The Fugees

Strumming dub plates with our fingers

Eliminate sounds with our song

Killing a sound boy with this sound

Killing a sound boy with this sound

Taking sound boys' lives with this dub

Killing him softly with this sound

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 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

Yo L-Boogie take it to the bridge

(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