Say No Go

"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 the Hall & Oates song "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)".

"Say No Go"
Single by De La Soul
from the album 3 Feet High and Rising
Released1989
Recorded1988
GenreAlternative hip hop
Golden age hip hop
Length4:21
LabelTommy Boy
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Prince Paul, De La Soul
De La Soul singles chronology
"Me Myself and I"
(1989)		 "Say No Go"
(1989)		 "The Magic Number"
(1990)

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
  1. "Say No Go (Say No Dope Mix)" - 6:15
  2. "Say No Go (New Keys Vocal)" - 4:51
  3. "Say No Go (Radio Mix)" - 4:21
  4. "The Mack Daddy on the Left" - 2:33
  5. "Say No Go (New Keys Instrumental)" - 5:01
Samples

"Say No Go" includes samples from the following songs:

Charts
Chart (1989) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 35
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 32
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 13
UK Singles Chart 18

See also
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