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The Less You Know, the Better
I Gotta Rokk

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I Gotta Rokk

Release date: 10th May 2011

From The Less You Know, the Better

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About This Track

"I Gotta Rokk" is a track by DJ Shadow, from the album The Less You Know, the Better, released 10th May 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow

Lyrics

I Gotta Rokk

You... You... You... You... You... You... You... You...

You... You... You... You... You... You... You... You...

???

I gotta rock, ah... You... I gotta rock, ah... You...

I gotta rock, ah... You...

Rock, rock, rock, I gotta rock, rock, rock...

Rock, rock, rock, I gotta rock, rock, rock...

Rock, rock, rock, I gotta rock, rock, rock...

(Rock, rock, rock, rock...) You... You... You...

I gotta rock, ah, I gotta rock, I gotta...

Rock, rock, rock, I gotta rock, rock, rock...

Rock, rock, rock, I gotta rock, rock, rock...

Rock, rock, rock, I gotta rock, rock, rock...

I gotta rock, rock, rock... I gotta rock, rock, rock...

I gotta rock, rock, rock...

Check you for the line, check you for the line, check you for the line

Check you for the line, check you for the line, check you for the line

Check you for the line, check you for the line, check you for the line

Check you for the line, check you for the line, check you for the line

Check you for the line, check you for the line, check you for the line

Check you for the line, check you for the line, check you for the line

Check you for the line, check you for the line, check you for the line

Check you for the line, check you for the line, check you for the line

Moment I die...

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Track details

From The Less You Know, the Better

2011

Album

The Less You Know, the Better

Release year

2011

—Give Me Back The Nights
—Back to Front (Circular Logic)
—Def Surrounds Us
—Circular Logic (Front To Back)
—Come on Riding (Through the Cosmos)
—Border Crossing
—Enemy Lines
—Warning Call
—Going Nowhere
—I've Been Trying
—Let's Get It (Bass, Bass, Bass)
—I Gotta Rokk
—(Not So) Sad and Lonely
—Run For Your Life
—Redeemed
—Stay The Course
—Sad And Lonely
—Tedium

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