Say No Go
De-La Soul Lyrics

Now let's get right on down to the skit
Let's start talking about this serious issue at hand

A baby is brought into a world of pits
A baby is born into a difficult and challenging environment

And if it could've talked that soon
If the baby could speak at that moment

In the delivery room
Right after being born

It would've asked the nurse for a hit
It would have requested drugs

The reason for this?
The reason for the baby wanting drugs

The mother is a jerk
The mother is a drug addict

Excuse me, Junkie
Apologies for being straightforward, but the mother is a drug addict

Which brought the work of the old
Which perpetuates the cycle of addiction from the past

Into a new light
Has transformed it into a new problem

What a way
What a problem

But this what a way
However, this problem

Has been a way of today
Is still a prevalent issue today

Anyway
Regardless

Push couldn't shove me to understand a path to a basehead
Trying to persuade me to understand why someone would turn to drugs won't work

Consumer should erase it in the first wave
People should avoid drugs from the beginning

But second wave forms believers
However, the second wave of drugs creates believers, or people who are addicted to drugs

And believers will walk to it then even talk to it and say...
People who are addicted to drugs will be drawn to it and even defend it

(You got the body now you want my soul)
Drug dealers want people's lives in exchange for selling drugs

Nah, can't have none of that, tell 'em what to say Mase...
No thanks, we won't give in to drugs. Let's hear what Mase has to say...

SAY NO GO
Say no to drugs

Nah, no my brother
No thank you, brother

No my sister
No thank you, sister

Try to get hip to this
Try to understand this

Word, word to the mother
I swear to my mother

I'll tell the truth so bear my witness
I will speak the truth, and I hope you can attest to that

Fly like birds of a feather
Let's fly together, united in our decision to avoid drugs

Drugs are like Pleather
Drugs are cheap imitations of real pleasure and happiness

You don't wanna wear it
You don't want to experience it

No need to ask that question, just don't mention
There's no need to ask if drugs are worth it, just don't talk about them

You know what the answer is
You know that the answer is no

Now I never fancied Nancy
I never really liked Nancy

But the statement she made held a plate of weight
But the statement she made was very significant

I even stressed it to Wade
I even mentioned it to Wade

Did he take any heed?
Did he listen?

Nah, the boy was hooked, you could've phrased the word "Base"
No, he was addicted. You could've simply said "drugs"

And the kid just shook
And he reacted with fear and anxiety

In his fashion class once an A now an F
He used to excel in class, but now he's failing

The rock rules him now
His addiction controls him now

The only designs left
The only thing he cares about now

Were once clothes made for Oshkosh
Were clothes made for kids

Has converted to nothing but stonewash
But now it's all about finding money for drugs

Now hopping in a barrel is a barrel of fun
Jumping in a barrel can be fun

But don't hop in if you want to be down, son
But don't jump in if you want to be successful

Cause that could mean down and out as an action
Because it can lead to a negative outcome

What does it lead to?
What kind of outcome does it lead to?

Dum-da-dum-dum
It leads to nothing positive

People say what have I done for all my years
People often wonder what they have accomplished in their lives

My tears show my hard-earned work
My tears are a testament to how much work I've put in

I heard shoving is worse than pushing
I heard that forcing someone to do something is much worse than persuading them

But I'd rather know a shover than a pusher
But I'd rather be around someone who is honest and upfront about their intentions

Cause a pusher's a jerk
Because someone who tries to push drugs on others is not a good person

Believe it or not the plot forms a fee more that charity
Believe it or not, the story has a greater purpose than just being a charity case

But the course doesn't coincide with the ride of insanity
However, the direction is away from insanity

Is it a chant that slants the soul to fill for it?
Is it a call to fill a void in one's soul?

I know it's the border that flaunts the order to kill for it
I know it's the tempting border that disregards the consequences and promotes killing for drugs

Standing, scheming on a young one
Lurking and trying to lure in a young person

Taking his time, eight-ball for a cool pool player
Trying to convince someone by slowly charming them with drugs

Racked it all, tried to break, miscued
They took all the drugs, tried to stop, but failed

Got beat by the boy in blue
Got caught by the law enforcement

Next day you're out by the spot once more
The next day, they're back in the same spot

Looking hard for a crack in the hole
Searching for a way to justify drug use

I ask what's the fix for the ill stuff
I wonder how we can solve the drug problem

Word to the Dero
I ask the Dero for their opinion

The answer should have been no
The answer should have always been no to drugs

Run me a score from the Funky Four Plus One More
Tell me about the good old days, like the Funky Four Plus One More

(It's the joint!)
(It's the best!)

Rewind that back
Let's listen to that again

This is the age for a new stage of fiend
This is the time for a new level of addiction

Watch how the zombies scream
Watch how the addicts react violently

It's the crack
The root of the addiction

Plain is plain it should explain it from the start
It's simple: drugs are bad and we should have known that from the beginning

Behind the ideals of cranking up the heart
Behind the lure of feeling good and alive

Now the base claim's shot over every part
Now the addiction has spread to every aspect of life

SAY NO GO
Say no to drugs

DON"T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT
Don't even consider it

SAY NO GO
Say no to drugs