We Gotta Know

Album: The Age Of Quarrel (1986)
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  • Strugglin' in the streets just trying to survive
    Searchin' for the truth is just keepin' us alive
    Gotta break these shackles gotta break these chains
    Said the only way we'll do it is if we use our brains
    Said there's gotta be some meaning to the purpose of life
    I know there must be more than the struggle and strife
    Cause I'm looking for the answers and I need a clue
    Cause my mind's so disturbed now what do I do?

    Notice everywhere there's mass confusion and packs of lies
    We gotta know!
    We're starin' down our enemies in the eyes
    We gotta know!
    These are the days of the cheaters and the cheated
    We gotta know!
    But we're not gonna bend you know we won't be defeated
    We gotta know!

    Strugglin' in the streets just trying to survive
    Searchin' for the truth is just keepin' us alive
    Gotta break these shackles gotta break these chain
    Said the only way we'll do it is if we use our brains
    Said there's gotta be some meaning to the purpose of life
    I know there must be more than the struggle and strife
    Cause I'm looking for the answers and I need a clue
    Cause my mind's so disturbed now what do I do?
    Cause my minds so disturbed now
    What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?

    This planet's turnin' into a hell
    And I figured out that things don't really look too well
    Reactions coming they're already starting to show
    But the question is who'll go with the flow
    You know there's gonna, be a fight!
    Cause somebody's always tryin' to keep ya
    From doing the right
    There's always gonna be somebody
    Comin' no matter where you go
    So now you know why we gotta know
    We gotta now! Writer/s: Harley Flanagan, John Joseph, Parris Mayhew
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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