the fire, by the gun
By the word, by the deed
By the heavens, by the streets
Change gonna come
By the fire, by the sun
By the water, by the seeds
By the day by degrees
Change gonna come
By the father, by the son
By the woman, by the seeds
By the war, by the peace
Change gonna come
By the many, by the one
By the fire, by the sun
By the fire, by the gun