Seal- A Change is Gonna Come

The song "A Change is Gonna Come" has two political messages.  They are different in some respects and they have a 44 year  difference between them.  The original version of this song was by Sam Cooke.  His message with this song was about racism in the 1960s and his hope that a change would come. The lyrics say what every black American probably felt at the time. Life was hard, harder than it should have been, but you had to keep moving on and making it through. It also expresses the hardships that came with a black man merely going to the movies.

I also think that the cover version of this song by Seal has a political one.  Seal released his album "Soul" on October 31, 2008, just days before Barack Obama was elected as President of the United States.  This song was also the first track on the album.  Having this song released at that time in history says a lot about what people wanted and what they were looking for in the world.  The American people wanted change, and Barack Obama ran is entire campaign on "change".  And this song is representative of two eras of change in American history.