La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
I was born by the river, in a little tent
And just like the river, I've been running ever, ever since
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will, oh
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
Then I go to a movie, and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me, "Don't you, don't you hang around"
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
Then I go to my brother and I say, "Brother, oh brother, would you help me please"
But he winds up knocking me, knocking me back down, back down to my knees, oh yeah
There've been times that I've thought I wouldn't last for long
But I think that I, I could carry, carry on
It's been a long, yes it has, it's been a long time coming
But I know, know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will, I know for myself, God
A change is gonna come, I believe a change is gonna come
Oh, a change is gonna come