We’re not gonna take it No, we ain’t gonna take it 

We’re not gonna take it anymore 

We’ve got the right to choose and there ain’t no way we’ll lose it This is our life, this is our song 

We’ll fight the powers that be just, don’t pick our destiny ’cause You don’t know us, you don’t belong 

We’re not gonna take it No, we ain’t gonna take it 

We’re not gonna take it anymore 

Oh, you’re so condescending, your gall is never ending We don’t want nothing, not a thing, from you 

Your life is trite and jaded, boring and confiscated 

If that’s your best, your best won’t do 

We’re right, yeah We’re free, yeah We’ll fight, yeah You’ll see, yeah 

We’re not gonna take it No, we ain’t gonna take it 

We’re not gonna take it anymore We’re not gonna take it 

No, we ain’t gonna take it We’re not gonna take it anymore 

No way! 

We’re right, yeah We’re free, yeah We’ll fight, yeah You’ll see, yeah 

We’re not gonna take it No, we ain’t gonna take it 

We’re not gonna take it anymore 

We’re not gonna take it (no!) No, we ain’t gonna take it 

We’re not gonna take it anymore (just you try and make us) 

We’re not gonna take it (come on) 

No, we ain’t gonna take it (you’re all worthless  and  weak) We’re not gonna take it anymore (now drop and give me twenty) 

We’re not gonna take it (a pledge pin) No, we ain’t gonna take it (on your uniform) 

We’re not gonna take it anymore 

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Writer(s): Dee Snider