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

Yo, this is Wyclef, Refugee Camp, Prakazrel
This little base sittin' up here on the base
While I'm on this pro
I got my girl "L", one time, one time
Hey yo, "L", you know you got the lyrics

(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 (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

Strumming my pain with his finger, yeah 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 with his finger, yeah he was...