I Just Gotta Know

Hey, people are you ready to get in the streets
To be your own police?
Are you ready to start tonight
To stand up and fight for your rights?Oh, oh, I just gotta know, I gotta know
I gotta know, I gotta knowYoung people, would you do the patriotic thing?
Are you ready to stand up and sing
That you're tired of the war and all that shit?
Oh, tell me, are you ready to do your bit?Oh, oh, I just gotta know, I gotta know
I gotta know, I gotta knowYou gotta' take a stand, give your brother a helping hand
We got to start today, so tomorrow our kids can play
We better do what's right so we don't have to fight no more'Bout the only way I see that we can change the plan
Is to vote and get our man
The man whose not afraid
And one whose not over paidOh, oh, I just gotta know, I gotta know
I gotta know, I gotta knowYou gotta' take a stand, give your brother a helping hand
We got to start today so tomorrow our kids can play
We better do what's right so we don't have to fight no more