Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lauryn Hill
Background Vocals
A Tribe Called Quest
Sampled Artist
Little Feat
Sampled Artist
Pras Michel
Background Vocals
Rotary Connection
Sampled Artist
The Moody Blues
Sampled Artist
Wyclef Jean
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Norman Gimbel
Songwriter
Charles Fox
Songwriter
Lauryn Hill
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lauryn Hill
Producer
Wyclef Jean
Producer
Jerry Duplessis
Co-Producer
Warren Riker
Mixing Engineer
Pras Michel
Co-Producer
Lyrics
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 (yeah, yeah)
This is Wyclef, Refugee Camp (L Boogie up in here)
Pra'zrel (Pra'zrel up in here)
Little Base sittin' up there on the bass (Refugees up in here)
While I'm on this, I got my girl L
One time (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, 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 found my letters
Then 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 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 (yo, L Boog, take me to the bridge)
Bust it
Whoa
Whoa
Huh, huh-uh
La-la-la, la-la-la (la)
Whoa, la-ah (la, la)
Whoa, la-ah (la, la)
Yeah, ha, ha, ha (c'mon)
La (c'mon, c'mon, c'mon)
Strumming my pain with his fingers (yes, he was)
Singing my life with his words (mine)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song (yeah)
Telling my whole life (whole life) with his words (his words)
Killing me softly
With his song
Yo (strumming my pain), put your hands together
For L Boogie (yeah) from the Refugee Camp
(Singing my life with his words) Refugees up in here
(You know how we do) L Boogie up in here (yeah)
I said, L Boogie up in here (Wyclef, Prazrel) Wyclef, up in here
(Killing me softly with his song) my man Little Base
Pra'zrel up in here (Jerry one time), little T Rocks up in here
(Killing me softly) we got Warren up in here (this is how we)
Warren up, up in here (with his song)
Outsiders up in here (Refugee Camp)
(Telling my whole life)
We got Fallon up in here (Refugee Camp), Mulaney
Mulaney (with his words), Mulaney's up in here (yeah, Refugee Camp)
We got Val' up in here (killing me softly)
Everybody got a breaking point, kid
And they'll rat on you, the family niggas'll rat on you
That's why we gotta be prepared (yeah, motherfucker)
To take whoever out we need to (I told you I was gon' get you next)
Writer(s): Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox
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