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"Listen" - Charice Pempengco



Wow, I can't believe I found this on Playlist. It's not the best recording, but it's the only one up so far of Charice Pempengco's live performance of Listen, originally performed by Beyonce in the movie Dream Girls . She sang this as she guest-starred as Sunshine Corazon on Glee which premiered on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. I was planning to watch the very first episode of Season 2, but life got in the way and it slipped my mind (as things often do when it comes to me).

Thankfully, we have the lovely Internet and beautiful fans on Facebook that didn't let this clip go to waste. Watch it while you still can at http://www.worldcorrespondents.com/charice-pempengco-on-glee-season-2-video-of-her-performance/8811574 and if it's no longer there, find it! No excuses! Even if I'm late I had to represent by writing about one of the many great Filipina singers who did what very few have done thus far: break through the American mainstream with a powerful voice that demands to be heard.

MABUHAY!

Lyrics:

Listen,
To the song here in my heart
A melody I start
But can't complete

Listen, to the sound from deep within
It's only beginning
To find release

Oh,
the time has come
for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own
all cause you won't
Listen....

Listen,
I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home, in my own home
And I've tried and tried
To say whats on my mind
You should have known
Oh,
Now I'm done believin' you
You don't know what I'm feelin
I'm more than what, you made of me
I followed the voice
you gave to me
But now I gotta find, my own

You should have listened
There is someone here inside
Someone I'd thought had died
So long ago

Oh I'm free now and my dreams'll be heard
They will not be pushed aside or worse
Into your own
All cause you won't
Listen...

I don't know where I belong
But I'll be movin' on
If you don't....
If you won't....

Listen
To the song here in my heart
A melody I start
But I will complete

Oh,
Now I'm done believin' you
You don't know what I'm feelin'
I'm more than what, you made of me
I followed the voice, you think you gave to me
But now I gotta find, my own
my own

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/dreamgirls/listen.htm
all images courtesy of Google.com
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