Will It Ever Change?

Ooh, when will it ever change?

Ooh, people, tell me when will it ever change

I can see bells of freedom

I can't hear them ring

I see this premonition nearly happens every night

I see this premonition, it happens every day

I can see it when they work

I can tell by the things they say

My sisters and my brothers

On the streets all over town

I can see people dyin'

There's hatreds all around

Ooh, people, will it ever change?

Sometimes I hear the bells of freedom

But I never hear them ring, oh

Once I knew a man

He'd fought for equality, yes, he did y'all

He'd seen the promised land

He freed now for my needs, oh yes he did

I can see the bells of freedom

Tell me why can't I hear them ring?

Hear them ring, baby

Let me tell y'all, this is what I read

Come on in here freedoms comin' in

Liberty, equality, humanity

Little love, never hurt nobody

But we need liberty

There's no doubt about it

People, when will it change?

People, when will it change?

We need love, I know we need love

We don't need no more hatred

Tell me when will it change?

When will it change?

People, could ya tell me when will it change?

Somebody tell me now, I want freedom

I wanna hear those freedom bells ringin', yeah-oh

Oh whoa, I wanna know

Think you wanna know, too, take my hand

Let me lead you to the Promised Land

I think I can lead you to the Promised Land

I know I can

But I wanna know one thing, people

I wanna know, when will it change?

When will it change? Yeah