Up Yo Spine (Fishbucket Pt. 3)
Written by: Michael Turner & Christopher Portugal
[Blewfoot:] What's happening, everybody? This is Blewfoots, coming out of East New York, Brooklyn, and uh… I'm with Thes One and uh, Double K, and they gonna be doing their thing at the Fishbucket… these cats been all over the motherfucking world… they been to Madrid, Spain… they been to Austria, the Netherlands, and they been to Africa, and doing they thing, so I want you to welcome People Under The Stairs
[Thes One:]
Yeah, get that girl, play this joint
Bona fide, certified, make it my point
Life of the party, lampshade on the head
We anoint the dead, the flashlight give 'em life
My quote, the zygote, the wife gets the action
This funky mother like Katherine Jackson
And me and him, Tito and Jermaine
Been here for a minute, and we still got a name
Well, that's cool, so how's school? I heard you got a pad
I seen it on MySpace, thanks for the add
House party with the funk, people, I'mma put it on ya
Thes love beer like Garfield love lasagna
The Monster's a dance that the chollos do
Two fist in the front while you hold your brew
And lean back, no more war, brown and black
Homicide, let peace preside, L.A. get live like this
[Both:] Up your spine, around your neck
Woo-pah! We got the house in check
Up your spine, around your neck
Woo-pah! We got the house in check
Ay-yo, we did it to them, and we gon' do it to you
[Thes One:] Yo, Double K ([Double K:] Huh ha!)
What's the name of your crew?
[Double K:] Too sweet, too fresh, P-U-the-T-S
[Thes One:] And where you from?
[Double K:] L.A.
[Thes One:] And we rock it the best
[Double K:]
We the backstage jollies, mini-bar smashers
Super rhyme-makers, refresh like Shasta
Jerome and Morris, we stomp for the chorus
To bring the walls down like Aerosmith
One time for the present, and Thes shoot the gift
We on stage like two hyped twins on the double
Sleep like Dos Company ([Thes One:] Yeah, Larry and Jack)
Barry White's the producer, Isaac Hayes wrote the rap
We cut records at a high rate, put it on tape
Test it on stage, then we go and cut the dub plate
Now we on the Larry King Show ([Thes One:] Talking it up)
An interview with Warren G, now we (Chopping it up)
See, the people wanna know how the rep gets bigger
Six albums and standing, now, y'all go figure
We studio rap packing, jive rapping
We Fun DMC… camera… action
[Both:] Up your spine, around your neck
Woo-pah! We got the house in check
Up your spine, around your neck
Woo-pah! We got the house in check
[Double K:] Ay-yo, we did it to them, and we gon' do it to you
Yo, Thes One ([Thes One:] Huh ha!)
What's the name of your crew?
[Thes One:] It's the P to the U, big T to the S
[Double K:] And where you from?
[Thes One:] L.A.
[Double K:] And we rock it the best
[Rap sample:] The worker from L.A., we work our butt off
[Rap sample:] I don't like dissing nobody, I party too much
[Thes One:] So if you got a problem with that
[Double K:] Well, look, man… you shouldn't be our opening act!
[Thes One:]
We came here to drink beer, act dumb and get paid
Fly back, get laid, make tunes to get played by you
Because you like the funky stuff
The P MP3s make the iPod buff and hard
Like time on the yard and gem clops
Sharpen up the toothbrush, it's time to set it off
The DJ set stabs the party in the neck
It's a wrap, Double on my left, girls in his lap, like that
[Double K:] We gonna party like it's 1969
Smash the turntables, drink all the wine
Pass out, wake up in '73
And I still got these same two chicks with me
Flash up for the future of the funk, and what you get?
Two undeniable gentlemen who just don't quit
We rock like arena, your local crowd pleasers
We be backstage, heading on tour with the visa ([Thes One:] Yeah!)
[Both:] Up your spine, around your neck
Up your spine, around your neck
[Blewfoot:] Give a big round of applause for these brothers right now… People Under The Stairs! C'mon now!
[Both:] Up your spine, around your neck
Up your spine, around your neck
[Thes One, whispering:] Up your spine, around your neck (repeats)
[Double K:] Look here, sweeper… I want you to sweep these MCs off this stage in 15 minutes. I'll be back in 10, and all of 'em better be gone, or I'll be up your spine and around your neck! In 15 minutes… Goodbye, sweeper…
([Double K:] Get it in check, freak!)
[Blewfoot:] I don't know… See, they didn't understand, see… I was on stage… with the People Under The Stairs…([Double K:] Right.) my motherfuckers (Yeah.)…
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Trivia:
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This track appears on the following releases:
- Fun DMC (2008) (CD & LP) - Gold Dust Media (GDM007)
- A snippet is also included on Fun DMC Press Promotional Mix (2008) (Audio press promo) - Direct from P.U.T.S.
- 10 Years Of Thes One (2010/2013) (LP & MP3) - Piecelock70 Records (PL7001)
- Live Version: The 10 Year Anniversary Set (Live DVD) - Golden Fire Pig/Piecelock 70
- Live Version: Big Sky Shakedown (Live LP) - PUTS Records (PL7015)
