Puff Beaddy
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"What's Up Neighbour?" — a multicultural block-party sitcom in a song. Beaddy West narrates a street where everyone's in everyone's business and secretly loves it. Comedy punches sideways and up (the narrator is the biggest mess), never down. Cast: Beaddy West (loveable disaster), Ree-Cardo (the most vocal neighbour, opinion on everything, soft heart), Sultry Lady (the fragile romance), and the Pamily next door (the warm Filipino family who are the HEART of the block — best food, biggest hearts, dissolve every feud with a plate). 3 versions: V1 Block Party (main), V2 The HOA Meeting (storyline), V3 Porch Light (tender late-night). 6 productions: Front Stoop Funk / Stoop Riddim (reggae) / West Coast Cul-de-Sac (G-funk, the "Beaddy West" gag) / Calle Ree-Cardo (cumbia) / The Pamily Anthem (OPM love-letter, played warm) / Back Porch Lo-Fi. Tone reframed from the "semi racist" brief into affectionate comedy: no slurs, ethnic texture is celebration (lechon/lumpia/karaoke/hospitality), the family- next-door are the heroes. Copyright gates passed. Brief from Tee (2026-06-09). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# What's Up Neighbour? — Lyrics (Version 1: Block Party)
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**Artist:** Beaddy West
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**Track:** What's Up Neighbour? (V1 — the main cut)
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**Length target:** 3:10–3:40
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TITLE: What's Up Neighbour?
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ARTIST: Beaddy West
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[INTRO — screen door creak, lawnmower idling, ~8 bars]
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(What's up, neighbour?)
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(Ay — Ree-Cardo, put the leaf-blower down, man…)
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[HOOK]
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What's up, neighbour? (what's up, what's up?)
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Curtain twitchin', here come the judgment, what's up
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Whole block fam, even when we cussed up
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Puck it — pull a chair up, neighbour, what's up
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(What's up, neighbour? What's up, neighbour?)
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[VERSE 1 — Beaddy West]
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I'm the worst one here, let's be honest from the jump,
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Park crooked, blast the bass, leave the bins on the stump.
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But Ree-Cardo got a clipboard and a opinion on it ALL —
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the weather, my fence, the league, and the mall.
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"You water at noon? That's a CRIME," he decree,
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got a take on my taxes and my family tree.
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He don't garden, he SUPERVISES the street,
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mayor of the cul-de-sac that never asked for a seat.
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I say what's up, Ree — he say "let me TELL you what's up,"
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forty minutes on recycling 'fore I finish my cup.
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But the man shovel my drive when the snow get deep —
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loud as a siren, heart soft as a sheep.
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[HOOK]
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What's up, neighbour? (what's up, what's up?)
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Curtain twitchin', here come the judgment, what's up
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Whole block fam, even when we cussed up
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Puck it — pull a chair up, neighbour, what's up
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[VERSE 2 — Beaddy West]
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Now Sultry Lady moved in number twenty-two,
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slow wave on the porch like the morning dew.
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Just when she started to LIKE me — I swear it was real,
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she caught me in pajamas chasin' a raccoon with a peel.
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3 a.m., flashlight, one slipper, no shame,
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she shut the blind slow, like — "and I knew your name."
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Puck it. The romance a casualty of the block,
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but she still take my parcels and she still set my clock.
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One day I'll fix it with a casserole and a song —
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'til then I just wave and pretend nothin' wrong.
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What's up, Sultry Lady? (she say "…hey.")
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Progress. I'll take the one-syllable, okay.
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[BRIDGE — the Pamily next door rises up, karaoke swell]
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But the heart of this whole block is the house with the lights —
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the Pamily next door, every weekend, all night.
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Lola on the karaoke, tito on the grill,
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lechon in the yard got the whole street ill.
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They invite EVERYBODY — me, Ree, Sultry too,
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"come, come, eat na, there's enough, there's a few!"
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(There's never "a few" — there's a FEAST for a town)
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that's the love that hold this cul-de-sac down.
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Pinoy party rules: you leave with a plate,
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auntie pack you leftovers, won't take a debate.
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So puck the petty beefs, puck the fence-line war —
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when the Pamily say come, ain't nobody keep score.
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[HOOK — full block sings]
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What's up, neighbour? (what's up, what's up?)
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Curtain twitchin', but we share when the plate fill up
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Whole block fam, even when we cussed up
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Puck it — pull a chair up, neighbour, what's up
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(What's up, neighbour? What's up, neighbour?)
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[OUTRO — party fades, crickets, screen door]
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(Plate's ready, Beaddy! — comin', auntie, comin'…)
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What's up, neighbour…
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(Ree-Cardo, you want the white meat? — "let me TELL you what I want…")
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…puck it. Pull a chair up.
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