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Say No Go
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Wikipedia article
"'Say No Go'" is a single by De La Soul from their influential 1989 album '3 Feet High and Rising'. It reached number 18 in the UK charts. The tune is heavily based on sampling "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" by Hall & Oates.
Background
The song is a cautionary tale about the use of drugs, in particular "base" (otherwise known as crack cocaine); a topic they would tackle on their follow up album, 'De La Soul Is Dead', albeit from
a different perspective, on the song "My Brother's a Basehead".
In the opening line, Posdnuos raps: '"Now let's get right on down to the skit / A baby is brought into a world of pits / And if it could've talked that soon / In the delivery room / It would've asked the nurse for a hit".'
"Say No Go" was also a popular dance song and the instrumental for the song has been used on TV show 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'.
Track listing
# "Say No Go (Say No Dope Mix)" - 6:15
# "Say No Go (New Keys Vocal)" - 4:51
# "Say No Go (Radio Mix)" - 4:21
# "The Mack Daddy on the Left" - 2:33
#*Guest Appearance: Chi Ali
# "Say No Go (New Keys Instrumental)" - 5:01
;Samples
"Say No Go" includes samples from the following songs:
*Hall & Oates: "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"
*Sly Stone: "Crossword Puzzle"
*The Detroit Emeralds: "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)"
*Emotions: "Best of My Love"
*Funky 4 + 1: "That's The Joint"
*The Turtles: "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)"
*Walter Schumann: "Dragnet (theme music)"
Charts
See also
*Just Say No
Category:1989 singles
Category:De La Soul songs
Category:Songs written by George Clinton (funk musician)
Category:Song recordings produced by Prince Paul (producer)
Category:Music videos directed by Mark Pellington
Category:Black-and-white music videos
Category:1989 songs
Category:Songs about drugs
Category:Songs about cocaine
Category:Protest songs
Category:Tommy Boy Records singles
Category:Songs written by Vincent Mason
Category:Songs written by Kelvin Mercer
Category:Songs written by David Jude Jolicoeur
Category:Songs written by Prince Paul (producer)
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