Guy Clark, Bill Anderson, Dickey Betts (from The Allman Brothers Band), Kris Kristofferson, Larry Jon Wilson, and George Jones are all featured on this album.

Coe could be his own worst enemy in this respect, alienating the mainstream by hanging out with biker gangs, recording an album of explicit songs, and falsely claiming he had been on death row for murder.

The legendary country singer was in the midst of having his career resurrected with the enormous success of “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” but was also still in the throes of a years-long cocaine-fuelled booze binge that saw him missing shows and acquiring the nickname “No Show Jones.” The opening verse tells the story of a hopeless alcoholic who appears intent on destroying himself: Sherrill's production is straight hardcore honky tonk, and Coe holds his own with Jones, who delivers a typically stellar performance.

(“I never should have stepped across love's Mason-Dixon line...”) The catchy title track is a humorous opener detailing the recent events in the narrator's life, including catching his wife with two other men and getting arrested for boarding a plane with a gun, while the closing track “Loving You Comes So Natural” is infused with a heavy gospel influence.

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gives I've Got Something to Say two stars, opining "Despite his intention of issuing an album that would be very friendly to radio programmers and label promo men, I've Got Something to Say is the most disappointing and unfocused record Coe had made since Family Album...Only 'Take It Easy Rider,' with Clark and Larry Jon Wilson on vocals, comes off as honest.