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A Change is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke

A Change is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke

In 1963, Sam Cooke, his wife, and his band were refused entry from a "whites only" motel in Louisiana and arrested for disturbing the peace. Some of the lyrics of "A Change is Gonna Come" were inspired by this incident.

Most poignant lyric: It’s been a long, a long time coming | But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

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