Lyrics:

(Chorus)
Strummin' my pain with his fingers, yo!
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!

(Lauryn - Verse One) - (Pras in parentheses)
Yo! Yo! What?!
I heard he sang a good song, yeah!
Yo...I heard he had a style
And so, I came to see him and listen for a while! (Yo, yo, yo, yo...unh,unh)
What?! Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!...And there he was, this young brat!
(Just a lil' kid chillin' on a...unh)
Ha-Ha! Stranger to my eyes! (C'mon, what?! Unh, Ahh!)

(Chorus) - (Wyclef Pras in parentheses) {Pras in brackets}
Strummin' my pain with his fingers, yo! (One time!)
Singing my life with his words...Two times! (Two times!) {Come on!}
Killing Me Softly With His Song...Killing Me Softly! {Yo! Unh-uh! Unh-unh-
unh-unh!}
With His Song, telling my whole life! {Ha! Unh, unh!}
With his words, Killing Me...Softly! Yo, yo...Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!
{Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo, unh!}
With His...Song! (Yo L-Boogie!) (Throw 'em off the bridge!) - Wyclef

(Wyclef - Verse Two) - (Pras in parentheses)
Hey girl, you know I wanna make a song for you?
Singin a song is what I wanna do
This is my style, hey! (come on)
I wanna get you for a while! (yeah)
This is what you deserve I wanna save your life (come on, girl)
I wanna get you for this night!

(Chorus) - (Wyclef Pras in parentheses) {Pras in brackets}
Strummin' my pain with his fingers, yo! (One time!)
Singing my life with his words...Two times! (Two times!) {Come on!}
Killing Me Softly With His Song...Killing Me Softly! {Yo! Unh-uh! Unh-unh-
unh-unh!}
With His Song, telling my whole life! {Ha! Unh, unh!}
With his words, Killing Me...Softly! Yo, yo...Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!
{Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo, unh!}
With His...Song! (Yo L-Boogie!) (Throw 'em off the bridge!) - Wyclef

(Bridge)

(Chorus 1x)