[Sam Cooke & DMX]
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I’ve [bad word] ever since
It’s been a long, a long [bad word] But I know a change [bad word]  oh yes it will

[Hook]
Change [bad word] Ch-ch-ch-ch-change [bad word] Ch-ch-ch-ch-change [bad word] Ch-ch-ch-ch-change [bad word] Ch-ch-ch-ch-change [bad word] Ch-ch-ch-ch-change [bad word] Ch-ch-ch-ch-change [bad word] 
[DMX - Verse 1]
Man, [bad word] slipped through the cracks
I flipped through the tracks
Lay it in the studio, flip through the wax
It’s time to bring the dark to the light
Change [bad word] but not without a fight
N-ggas say one thing than do another
Stab me in the back but say you my brother
Sh-t aint the same no more, it’s different
eh, eh, eh, eh man f-ck all the riffing
I got a point to prove and moves to make
Knew for a long time you dudes was fake
I know a muthaf-cking snake when I see one
They look like one and move like one
So you gotta be one

[Hook]

[DMX - Verse 2]
Man, I played this game, then played that one
Fell for a minute but bounced right back son
Can’t hold down the dog for long
Change [bad word]  thats the name of the song
You know what it is, cause you knew what it was
Let a n-gga go, I’ma do what it does
N-ggas sellin’ they soul just to get a buzz
I f-cks with you blood, I f-cks with you cuz
I’m out that (?) thats built for war
BFW, kickin’ in the door
We don’t take no for an answer
I’ma go hard cause I have to
Pull guard? and I’ma clap ya

[Hook]

[DMX - Verse 3]
Man, n-ggas get so caught up in their [bad word] They don’t know whats going on around them
Fake n-ggas I found them
Industry’s moving in a different direction
Kinda like a [bad word] with an erection
N-ggas been phoney for so long
Actin like they know me for so long
Time for cats to roll on
Here’s new writing on the wall
I can’t f-ck with you for real
I can’t f-ck with you at all

[Hook]