help!!!

So I heard this guy sing this song on American Idol and I don't know the name and who sings it or anything.....please help! I have it in my head....

"I was born by the river and just like that river I've been running every since, It's been a long, long,long time coming but I know change gon come,oh yes it is."

"A Change is Gonna Come" by Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, and others.

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

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 gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees

Ohhhhhhhhh.....

There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

thanks

You're welcome.