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 boy 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 Whoa, whoa La, la, la, la, la, la Whoa, la, whoa La, la, la, la, la, la 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 fingers You know how we do Y-Cliff, Prize, swag My man Lil Bass Jerry One Time This is our week Refugee Camp Everybody got a breaking point kid And they a rat on you The family niggas a rat on you That's why we gotta be prepared to take whoever out we meet