Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
(Ah!) Yooo! (Yeah! Yeah!)
This is Wyclef, Refugee Camp (L-Boogie up in here)
Prazrel, (Prazrel up in here! Ha! Ha!)
Lil' Base sits up there on the base
While I'm on this... I got my girl L (Ah! Ah!)
One time, one time, (one time)
Ayo, L, you know you got the lyrics
I heard he sang a good song,
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him,
And listen for a while
And there he was,
This young boy, a stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingers (one time, one time)
Singing my life with his words (two times, two times)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
I felt all flushed with fever,
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he'd found my letters
And read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish,
But he just kept right on
Strumming my pain with his fingers (one time, one time)
Singing my life with his words (two time, two time)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Strumming dub plates with our fingers,
Killing me softly with his song
Eliminate sounds with our song,
Yo, L-Boy, take it to the bridge
Oh,oh,ooh,La,la,la,la,la,oha,la,la,oh,oh,la,la,la,laa,la
Killing a sound boy with this sound,
Killing a sound boy with this sound,
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Yes he was singing my life with his words
Taking sound boys' lives with this dub,
Singing my life with his words
Killing him softly with this sound.
Killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Killing me softly with his song
Singing my life with his words,
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song,
Kill
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
[lauryn]
I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style,
And so I came to see him and listen for a while.
And there he was this young bwoy, stranger to my eyes,
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
I felt all flushed with fever,
Embarrassed by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish,
But he just kept right on strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song
[clef]
Yo L-Boogie, take it to the bridge
[lauryn]
(Bust it)
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
Strumming my pain with his finger, yeah he was . . .
[shoutouts and fade]
[Refrain]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
[ad-libs: wyclef jean + (lauryn hill)]
(Ah!) Yooo! (Yeah! Yeah!)
This is Wyclef, Refugee Camp (L-Boogie up in here)
Prazrel, (Prazrel up in here! Ha! Ha!)
Lil' Base sits up there on the base (Refugees up in here)
While I'm on this... I got my girl L (Ah! Ah!)
One time, one time, (one time)
Ayo, L, you know you got the lyrics
[verse 1: lauryn hill]
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
And listen for a while
And there he was
This young boy, stranger to my eyes
[hook: lauryn hill + (wyclef jean)]
[Refrain]
Strumming my pain with his fingers (One time, one time)
Singing my life with his words (Two times, two times)
Killing me softly with this song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
[verse 2: lauryn hill]
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
Then read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
[hook: lauryn hill + (wyclef jean)]
[Refrain]
Strumming my pain with his fingers (One time, one time)
Singing my life with his words (Two times, two times)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
[interlude: wyclef jean]
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
[hook: lauryn hill]
Yo, L-Boy, take it to the bridge
[Refrain]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Yes he was singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain yeah
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words