Grand Funk Railroad ~ I Just Gotta Know

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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?

I gotta know.

Young 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?

You 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 wh's not over-paid.

I gotta know.

You 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.

~ Lyrics by Mark Farner
Album: Grand Funk Railroad "Phoenix" [1972]

Category:

Music

Tags:

• grand
• funk
• railroad
• gotta
• know
• phoenix
• iraq
• war
• bush
• lies
• peace
• protest
• mccain

[gusgus1959]

The Phoenix album was released in Sept. 1972, months before the Paris Peace Accords were signed, ending America's official involvement in Vietnam. Alapoet, you're 37 years too late with this video. You've got the wrong war!

[alapoet]

Perhaps you should trouble yourself to read the accompanying notes under "more info," to the right of this page, where the album and date of release have been posted ever since this video was uploaded in April 2008.

[thewhofan99]

where the fuck are you people now that obama wants to keep the war going?

[alapoet]

Obama's getting us out of Iraq, just like he said he would. Maybe you could consider, like, figuring out what the fuck you're talking about before spouting off. Kthxbai.

[thewhofan99]

he is sending anywhere from 30-50 thousand troops over. why do u people think he is going to end the war?

[alapoet]

Do you understand the difference between "Iraq" and "Afghanistan," or is that too advanced a concept for you?

[giagordz]

the world is just the same as 35 years ago...war machines that mean money, innocent victims, soldiers blood. Fuck the war and the masters of war as well

[vkme77]

keep spreading the word. . .bush lied; people died.

[joekoool102]

yep wrong war!...but at least in 72 this was a great country. I had a job in a defense plant we built submarines...ahhh the good old days.

[isolatedcrawford]

It's not about Bush or Obama it's about killing people for power money, territory, and greed. It's been going on for centuries. Great video! Kudos. Just make a revised newer version now with Obama, Geitner, Bernanke, Pelosi, Clinton,Emanuel, Paulson, and the rest of the thugs in Washington D.C. Only the players have changed

[gusgus1959]

Yes, I am familiar with the lyrics as I first bought this album in 1974. This song must be your own personal anti-war mantra. Let the music speak for itself.

[seth20041]

this video has to be the gayest video ever created!!! obama is also the gayest president we have ever had in the history of the United State of America!!!! get ready for comunism because thats where he is taking us. thnaks libs!!!

[mailman63155]

technical point: The images flash by too fast to digest, the only thought i get is "negative image, negative image, negative image, negative image..." I can't see what detailed message each is projecting.

And by the way, Obama lies, too.

[thewhofan99]

it's still war