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''. It reached number 18 in the UK charts. The tune is heavily based on sampling the hit song "

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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, ''

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'', 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 ''

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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:

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