We're not gonna take it
   No! We ain't gonna take it
   We're not gonna take it any more!
  
   We've got the right to choose it
   There ain't no way we'll lose it
   This is our life; this is our song
  
   We'll fight the pow'rs 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 any more!
  
   Oh you're so condescending
   Your gall is never ending
   We don't want nothin', not a thing from you
  
   Your life is trite and jaded
   Boring and complicated
   If that's your best, your best won't do
  
   Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
  
   We're right! (Yeah!)
   We're free! (Yeah!)
   We'll fight! (Yeah!)
   You'll see! (Yeah!)
  
   Oh, oh
  
   We're not gonna take it
   No! We ain't gonna take it
   We're not gonna take it any more
  
   We're not gonna take it
   No! We ain't gonna take it
   We're not gonna take it any more!
  
   (No way!)
  
   Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
  
   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 any more!
  
   We're not gonna take it
   (No!)
   No! We ain't gonna take it
   We're not gonna take it any more!
  
   (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 any more!
  
   (Now drop and give me twenty)
   We're not gonna take it
   (Oh, crinch pin!)
   No! We ain't gonna take it