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It's Not Over DAUGHTRY LYRICS

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:55:00 +0000

"It's Not Over"

I was blown away.
What could I say?
It all seemed to make sense.
You've taken away everything,
And I can't deal with that.
I try to see the good in life,
But good things in life are hard to find.
We'll blow it away, blow it away.
Can we make this something good?
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around.

Let's start over.
I'll try to do it right this time around.
It's not over.
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killing me,
But you're the only one.
It's not over.

Taken all I could take,
And I cannot wait.
We're wasting too much time
Being strong, holding on.
Can't let it bring us
down.
My life with you means everything,
So I won't give up that easily.
I'll blow it away, blow it away.
Can we make this something good?
'Cause it's all misunderstood.
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around.

Let's start over.
I'll try to do it right this time around.
It's not over.
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killing me,
But you're the only one.
It's not over.

We can't let this get away.
Let it out, let it out.
Don't get caught up in yourself.
Let it out.

Let's start over.
I'll try to do it right this time around.
It's not over.
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killing me,
But you're the only one.
It's not over.

Let's start over.
It's not over, yeah...
This love is killing me,
But you're the only one.
It's not over.

"Gone Too Soon" MICHAEL JACKSON LYRICS

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:53:00 +0000

"Gone Too Soon"

Like A Comet
Blazing 'Cross The Evening Sky
Gone Too Soon

Like A Rainbow
Fading In The Twinkling Of An Eye
Gone Too Soon

Shiny And Sparkly
And Splendidly Bright
Here One Day
Gone One Night

Like The Loss Of Sunlight
On A Cloudy Afternoon
Gone Too Soon

Like A Castle
Built Upon A Sandy Beach
Gone Too Soon

Like A Perfect Flower
That Is Just Beyond Your Reach
Gone Too Soon

Born To Amuse, To Inspire, To Delight
Here One Day
Gone One Night

Teach Me How To Dougie lyrics | Califonia Swag District

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:21:00 +0000

Aye! Aye!
Teach me how to dougie (aye! )

[Verse 1:]
They be like Smoove (what?)
Can u teach me how to dougie?
You know why?
'Cause all da bitches love me (aye! )
All I need is a beat that's super bumpin'
And for you, you, you to back it up and dump it!
Put your arms out front, lean side to side
They gon' be on you when they see you hit dat dougie right?
Ain't nobody fuckin' wid my bro from morningside
He go by Bubba and he hit dat dance wid thunder
I ain't from Dallas but I D-town boogie
I show my moves off and errbody tryna do me
I leave da function and all da ladies tryna screw me
You just do you and I'ma do me (all day)
Niggas love to hate so they try to shoot me
Bitches be stuck to me I think they tryna glue me
I make the party shine bright when it's started boomin'
Dis beat was bubblegum so I had to chew it

[Chorus]
Teach me how to
dougie
Teach me, teach me how to dougie
Teach me how to dougie
Teach me, teach me how to dougie
All my bitches love me
All my, all my bitches love me
All my bitches love me
You ain't fuckin wid my dougie! x2

[Verse 2]
My name is yung!
For da dudes who don't know me
I know I'm from da west but I can teach you how to dougie!
Step up in da club and all these bitches bug me
All da niggas dancin', none of them know me
I hear da spot screamin' like "Aye! Get it brody!"
So I'm on my shoulders and I take it real low
Dey like "how you da dat? he can dougie on the floor!"
And when dat nigga stop they like "dougie some mo'!"
I'm like a nigga kinda tired so, I pass it to da bro!
M-bone! show these cats how to do dat down south dance
Dat we learned a lil too fast and bought it to da hood
And got da whole crew askin...

[Chorus]
Teach me how to dougie
Teach me, teach me how to dougie
Teach me how to dougie
Teach me, teach me how to dougie
All my bitches love me
All my, all my bitches love me
All my bitches love me
You aint fuckin wit my dougie! x2

[Verse 3]
Back of the party I don't really like to boogie
I'm just tryna get bent and meet a thick redbone
(Mmm) she do her dougie and all them bitches hatin' but I'm bout
To escape with a bitch and head home (fuck it)
She got her friends so is a two man and
And I wanna run it even if her legs long
She like you hubby, I think she love me but,
I change da subject and I do my dougie
Cuz, I don't give a fuck, blow trees, get money
Me, smoove, hef in the back with playboy bunnies
We gon' make em do the dougie in the middle of da bed
And when I asked for some head da bitch looked at me funny
Daaah! bitch you can't tell me nothin star make the beat
And I just took it out the oven, I just see the dougie when everybody
Clubbin and I hate skinny jeans cuz the burner keep rubbin!

[Chorus]
Teach me how to dougie
Teach me, teach me how to dougie
Teach me how to dougie
Teach me, teach me how to dougie
All my bitches love me
All my, all my bitches love me
All my bitches love me
You aint fuckin wit my dougie! x2

Nina I Love You Goodbye lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:49:00 +0000

Wish I could be the one
The one who could give you love
The kind of love you really need
Wish I could say to you
That I'll always stay with you
But baby that's not me
You need someone willing to give their heart and soul to you
Promise you forever, baby that's something I can't do
Oh I could say that I'll be all you need
But that would be a lie
I know I'd only hurt you
I know I'd only make you cry
I'm not the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

I hope someday you can
Find some way to understand I'm only doing this for you
I don't really wanna go
But deep in my heart I
know this is the kindest thing to do
You'll need someone who'll be the one that I could never be
Who'll give you something better
Than the love you'll find with me
Oh I could say that I'll be all you need
But that would be a crime
I know I'd only hurt you
I know I'd only make you cry
I'm not the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

Leaving someone when you love someone
Is the hardest thing to do
When you love someone as much as I love you

Oh I don't wanna leave you
Baby it tears me up inside
But I'll never be the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

Baby, it's never ganna work out

I love you, goodbye

Moves Like Jagger (featuring Christina Aguilera) lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:26:00 +0000

Moves Like Jagger (featuring Christina Aguilera) lyrics

[ Verse1 ]
Oh,
Just Shoot For The Stars
If it Feels Right
Then Aim From My Heart
If you Feel Like
And Take Me Away
Make it Okay
I Swear I'll Behave

[ Verse 2 ]
You Wanted Control
So We Waited
I Put On a Show
Now I Make It
You Say Im a Kid
My Ego is Big
I Don't Give a Shit

[ Chorus ]
And it Goes Like This
Take Me By The Tongue
And I'll Know You
Kiss Me Till You're Drunk
And I'll Show You

All
The Moves Like
Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger

I Don't Need To Try To Control You
Look Into My Eyes and I'll Own You
With The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger

[ Verse 3 ]

Maybe It's Hard
When You Feel Like
You're Broken And Scarred
Nothing Feels Right
But When You're With Me
I'll Make You Believe
That I've Got The Key, Oh!

[ Verse 4 ]

So Get In The Car
We Can Ride it
Wherever You Want
Get Inside it
And You Want to Steer
But I'm Shifting Gears
I'll Take it From Here

[ Chorus ]
And it Goes Like This
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/maroon-5-lyrics/moves-like-jagger-(featuring-christina-aguilera)-lyrics.html ]
Take Me By The Tongue
And I'll Know You
Kiss Me Till You're Drunk
And I'll Show You All

The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger

I Don't Need To Try To Control You
Look Into My Eyes and I'll Own You
With The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger

[ Chistina's Verse ]
You Wanna Know
How To Make Me Smile
Take Control
Own Me Just For The Night
And If I Share My Secret
You're Gonna Have To Keep it
Nobody Else Can See This

So Watch An Learn
I Won't Show You Twice
Head To Toe
Oooh Baby Rub Me Right

But If I Share My Secret
You're Gonna Have To Keep it
Nobody Else Can See This

[ Chorus ]
And it Goes Like This
Take Me By The Tongue
And I'll Know You
Kiss Me Till You're Drunk
And I'll Show You All

The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger

I Don't Need To Try To Control You
Look Into My Eyes and I'll Own You
With The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger
I've Got The Moves Like Jagger

When God Made You lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:24:00 +0000

When God Made You lyrics
Songwriters: O'Brien, Michael; Carswell, Eddie;

It's always been a mystery to me
How two hearts can come together
And love can last forever
But now that I have found you, I believe

That a miracle has come
When God sends the perfect One
Now gone are all my questions about why
And I've never been so sure of anything in my life

Oh, I wonder what God was thinking when He created you
I wonder if He, He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true, when God made you
He must have been thinking about me

I promise that wherever you may go
Wherever life may lead you
With all my heart I'll
be there too
And from this moment on, I want you to know

I'll let nothing come between us
And I will love the ones you love
Now gone are all my question about why
And I've never been so sure of anything in my life
[- From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/n/new-song-lyrics/when-god-made-you-lyrics.html -]

I wonder what God was thinking when He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true, when God made you
He must have been thinking about me

He made the sun, He made the moon
To harmonize in perfect tune
One can't move without the other
They just have to be together

And that is why, I know it's true
You're for me and I'm for You
'Cause my world just can't be right
Without you in my life

I wonder what God was thinking when He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true, when God made you
He must have been thinking about me

He must've heard every prayer I've been praying
Yes, He knew everything I would need
When God made you, yes He did
When dreams come true
When God made you
He must've been thinking about me

Chasing Pavements ADELE LYRICS

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:09:00 +0000

I've made up my mind,
Don't need to think it over
If I'm wrong, I am right
Don't need to look no further,
This ain't lust
I know this is love
But, if I tell the world
I'll never say enough
'cause it was not said to you
And that's exactly what I need to do
If I end up with you

[Chorus]
Should I give up,
Or should I just keep chasin' pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere
Or would it be a waste
Even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there
Should I give up,
Or should I
just keep chasin' pavements
Even if it leads nowhere

I build myself up
And fly around in circles
Waitin' as my heart drops
And my back begins to tingle
Finally, could this be it

[Chorus]
Or should I give up
Or should I just keep chasin' pavements
Even if it leads nowhere
Or would it be a waste
Even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there

Should I give up
Or should I just keep chasin' pavements
Even if it leads nowhere
Or would it be a waste
Even if I knew my place should I leave it there
Should I give up
Or should I just keep on chasin' pavements
Should I just keep no chasin' pavements
Ohh oh

[Chorus x2]

Someone Like You LYRICS

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:24:00 +0000

ADELE LYRICS

Origin: London, England
Decades: 2006-Present
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins[1] (born 5 May 1988), known professionally as Adele is an English singer songwriter. She was the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. She is a multi-Grammy Awards nominee who has won two awards, Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2009.

I heard that you settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,"
Yeah.

You know how the
time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."

Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."

Parokya ni Edgar Ft Gloc 9 – One Hit Combo Lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:07:00 +0000

Chorus:
nand2 nanaman kami
nagkakantahan sa isang tabi
katulad ng dati pagkatapos ng klase
lagi kang merong katabing nagsasabing
wag kang magkakamali
palampasin ang sandali
kailangan mo palagi positibo parati
dapat maniwala ka na merong mangyayari

(Chito)
oras na
para gumawa ng panibago
oras yun na pwedeng kantahin ng mga gago
tara samahan nyo ko na muling maglibang
para sa katulad mong nag-aalangan

teka lng di naman kailangan magmadali
dapat lang siguro na wag kang magpapahuli
sa pagkat ang oras natin ay may katapusan
kailangan mong gamitin sa makabuluhan
pasok

(Gloc 9)
teka muna teka muna teka muna teka
kakatapos ko lang isulat ang mga letra
hampasin ang tambul at kaskasin ang gitara
kasama ko ulit ang pinaka malupit na banda
pero ngayon ay babaguhin na ang tema
at sasaludo sa mga nauna
musikero gitarero tambulero magaling
kahit kanino itapat taga kalentong

nand2 nanaman kami
nagkakantahan sa isang tabi
katulad ng dati pagkatapos ng klase
lagi kang merong katabing nagsasabing
wag kang magkakamali
palampasin ang sandali
kailangan mo palagi positibo parati
dapat maniwala ka na merong mangyayari

(Chito)
nagsimula kami mga 93
mga bata hindi mapigil sa pagporsige
mga bata hindi maawat mga hadlang
sapagakat sila’y nakatingin sa pupuntahan
namulan sa heads at kay sir magalona
alam ko na sa loob ko nagsisimula na
sila ang nagsupply at naglagay ng gasolina
si kiko at kay gloc at ilan sa parokya

(Gloc)
ibang klase ang pinoy pagdumating na sa tugtugan
nagyuyugyugan siguradong hindi magtulogtulugan
pagnarinig mo ang bagong gawa ni kiko at ni gloc
kung ika’y sa amin ay sumasang-ayon ikaw pumalakpak
ng malakas itaas ang kamay at sumigaw
para sa tatlong bituwin at isang araw
mga bata rin at tulad ng iba tagahanga din kami ayos

nand2 nanaman kami
nagkakantahan sa isang tabi
katulad ng dati pagkatapos ng klase
lagi kang merong katabing nagsasabing
wag kang magkakamali
palampasin ang sandali
kailangan mo palagi positibo parati
dapat maniwala ka na merong mangyayari

(Gloc)
ang gusto lang namin sabihin
pangarap ay laging habulin
kahit kinakapos ang hininga mo’y pigilin
initin natin kalan para tubig kumulo
kailangan gibain ang poso para maging mapuno
wag ka papabola sa iba hindi ito madali
kung may gusto pare wag kang magmadali
tama ba pare kahit ka puro mali
ipunin lahat piraso kahit hati-hati
kase isa lang ang tatatandaan
walang nakaharang na di kayang lampasan
para di ka mahuli kailangan paspasan
lagi mong patalim sa kakahasa ang kutsilyo
martilyo kailangan para palubugin lagi ang pako
ikutin ang antena kung ang tv ay malabo
kung wag matakot tumaya ng pati pato
kanta na

nand2 nanaman kami
nagkakantahan sa isang tabi
katulad ng dati pagkatapos ng klase
lagi kang merong katabing nagsasabing
wag kang magkakamali
palampasin ang sandali
kailangan mo palagi positibo parati
dapat maniwala ka na merong mangyayari

Crazy Girl lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:59:00 +0000

Songwriters: Elisabeth Rose;Lee Brice
Eli Young Band

Baby why you wanna cry?
You really oughta know that I
Just have to walk away sometimes

We're gonna do what lovers do
We're gonna have a fight or two
But I ain't ever changing my mind

Crazy girl, don't you know that I love you?
I wouldn't dream of going nowhere
Silly woman come here let me hold you
Have I told you lately I love you like crazy, girl?

I wouldn't last a single day
I'd probably just fade away
Without you I'd lose my mind

Before you ever came along
I was living life all wrong
The smartest thing I ever did was make you all mine
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/e/eli-young-band-lyrics/crazy-girl-lyrics.html ]

Crazy girl, don't you know that I love you?
I wouldn't dream of going nowhere
Silly woman, come here let me hold you
Have I told you lately I love you like crazy, girl?
Like crazy, girl

Crazy girl, don't you know that I love you?
I wouldn't dream of going nowhere
Silly woman come here let me hold you
Have I told you lately I love you like

Crazy girl, don't you know that I love you?
I wouldn't dream of going nowhere
Silly woman come here let me hold you
Have I told you lately I love you like crazy, girl?

Like crazy
Crazy girl
Like crazy
Crazy girl

Lava Ground lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:55:00 +0000

Brimstone Fire, Lava Ground(How Hot It Is, Oh, How Hot It Is, Oh)
De Warriors Nuh Fear No Death
Nor Any Form Of Terror Oh
Pagan Did Mistake Nuh Make
Dey'll Be A Sorry Dem Made An Error

[Bridge:]
War Dem A Study Yes
Say Dem Deal Wit It Bloody Yes
Gun Dog And Gun Drankra Dem Sen Threat
Dem Say Senseless Killing A Dem Hobby Yes
Find Out Say A War Dem A Study Yes
Say Dem Deal Wit It Bloody Yes
Battlefield Coulda Slippery Or Muddy Yes
Deal Wit Dem Rash Because Dem Love Di Mess

[Chorus:]
Dey Upon Di Lava Ground
Nuff A Dem A Look Fi See I Mogga Down
Hype An Worry A Tru Dem Have Gun
Tell Dem Say Di Warriors Nah Ga Run, Nah Ga Run
Firm Upon Di Lava Gorund
Nuff A Look Fi See I Mogga Down
Hype An Worry A Tru Dem Have A Gun
Di Warriors Nah Ga Run

[Verse 1:]
Ice Through Through Di Fire, Nuh Care How Hot Is
I Nuh Weak Heart, Burn Backative
I Saw, The Positive
Wake Up And Live
Nuff A Dem A Hype Bout Machine, Weh Uncommon, Something Weh Bigger Dan Di Damn Cannon
Di Lightning Will Dun Dem And Dem Gang
With One Hand, Leave Dem Headless, No Foot Fi Stand On

[Chorus:]
Lava Ground, Nuff A Dem A Look Fi See I Mogga Down
Hype An Worry A Tru Dem Have A Gun, Tell Dem Say Di Warriors Dem Nah Ga Run, Nah Ga Run
Deya Pon Di Lava Ground, Nuff A Look Fi See I Mogga Down
Hype An Worry A Tru Dem Have A Gun
Warriors Nah Ga Run

[Verse 2:]
Heights Ova All And Neva Fall
Standing Tall, While Pagan Ah Crawl
Find Piece A Rope An Go Hang Saul
Grab Di All, Ah Take Dem Jus To Bounce Against Da Wall
[- From :http://www.elyrics.net/read/i/i-wayne-lyrics/lava-ground-lyrics.html -]
How U Fi Dis Di Ras, We Nuh Fear Nuh Mass, Fast Ya Have To Crash
Di Hotta Lava Splash
Dem Got Dem Oil A Dash
Dem Make Against Da Lass(Ohhhhhhhhhhh)

[Bridge:]
War Dem A Study Yes
Say Dem Deal Wit It Bloody Yes
Gun Dog And Gun Drankra Dey Sen Threat
Dem Say Senseless Killin Ah Dem Hobby Yes
War Dem A Study Yes
Say Dem Deal Wit It Bloody Yes
Battlefield Coulda Slippery Or Muddy Yes
Deal Wid Dem Rash, Because Dem Love Di Mess

[Chorus:]
Oh, Lava Ground
Nuff A Look Fi See I Mogga Down
Hype An Worry A Tru Dem Have A Gun
Tell Dem Say Di Warriors Nah Ga Run, Nah Ga Run,
Deya Pon Di Lava Ground
Nuff A Dem Ah Look Fi See I Mogga Down
Hype An Worry A Tru Dem Have A Gun
Warriors Nah Ga Run

[Verse 1:]
Ice Through Da Fire, Nuh Care How Hot It Is
I, Nuh Weak Heart, Burn Backative
I Saw, The Positive
Wake Up And Live
Nuff Ah Hype Bout Machine, Weh Uncommon, Something Much Bigger Dan Di Damn Cannon
Di Lightning Will Dun Dem And Dem Gang
With One Hand, Leave Them Headless, No Foot Fi Stand On

[Chorus:]
Lava Ground
Nuff A Dem Ah Look Fi See I Mogga Down,
Hype An Worry Ah Tru Dem Have A Gun
Tell Dem Say Fire Stone Nah Ga Run, Nah Ga Run
Deya Pon Di Lava Ground, Nuff A Look Fi See I Mogga Down, Hype An Worry A Tru Dem Have A Gun, Warriors Dem Nah Ga Run Nah Ga Run, Yeah
War Dem A Study Yeah(Lava Ground)
Say Dem Deal Wit It Bloody Yea(Nah Ga Run, Nah Ga Run)Oh I See, Love Sellassie

Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are Lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:34:00 +0000

Oh, her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day

Yeah, I know, I know, when I compliment her she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so, sad to think that she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me do I look ok, I say

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are(yeah)

Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she let me
Her laugh, her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day

Oh, you know, you know, you know, I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for then just stay the same
So, don't even bother asking if you look ok
You know I'll say

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are
The way you are, the way you are
http://www.elyricsworld.com/just_the_way_you_are_lyrics_bruno_mars.html
Girl you're amazing, just the way you are

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause girl you're amazing, just the way you are. Yeah

Starting today lyrics by Bruno Mars

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:13:00 +0000

lyrics:

We had a date, I stood you up
You tried to call but I didn't pick up
See I forgot about our plans..
Please forgive your man for ruining your night so many times

I'm sorry, I know you're mad
And I don't wanna be like every other man that you've had
So I'm stopping all these childish things, girl, you mean too much to me
Your love is worth too much to lose

Girl, I know I broke your heart and trusting me is really hard
But watch how quick I change my ways.. starting today, starting today
I know that I'm the one to blame, you say every man's the same
But watch how quick I change my ways.. starting today, starting today
Girl, I'm starting today..

You're tired of playing the kiss and make up game
And I apologize for the man I became
If I could do it all again, I wouldn't hurt my best friend
And I'd throw away all my selfish ways

I'm sorry, I know you're mad
And I don't wanna be like every other man that you've had
So I'm stopping all these childish things, girl, you mean too much to me
Your love is worth too much to lose

Girl, I know I broke your heart and trusting me is really hard
But watch how quick I change my ways.. starting today, starting today
I know that I'm the one to blame, you say every man's the same
But watch how quick I change my ways.. starting today, starting today
Girl, I'm starting today..

Girl, I know I broke your heart and trusting me is really hard
But watch how quick I change my ways.. starting today, starting today
I know that I'm the one to blame, you say every man's the same
But watch how quick I change my ways.. starting today, starting today
Girl, I'm starting today..

The Lazy Song lyrics by Bruno Mars

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:24:00 +0000

The Lazy Song lyrics
Songwriters: Keinan Warsame;Bruno Mars;Ari Levine;Philip Lawrence Ii

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

I'm gonna kick my feet up then stare at the fan
Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants
Nobody's gon' tell me I can't

I'll be lounging on the couch just chilling in my Snuggie
Click to MTV so they can teach me how to dougie
'Cause in my castle I'm the freaking man

Oh yes, I said it, I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything
Nothing at all, nothing at all

Tomorrow I'll wake up, do some P90X
Find a really nice girl, have some really nice sex
And she's gonna scream out
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/bruno-mars-lyrics/the-lazy-song-lyrics.html ]
This is great
(Oh my god, this is great)

Yeah, I might mess around
And get my college degree
I bet my old man will be so proud of me
But sorry pops, you'll just have to wait

Oh yes, I said it, I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

No, I ain't gonna comb my hair
'Cause I ain't going anywhere
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

I'll just strut in my birthday suit
And let everything hang loose
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all
Nothing at all
Nothing at all

Taylor Swift, Love Story Lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:17:00 +0000

Taylor Swift, Love Story Lyrics

Artist: Swift Taylor
Song: Love Story
Album: Fearless

We were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes, and the flashback starts,
I'm standing there,
On the balcony in summer air.

I see the lights, see the party, the ballgowns.
See you make your way through the crowd,
And say, "Hello",
Little did I know,

That you were Romeo,
You were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."
And I was crying on the staircase,
Begging you, "Please don't go".

And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run.
You be the prince, and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'yes'."

So I sneak out to the garden to see you,
We keep quiet, 'cause we're dead if he knew,
So close your eyes,
Escape this town for a little while.

'Cause you were Romeo,
I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."
But you were everything to me,
Begging you, "Please don't go".

And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run.
You be the prince, and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'yes'."

"Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult, but it's real.
Don't be afraid, we'll make it of this mess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'yes'."

Well, I got tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading,
When I met you on the outskirts of town.

And I said,
"Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you, but you never come.
Is this in my head,
I don't know what to think,"

He knelt to the ground,
And pulled out a ring and said,
"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone.
I love you, and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress,
It's a love story, baby just say yes."
Ohhhh ohhh
We were both young when I first saw you...

We were both young when I first saw you...

Shamcey Supsup Among Globalbeauties’ Top 15 Favorites

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:17:00 +0000

Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup makes it to various Top 15 Miss Universe 2011 contestants lists, the latest of which is from popular pageant website Global Beauties.

1. Philippines (Shamcey Supsup) – 1,458,064 votes
2. Venezuela – 1,310,802
3. Nicaragua – 772,663
4. Thailand – 528,931
5. Dominican Republic – 490,110
6. Ecuador – 321,022
7. Mexico – 219,022
8. Puerto Rico – 174,025
9. Colombia – 158,218
10. Haiti – 140-604
11. Korea – 132,237
12. Peru – 126,625
13. Paraguay – 118,163
14. Brazil – 115,409
15. Panama – 103,961

Phil Younghusband Leads Cosmopolitan’s 2011 Hottest Bachelors

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:13:00 +0000

Azkals’ striker Phil Younghusband joins the elite few like Sam Milby, Derek Ramsay, Gerald Anderson, and Dingdong Dantes who’s been on the cover of the annual Cosmomen supplement of Cosmopolitan Philippines.

And on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine this month of September is reality star Kim Kardashian.
This year’s Cosmomen supplement as bannered by Phil Younghusband features another batch of sexy 69 Bachelors and 10 celebrity eye-candies which include Kapuso-turned-Kapamilya Paulo Avelino, Azkals team captain Aly Borromeo, Japanese-Brazilian model Hideo Muraoka, Guns and Roses star Ejay Falcon, Way Back Home star Ahron Villena, rising Kapamilya young actor Enrique Gil, Candy Cutie 2010 and Kapuso young actor Enzo Pineda and more Azkals like Anton del Rosario and James Younghusband.

New 7 Wonders of Nature voting

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:09:00 +0000

Three (3) Asian finalists are currently dominating the voting for the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

Based on the voting trends (both from international and national votes) released last Tuesday, the mangrove forest Sundarbans in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India currently has the most international votes or votes coming from outside the home country, followed by South Korea's Jeju Island and the Philippines' Palawan Underground River.

As for the most national votes (votes coming from within the home country), Jeju Island is currently leading followed by Sundarbans and the PP Underground River.

MOST INTERNATIONAL VOTES
* Sundarbans - Bangladesh, India
* Jeju Island - South Korea
* Puerto Princesa Underground River - Philippines
* Great Barrier Reef - Australia, PNG
* Islands of the Maldives - Maldives
* Halong Bay - Vietnam
* Vesuvius - Italy
* Yushan - Chinese Taipei
* Matterhorn/Cervino - Italy, Switzerland
* Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
* Masurian Lake District - Poland
* Dead Sea - Israel, Jordan, Palestine
* Mud Volcanoes - Azerbaijan
* Black Forest - Germany
* El Yunque - Puerto Rico
* Uluru - Australia
* Milford Sound - New Zealand
* Amazon - South America
* Bay of Fundy - Canada
* Grand Canyon - USA
* Jeita Grotto - Lebanon
* Galapagos - Ecuador
* Cliffs of Moher - Ireland
* Iguazu Falls - Argentina, Brazil
* Angel Falls - Venezuela
* Komodo - Indonesia
* Table Mountain - South Africa
* Bu Tinah Island - United Arab Emirates

MOST NATIONAL VOTES
* Jeju Island - South Korea
* Sundarbans - Bangladesh, India
* Puerto Princesa Underground River - Philippines
* Masurian Lake District - Poland
* Angel Falls - Venezuela
* Halong Bay - Vietnam
* Bay of Fundy - Canada
* Yushan - Chinese Taipei
* Jeita Grotto - Lebanon
* Iguazu Falls - Argentina, Brazil
* Table Mountain - South Africa
* Vesuvius - Italy
* El Yunque - Puerto Rico
* Komodo - Indonesia
* Dead Sea - Israel, Jordan, Palestine
* Uluru - Australia
* Cliffs of Moher - Ireland
* Matterhorn/Cervino - Italy, Switzerland
* Great Barrier Reef - Australia, PNG
* Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
* Black Forest - Germany
* Mud Volcanoes - Azerbaijan
* Galapagos - Ecuador
* Bu Tinah Island - United Arab Emirates
* Milford Sound - New Zealand
* Islands of the Maldives - Maldives
* Amazon - South America
* Grand Canyon - USA

The Puetro Princesa Underground River

The voting trends above do not show the exact ranking of the 28 finalists but it clearly shows that our very own Palawan Underground River has a strong chance of being part of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

vote now

Who Will Be the 1st Pinoy Biggest Loser Contestant

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:37:00 +0000

Bar owner Art Mendoza lost the most weight to become the Biggest Loser of the Week in “The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition” and he is just nine pounds away from being the first Pinoy Biggest Loser contestant to lose 100 pounds.

He is facing a stiff competition from 31-year old Ryan, who has lost 92 pounds since the start of the show and now weighs 204 lbs. And once he loses eight more pounds, he will be the fastest Pinoy BL contestant to lose 100 pounds.
Art, who weighed 341 pounds at the start of the competition and joined the reality show because he didn’t want to die obese, lost an impressive ten pounds this week to weigh 250 pounds. To date, he has lost a total of 91 pounds.
This week, none of the remaining contestants went home after the group lost a total of 36 pounds, which was higher than the minimum required group weight loss of 30 pounds.
“This is the best and the happiest birthday I’ve ever had,” quipped Winwin.
This week, the seven remaining contestants undergo a cook-off, an Energizer challenge, and face another temptation.
The contestant who will eat the most pieces of macaroons or kwek-kwek will have immunity for the week. Will any of the contestants succumb to it?
The second placer will have the power to choose pairings for the week, which will be crucial because the next weigh-in will be done by pairs.
Who will be the next contestant to be eliminated? Watch “The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition,” after “Guns and Roses” on ABS-CBN.

Talking Animals ‘Zookeeper’

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:23:00 +0000

In Columbia Pictures’ wild comedy “Zookeeper,” the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (Kevin James).

Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship – animal style.
“I have two kids and we go to the zoo all the time – their expectation is they’re going to be able to communicate with the animals,” says producer Todd Garner, explaining the project’s genesis. “So the idea was to make a movie about animals teaching a zookeeper how to find love. Our goal was to create an idea where all the fantasies of the children in all of us could come true.”
Kevin James, who co-wrote, produced, and stars in the film, plays a zookeeper at a crossroads in his life. “Griffin takes a lot of pride in his job, but after flaming out in his latest relationship, he thinks he’s got to make a clean break and move on. But the animals think he’s the best zookeeper they’ve ever had – they can’t risk losing him. So that’s when they reveal they can talk – it’s risky for them, because things tend not to go well for them when people know they can talk, but they’re in dire straits. They have no other choice.”
Once the script was written, the filmmakers were able to attract a truly all-star cast of comedy voices to play the animals. “We were incredibly fortunate to get the voice cast that we have. Adam Sandler got on board first to play the monkey – and now, I can’t imagine anybody else playing that part,” says director Frank Coraci.
“Adam is so talented, he could have voiced any animal in this movie, but I can’t think of a better match than the monkey,” says co-screenwriter Nick Bakay. “The monkey is one of our best animal actors – it did incredible faces and exhibits tons of personality, just like Adam.”
Cher joins the film as the zoo’s lovely and loving lioness, with Sylvester Stallone as the king of the jungle himself. Nick Nolte plays Bernie, the gruff gorilla, who becomes an unlikely friend to Griffin. The voice cast also includes Judd Apatow as Barry the elephant; Jim Breuer as a neighborhood crow; Jon Favreau and Faizon Love as Jerome and Bruce, a pair of quarreling grizzly bears; Richie Minervini as an ostrich; Maya Rudolph as a Mollie the giraffe; and UFC fighter Bas Rutten as Sebastian the wolf.

On camera, the filmmakers have also assembled a cast of equally strong actors. Rosario Dawson plays a veterinarian and eagle expert, the object of Griffin’s affections. Leslie Bibb plays Griffin’s ex-girlfriend, the one who broke his heart and sets in motion his plan to leave the zoo. Ken Jeong delivers another memorable performance as Venom, the reptile expert.
Opening soon across the Philippines, “Zookeeper” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.

Amanda Coling is the Fashion Model Azkal Rape Victim?

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:55:00 +0000

Amanda Coling MESSAGE: to everyone who has been sending me messages of Love and Support, Thank You so much... going thru such ordeal is so much easier because of u... I love you all... God bless! and i am proud of each and everyone of u.... Thank You God for blessing my heart with wisdom,strenght,love,compassion and FORGIVENESS...

A model was reportedly kicked out of one of the special segments in the FHM’s 100 Sexiest victory party held on July 14 because of her purported involvement in the Philippine Azkals’ rape controversy---as the alleged victim.

“How would you feel kung nadawit ka, or 'yung anak mo or sister mo 'di ba? So you can just imagine how I feel, 'di ba?” the model, whose face was not shown on camera, told “TV Patrol” in a taped interview aired on Thursday.

However, she refused to talk about the
controversial issue at hand as she and her lawyer are still looking into the case.

“I already referred that matter to my lawyer and he advised me not to be out in the open until we have studied the case thoroughly including all its ramifications. So for now, no comment on that issue.

“'Pag na-rape ka ba mapu-prove mo ba agad sa 'kin 'yun or whatever? 'Di ba? So no comment on that [rape allegation],” she stressed.

In a separate report by PEP, published also on Thursday, the model related that she was already informed of her status in the FHM 100 Sexiest victory party. Still, she came to the venue to “insist to be still in the show” and was still able to join the morning rehearsal.

“GMA-7 was able to record it na I was rehearsing for the show, [but] two people talked to me again and told me that they really have to pull me out from the show,” she was quoted by PEP as saying.

She also admits to feeling harassed, saying, “Why is my job being taken away from me? This is my job.”

Asked by PEP if her being pulled out of the show was in any way connected to the Azkals issue, the model replied, “You tell me, do you think it has something to do with the Azkals? Would you be here interviewing me if my name was not being linked to the Azkals?”

Apollo Sangalang, the model’s lawyer, also sent in a text message, as shown in the same “TV Patrol” report, saying that they “have yet to decide on the next step to take re the case.”

Sangalang cited the issue’s complicated and personal nature as their reasons for doing so, adding that “because [girl's name edited out] is a model, she doesn't want this issue to appear like a publicity stunt.

“And next she also doesn't want to downgrade [or] put in a bad light or pull down the entire Azkal team and the entire Phil football. She doesn't want to do that,” he insisted.

More, the report said that based on the model’s Facebook profile, she is currently a Physics major studying at the University of the Philippines.

FHM, in its statement published in abovementioned PEP article, confirmed that the model was indeed pulled out from the show but clarified, “it's the brand's prerogative because it's their segment buy in the show... We just want to make it clear, hindi FHM ang nagpa-pull out sa kanya.”

In the midst of rigorous training for their upcoming World Cup qualifying match vs. Kuwait on July 23, four members of the Azkals – namely Neil Etheridge, Jason Sabio, Simon Greatwich and Anton del Rosario – were accused early this week by a certain Paul Weiler, allegedly a self-proclaimed Philippine Football Federation consultant, of raping a woman the players allegedly met at a bar.

As of this writing, all the accused, except for Etheridge, have already personally disproved these allegations through interviews aired in “24 Oras” and “TV Patrol.”

Sexy actress Michelle Madrigal, who apparently was also being speculated in blogs and Internet forums as the yet-to-be-named alleged rape victim, also reacted on the issue on July 12.

However, she did not clarify in her statement whether she’s addressing just the rape allegation as a whole, or if she’s also answering the rape victim rumor.

“Morning!don't believe everything u read online or on the papers.its all rumors n accuzation.thanks to all my fans for being on my side and for the narrow minded people,may god bless u.let's stay positive everyone! Think 1st sa tingin nyo ba kung nangyari talaga yun will be active on twitter? The boys don't need this right now.lets pray that they win the game vs kuwait!” Madrigal’s tweet read.

Recall that Madrigal was rumored a few weeks back to have been dating Etheridge. She later on disproved this through Twitter and said that she is just good friends with the striker.

“People should stop assuming..I'm friends with neil,simon n anton.wala naman kayong alam kaya sana wag kayo gumawa ng kwento.don't hate coz I'm cool w them!to all the fans I'm NOT dating neil etheridge.I don't normally care about what people say but your words are hurting me deeply.thank u n godbless!” she posted on July 4.

Etheridge, in a separate exclusive interview with PEP, likewise denied dating Madrigal.

In related news, Azkals’ team manager Dan Palami laments that some of his team members are being accused of rape at such a crucial time.

“It is unfortunate that as we prepare for one of the most important matches, issues that are based on sources that have been proven to be non-credible are being used to malign several members of the team,” Palami’s exclusive statement sent via text message to PEP on July 14.

Palami further stated that he “will never tolerate actions such as those being alleged and would certainly take disciplinary action on erring players” as manager.

However, like what he already claimed in a live interview with “24 Oras” on Monday, Palami maintained that he “need[s] more than an internet blog, and a statement of a purported PFF [Philippine Football Federation] Consultant that has been officially disowned by the PFF itself, before i can take action."

In a separate phone interview, also with PEP on Wednesday, the team manager stressed that Weiler “is not in any way related to the team."

In his SMS statement, Palami went on to say that the team is “trying to focus on the job we have to do..."

More, the same PEP report cited two unnamed sources close to the Azkals who told them that the rape accusation is “not true.”

US Marine gets Date with Mila Kunis

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:07:00 +0000

A US marine's YouTube request to go on a date with actress Mila Kunis has been accepted by the star.

In a Fox News interview, the star was asked whether she knew about Sgt Scott Moore's video asking her to accompany him to the Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, North Carolina, in November.

Kunis' Friends With Benefits co-star Justin Timberlake, who was on hand, said he would made sure it would happen.

"I'm going to work on this, man," Timberlake said in
a message directed to Sgt Moore. "This needs to go down!" Kunis then replied: "I'll go. I'll do it for you," before asking Timberlake if he was going to attend as well.

"They don't want me. They want you," he said. Kunis then confirmed: "I'll do it."

But further details on whether Kunis has confirmed whether she will attend the ball remain unclear.

See No More | Joe Jonas

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:15:00 +0000

“See No More” is the debut single of Joe Jonas as a solo artist featuring background vocals by Chris Brown. It’s a cut from his upcoming solo album called “Fast Life.”

Critics-wise, the song received rave reviews. Billboard even called Joe Jonas the “next big popstar.”

The official music video for the song premiered last week on E! News. In the video, he is looking upset over the betrayal he faces at the hands of his object of affection. Joe walks the earth, braves the elements and moves on from a broken heart.

"Amigo" Now Showing

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:42:00 +0000

A film which takes place in the Philippines in 1900 during the Philippine–American War which was shot entirely in the Philippines and with mostly Filipino crew premiered successfully in the US.

Amigo is a period film written and directed by John Sayles (Lone Star, Silver City). The film is about the Philippine-American War of 1899-1902. It is one of only a small handful of films directed by an American to address the tensions of this forgotten war, the only other notable example being The Real Glory.

Starring in the film are Chris Cooper, Yul Vasquez, Garret Dillahunt, DJ Qualls and our very own Joel Torre, Bembol Roco, Pen Medina, Ronnie Lazaro and Rio Locsin.

Here is the plot of the film:

Amigo centers on Rafael Dacanay, cabeza of the barrio of San Isidro in a rice-growing area of Luzon. His brother Simón, head of the local guerilla band, has forced the surrender of the Spanish guardia civil outpost and charged Rafael with the task of imprisoning the guardia Captain and the baryo’s Spanish friar, Padre Hidalgo, in the name of the revolutionary government. But when the American troops chasing General Aguinaldo arrive, the Spanish officer and Padre Hidalgo are freed, and a garrison under the command of Lieutenant Ike Compton is left to ‘protect’ the barrio. The American occupation policy now changes from ‘hearts and minds’ to ‘concentration’ (what was called ‘hamletting’ during the Vietnam war) and Rafael has to answer to both the Americans and the Filipino patriots, with deadly consequences.

Rodrigo Duterte Who is He?

noreply@blogger.com (leevogue) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:52:00 +0000

Rodrigo Duterte the father of Mayor Sarah Duterte. Who are Duterte's? and why Davao people love them
and only people in Luzon or NCR mostly hate them but but people of Davao love and Support them?
here's an Article from Time Magazine in which the Rodrigo Duterte Known as The Punisher.

Rodrigo Duterte, the mayor of Davao City, is sitting in his favorite bar, After Dark, a glass of brandy in front of him, a .38 pistol tucked in his waistband. He's wearing jeans and a short-sleeved shirt loudly adorned with wine bottles and bunches of red and green grapes — the same outfit he wore to work. While other guests take turns singing along with the piano player, Duterte tells a strange and disturbing story. In 1993, Davao's San Pedro Cathedral was hit with three grenades during an evening Mass. Six parishioners were killed. The attackers were Muslim militants, the sort easily found in Davao, a time-honored haven for kidnappers, bandits, communist rebels and roaming private armies. Four of the attackers were quickly arrested. Just as quickly, Duterte relates, "They went missing." Disappeared. Dead. "Then," the mayor says flatly, "it got ugly." Further killings? "More like assassinations," he says. The targets — other militants — didn't receive the courtesy of arrest, much less a trial. Were they dispatched on his orders? "Oh no," he responds. "I don't believe in state-sponsored killing." A pause. "I can't say any more, but
I taught them a lesson."

The island of Mindanao remains troubled. A Muslim separatist rebellion has raged there for decades. Al-Qaeda members have roamed the island. Foreign businessmen and missionaries must constantly be on guard there against kidnappers. But Davao, a sprawling port city on the southern coast, has emerged as the exception — an oasis of peace in the middle of the Philippines' lush center of chaos.

Residents have a simple explanation: the mayor. First elected in 1987, Duterte was returned to office twice until term limits made him to move to Manila as a Congressman. Last year he returned, running for the Davao mayoralty on his eternal platform: to bring peace and order the Duterte way. The city's 1.3 million residents swept him back into office, and no wonder. On his watch, Davao's per capita crime rate has sunk to the nation's lowest. The local tourism board calls it "the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia." People once fled the place in fear; now they flee other trouble spots in the Philippines — for Davao.

"If we had 20 more mayors like Duterte," says Fred Lim, an ex-mayor of Manila who is no stranger to tough tactics, "the peace and order situation in the Philippines would improve." That's one way of looking at it. Others say Duterte has achieved his results at a grim price, disregarding due process and anointing himself legislator, judge, jury — and possibly executioner — all at once. Justice in Davao, says Senator Rodolfo Biazon, a highly decorated former armed forces chief, is "not about following the law; it's about who's willing to go further."

Duterte is unapologetic about his willingness to venture beyond what legal niceties might permit. Criminals and rebels, he says menacingly from his perch at the bar, "do not have a monopoly on evil." A long, hard stare leaves little doubt that this is not idle talk. One day his methods might be unnecessary, he says. But for now, he insists on what most people from this town have also come to believe: "The only reason there is peace and order in Davao is because of me."

The convoy rolls down San Pedro Street, with Duterte in the lead on one of his beloved motorcycles. He is followed by two other bikes and a pickup bearing M16 toting bodyguards. Now and again, he lets loose a siren, in part to clear traffic, in part to signal that the mayor is on the prowl. Some people stare. Others wave. A few duck swiftly into the shadows. Duterte says he "patrols" twice a week, usually late at night, stopping at precinct houses to see who's in the holding cells and why, and to make sure his police are doing their job. He has made a policy of doling out groceries to cops as a way of curbing their temptation to elicit bribes, but that doesn't mean he's always in a benevolent mood. When he finds a cop drunk on duty, Duterte admits, he personally doles out a thrashing.

Duterte suffers from none of the charges that dog most Philippine politicians: that he is beholden to vested interests, obsessed with retaining power, or bent on accumulating its spoils. He is accepted and welcomed because he has delivered Davao from the bloody days of the 1970s and 1980s when the city was known as the murder capital of the Philippines. During the 21-year rule of strongman Ferdinand Marcos, the military spared neither the rod nor the gun to battle a spate of insurgencies, including one by the communist New People's Army (NPA). By the end of Marcos' reign, many in Mindanao were sick of the government and sided with the NPA — even when it sent hit squads, called "Sparrow Units," to assassinate policemen and soldiers in Davao. But the Sparrows got cocky and started bumping off suspected informants and civilians. As a counter, a vigilante group called Alsa Masa emerged in the mid-'80s, armed in part by the military and set on wiping out local communists. The vigilantes were popular until they too ran amok. A mini civil war erupted. One notably violent area called Agdao was rechristened "Nicar-agdao."

Duterte, who graduated as a lawyer in 1972 — the year Marcos proclaimed martial law — rose to prominence against this backdrop of vicious mayhem. As a city prosecutor he made his reputation by targeting military and rebel abuses with equal fervor. The son of a former provincial governor, Duterte says his father taught him that elected officials must serve the greater good no matter what it takes, like a father protecting and disciplining his family. And Duterte was fearless: even as a teenager, he refused to back down from fights — or whippings from his mother — despite being a self-confessed skinny weakling.

In his first term, Duterte's challenge was to rehabilitate Davao's reviled police department, which was running scared after years of NPA attacks. Shortly after Duterte took office, he heard that some kidnappers were trying to skip town with their just-collected ransom. Duterte led the pursuit, beating the cops to the scene and stationing his car on a bridge at the city line. When the kidnappers arrived, they started shooting. Duterte and his security detail returned fire, killing three of the four suspects. It was like a scene from the Philippine movies, which are replete with Dirty Harry loner-heroes. Here, it seemed, was a man who did what he promised, a man willing to die — and kill — for Davao. Has he, in fact, killed people? Duterte says he doesn't know, noting blithely "I didn't use tracer bullets." At 57, he remains the swaggering new-sheriff-in-town. He wants outlaws to know, he says, "that if I'm going out, I'm going out with my guns blazing."

Guided by his temperament, not the constitution, Duterte gave his cops license to shoot anyone who resisted arrest. He drove into the hills, into the camps of the NPA and other rebel groups ravaging Mindanao and told them he understood their grievances and respected men who fought for their beliefs. But, he added, "Don't f___ with my city." If they did, he warned, "they should be prepared to die."

By the early 1990s, the threat within Davao from communist rebels and Muslim guerrillas had faded. Duterte's vigilance had not. Urchins caught picking pockets have got beatings with a belt or a cow's tail from the mayor himself, often in City Hall. Rich kids who hot-rodded down the city streets were warned that they'd be paraded naked around town. And throughout, he let it be known that he would never relent in his fight against rapists, petty thieves and particularly drug pushers. "If you sell drugs to destroy other people's lives," he threatened, "I can be brutal."

On Sept. 20, Ryan Martinito, 18, and P.J. Taporco, 19, were walking down Ponciano Reyes Street, one of Davao's main thoroughfares. Both were known cell- phone thieves who had been arrested several times and were out on bail. As several witnesses looked on, two men riding a motorcycle drove up, killed Martinito and Taporco with bullets to the head, then sped away. It was 2:30 in the afternoon.

Suspicions immediately focused on the so-called Davao Death Squad, a vigilante outfit the city has come to know well over the past decade. According to press and police reports, more than 100 thieves and drug pushers — some convicted, some charged, others not even formally arrested — have been killed in the city during that time, almost always with the same modus operandi: two men on a motorcycle with a .45 or a 9-mm firing at close range. Such killings were heavy in 1996 and 1997, then sporadic during Duterte's time in Congress. The pace picked up during and after his mayoral campaign last June, spiking last fall after Duterte ordered all drug dealers to leave town by Nov. 30, or else.

The DDS is commonly referred to as the "Duterte Death Squad" — even, jokingly, by Duterte himself. The mayor formally denies any involvement, saying the killings may be gang related. But, characteristically, he points out that most of the victims were repeat offenders who got what they deserved. "From day one," he says, "I told people there are consequences for not abiding by the law." A task force appointed by the mayor to investigate the roughly 40 suspected vigilante killings in the past two years alone has not made a single arrest: no witnesses would come forward.

At the very least, the mayor has created an atmosphere in which the death squads feel free to operate with impunity. Last October, Duterte went on television and read out a list of suspects wanted for drug offenses, including policemen. Two of those named were killed within a week. Jun Pala, a former Alsa Masa spokesman and now one of Duterte's fiercest critics, was ambushed last July and shot four times. Pala has suspicions — but no evidence — about who ordered the attack. (Duterte denies involvement.) Pala argues that Duterte deserves no credit for Davao's rebirth. "How can he say Davao is safer when children" — that's to say teenagers — "are being killed indiscriminately?" It is, he adds, "a reign of terror."

Yet part of the fascination of Duterte's personality is that he also has an incongruously soft and liberal streak. He lives in a modest house on a quiet street. He sends food to Muslim communities during Ramadan and to Catholic communities at Christmas. Almost every day in his office he receives constituents seeking assistance. In one 10-minute span, he gives a mother the bus fare to her home village, counsels a woman seeking a job and tenderly tells a young, badly scarred burn victim that he will pay for her operation and follow-up treatment. (Duterte is known to deliver on such promises.) He is politically correct in other ways too: his party slate during the past election included a Christian, a Muslim, a gay man and a disabled candidate.

But it's Duterte's zero tolerance — for both crime and the judicial system — that resonates. "They can't rely on the justice system, so they rely on Duterte," says former Misamis Oriental Governor Homobono Adaza. Looking to exploit Duterte's appeal, former Presidents Fidel Ramos and Joseph Estrada both asked him to take national posts. And Duterte's way is spreading. Presidential adviser Jesus Dureza, who has known him since high school, says voters in other cities also crave Duterte-type security. Copycat vigilante killings have cropped up in Digos City to the south and Cagayan de Oro to the north. Locally, criticism from Muslim leaders, the Catholic church, and libertarian groups has been muted. Only child welfare and human-rights bodies have complained about the deaths of too many teens. The locals' views are all too clear. Duterte has never lost an election. Everyone in Davao seems content — if a little scared.

Duterte leaves his brother's birthday party after midnight. He sends his security home and leads a walking tour of Davao's shadier streets. It's late but the mayor wants to prove that Davao is safe, anywhere, any time. He ambles past small shops, vendors, restaurants and street corners favored by local hookers. Some of the girls greet him with handshakes and hugs, which he returns with jokes, kisses on the cheek, and some pocket money. "I wanted to end prostitution," he says, "but I had no jobs to give them."

But some of the young working girls react more nervously. Today he's going after drug addicts and pickpockets. Tomorrow, they fear, it could be them. Who, after all, has the power or will to stop him if he chooses to broaden his list of undesirables? The city may be more secure for some, but for the girls peering nervously from across the street, life in Duterte's Davao seems more perilous than ever.

Article From: Time Magazine