Lyrics:

Strumming dub plates with our fingers,br /Eliminate sounds with our song,br /Killing a sound boy with this sound,br /Killing a sound boy with this sound,br /Taking sound boys' lives with this dub,br /Killing him softly with this sound.br /Strumming my pain with his fingers,br /Singing my life with his words,br /Killing me softly with his song,br /Killing me softly with his song,br /Telling my whole life with his words,br /Killing me softly with his song.br /[lauryn]br /I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style,br /And so I came to see him and listen for a while.br /And there he was this young boy, stranger to my eyes,br /Strumming my pain with his fingers,br /Singing my life with his words,br /Killing me softly with his song,br /Killing me softly with his song,br /Telling my whole life with his words,br /Killing me softly with his song.br /I felt all flushed with fever,br /Embarrassed by the crowd,br /I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.br /I prayed that he would finish,br /But he just kept right on strumming my pain with his fingers,br /Singing my life with his words,br /Killing me softly with his song,br /Killing me softly with his song,br /Telling my whole life with his words,br /Killing me softly with his songbr /[clef]br /Yo l-boogie, take it to the bridgebr /[lauryn]br /(bust it)br /Strumming my pain with his fingers,br /Singing my life with his words,br /Killing me softly with his song,br /Killing me softly with his song,br /Telling my whole life with his words,br /Killing me softly with his song.br /Strumming my pain with his finger, yeah he was . . .br /[shoutouts and fade]