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 (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 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), Singing my life with his words (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 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), Singing my life with his words (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 Yo L-Boogie, take it to the bridge Strumming my pain with his fingers (yes, he was singing), 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 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