From the east coast to the west coast
Gotta gotta gotta go
Two sounds of a revolution
Gotta gotta gotta go
In our hearts in our souls
Gotta gotta gotta go
United we stand divided we fall
Gotta gotta go

Can't keep touch with you or me
Gotta gotta go
Need sense of security
Gotta gotta go
Want to live my life for me
Gotta gotta go
Why can't they just let me be
Gotta gotta go

Say I'm crazy
Just brain dead
Planting thoughts
Within my head
Can't believe
What I've said
What has become of me
What has become of me

Don't believe what you've been told
Gotta gotta go
Never seen no streets paved in gold
Gotta gotta go
Mindless violence ruined me
Gotta gotta go
No such thing as something
Gotta gotta go

Say I'm crazy
Just brain dead
Planting thoughts
Within my head
Can't believe
What I've said
What has become of me
What has become of me

I gotta gotta go
Gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta go
Gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta get out of here
Gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta go
Gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta get out of here

I gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta go
I gotta gotta go
Out of here


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Gotta Go Lyrics as written by Rob Kabula Jimmy Colette

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    you still skipped the first line. "cant keep touch with you or me-gotta gotta go! need sense self security-gotta gotta go!" and "mindless violence ruined me" GREAT SONG1

    strong-thru-oi1on June 05, 2003   Link
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    you still skipped the first line. "cant keep touch with you or me-gotta gotta go! need sense self security-gotta gotta go!" and "mindless violence ruined me" GREAT SONG!

    strong-thru-oi1on June 05, 2003   Link
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    i just noticed tha last section of the "I gotta gotta go I gotta gotta go I gotta gotta get Out of Here" is sung by lars frederiksen and tim armstrong.. both from rancid... fuckin wicked song too

    DroppedMidgeton February 12, 2006   Link
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    Madball kills both Agnostic Front and SOIA

    AllFallDown42on September 27, 2006   Link
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    Get-Up-And-Go song!!! Awesome!

    kummi90on May 01, 2009   Link
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    I always loved this song but wondered what "revolution" the writer is referring to. The song's meaning seems pretty straightforward as a disillusionment of the American Dream. So I wonder if the revolution is a mass withdrawal from society.

    rossdavidon June 23, 2013   Link

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