The Re-Up Gang are an American hip hop group formed in 2004, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The group was formed by Pusha T and Malice, brothers and members of Virginia-based hip hop duo Clipse, alongside Philadelphia-based rappers Ab-Liva and Sandman. The Re-Up Gang is perhaps best known for their signature We Got It 4 Cheap mixtape series.
The Re-Up Gang was created in early 2004, during Clipse's long hiatus between their first and second albums. The group includes Clipse themselves, as well as long-time friend Ab-Liva of Major Figgas. Pusha T is credited with founding the group, and was responsible for enlisting the help of mixtape DJ Clinton Sparks to put together their first mixtape in an ongoing series, We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 1. While a Re-Up Gang album is planned, no specifics have been released due to Clipse's legal issues with Jive Records. On August 5, 2008 (UK: September 8, 2008) the group released an album on Koch Records titled Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang. The album featured nine new songs and three unreleased remixes from We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. III. Rapper Pusha T said:
A little like Gene Wilder now
Coming out of the tower now
In a glass elevator that could take you all the way to the sky
Ain't trying to fool ya now
I got nothing to lose and no how
So be in it with the limitless image of the intimate figure that you're getting is love
All you need is love
Ain't it nice to get out of here
Already out of the atmosphere
Well if the glass ever shattered well it wouldn't really matter it's a love that is lifting us up
All you need is love
We're going up, up, up
Flying away
We're taking the higher route
We're taking the ceiling out
We're going up, we're flying away
Never coming down because we're living it up, living it up, yeah
What happens when your light goes out
No ones there to give you mouth to mouth
Don't let the break down trouble you and claim that a brother need's a hero now
Cause I know, you know, because once you know, you'll always know
It's your own, your own, your own love that gets you where you wanna go
We're going up, we're flying away
Never coming down
Taking the ceiling out
We're going up, we're flying away
We're taking the higher route
That's cause we're living it up, living it up
Knowing it's good
And I don't mean good enough
When it's really love
Well you can just rise above anything it's our destiny
A little like Gene Wilder now
Coming out of the tower now
In a glass elevator that could take you all the way to the sky
We're going up
We're flying away
We're taking the higher route
We're taking the ceiling out
We're going up
We're flying away
Never coming down
Because we're living it up, living it up
All you need is love