Say No Go
De La Soul
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G# D# D [Verse-Pos]D Now let's get right on down to the skitD A baby is brought into a world of pitsD And if it could've talked that soonD In the delivery roomD It would've asked the nurse for a hitD The reason for this?D The mother is a jerkD Excuse me, junkieD Which brought the work of the oldD Into a new light, what a wayD But this what a wayD Has been a way of todayD Anyway push couldn't shove meD To understand a path to a baseheadD Consumer should erase it in the first waveD But second wave forms relieversD And believers will walk to itD Then even talk to it and sayD C#m (You got my body now you want my soul)C#m Nah, can't have none of thatC#m Tell 'em what to say Mase [Chorus]C#m C# C#m C# (Say no go, say no go)C#m C# C#m C# (Say no go, say no go)C#m C# (Say no go, Say, say, say, say) [Verse-Dove]C# Nah, no my brotherC# No my sisterC# Try to get hip to thisC# Word, word to the motherC# I'll tell the truthC# So bear my witnessC# Fly like birds of a featherC# Drugs are like pleatherC# You don't wanna wear itC# No need to ask that questionC# Just don't mentionC# You know what the answer isContinues after the ad[Verse-Pos]C Now I never fancied NancyC But the statement she madeC Held a plate of weightC I even stressed it to Wade [Verse-Dove]C Did he take any heed? [Verse-Pos]C Nah, the boy was hookedC You coulda phrased the word "base"C And the kid just shookC In his fashion class once an A now an FC The rock rules him nowC The only designs leftC Were once clothes made for Osh-KoshC Has converted to nothing but stonewash [Verse-Dove]C Now hopping in a barrel is a barrel of funC But don't hop in if you wanna be down, sonC 'Cause that could meanC Down and out as an actionC What does that lead to?C Dum da dum dumC People say what have I done for all my yearsC My tears show my hard earned workC I heard shoving is worse than pushingC But I'd rather know a shover than a pusherC 'Cause a pusher's a jerk [Chorus]C#m C# C#m C# (Say no go, say no go)C#m C# (Say no go, Say, say, say, say)C#m C# (Say no go, Say, say, say, say) [Verse-Pos]C# Believe it or notC# The plots forms a feeC# More than charityC# But the course doesn't coincideC# With the ride of insanityC# Is it a chant that slantsC# The soul to fill for it?C# I know it's the borderC# That flaunts the orderC# To kill for it [Verse-Dove]C# Standing, scheming on a young oneC# Taking his timeC# 8 ball for a cool pool playerC# Racked it allC# Tried to break, miscuedC# Got beat by the boy in blueC# Next day you're outC# By the spot once moreC# Looking hard for a crack in the holeC# I ask what's the fix for the ill stuffC# Word to the DeroC# The answer shoulda been no [Verse-Pos]C# Run me a score from the funky four plus one moreA# (It's the joint!)A# Rewind that backA# This is the age for a new stage of fiendA# Watch how the junkies screamA# For their crackA# "It's the crack"t should explain it from the startA# Behind the ideals of cranking up the heartA# Now the Base claims shot over every part [Other]C#m C# C#m C# (Say no go, Say no go)C#m C# (Say no go, Say, say, say, sayC#m C# (say no go)E (Don't even think about it)C#m C# C#m C# (Say no go, Say no go)C#m C# (Say no go)C#m C# (Say no go)C#m C# (Say no go)C#m C# (Say no go)C#m C# (Say no go)C#m C#
Composition: Paul Huston, Trugoy the Dove, and V. Keith Mason
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