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Artist: Fugees
Suggested Track: Killing Me Softly with His Song

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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

(Ha) (yo) (yeah yeah)
This is Wyclef, Refugee Camp (L-Boogie up in here)
Praswell (Praswell up in here, haha)
Lil' Base sittin' up here on the bass (Refugees up in here)
While I'm on this, I got my girl L (ah, ah)
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'd 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, 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

Whoa
Woah-oah-ah-ah-ah uh, uh
La-la-la, la, la, la
Whoa, la
Whoa, la (ha, ha, ha, ha)
La-ah-ah-ah-ah

Strumming my pain with his fingers (yes, he was singing my life)
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 (whole life, with his words)
Killing me softly with his song

Yo, put your hands together for L-Boogie (strumming my pain)
From the Refugee Camp (yeah, yeah)
(Singing my life) up in here, you know how we do, L-Boogie up in here
Wyclef, Praswell, said L-Boogie up in here
Wyclef up in here
My man Lil' Base (Praswell up in here)
Jerry one time
T Rocks up in here, we got Warren up in here
This is how we (Warren up, up in here, Outsiders up here)
We got Fallon up in here, Mulaney, Mulaney's up in here
(Refugee Camp, Refugee Camp, yeah)

Everybody got a breakin' point kid
And they'll rat on you
The family niggas will rat on you
That's why we gotta be prepared to take whoever out we need to
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Genius Artists
Fugees
Fugees were an American hip hop group that had Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, and Pras, who rose to fame in the mid-90s. Their repertoire included elements of hip hop, soul and
Lauryn Hill
As one of the founding members of Fugees, Lauryn Hill has spit her truthful lyrics unlike any female rap artist in history. Being as informative as she is inspiring, Lauryn has
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Fugees Lyrics
Fugees lyrics - 29 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Killing Me Softly", "Ready or Not", "Fu-Gee-La".
Genius Lyrics
Fugees – Fu-Gee-La
Interpolates “Ooo La La La” performed by Teena Marie Samples “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right” performed by Ramsey Lewis
Fugees – Ready or Not
The Fugees' second biggest hit is an ominous warning to wack MCs. The song puts a hip-hop spin on a soul classic—its chorus and bridge are an interpolation of The Delfonics' 1968
Fugees – The Beast
Song about the police and how they tend treat African Americans in real nasty ways. NOTE: The skit at the end of this track has its own page. You can check it out here.
Fugees – Killing Me Softly
The Fugees' first mega-hit is a fairly straightforward cover of a song by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, written for and originally recorded by Lori Lieberman and made famous by
Fugees – How Many Mics
In this song, the Fugees brag about their rap skills and prove their haters wrong.
Cypress Hill (Ft. Fugees) – Boom Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees Remix)
[Intro] / Refugee camp, with Cypress Hill / Yo, bringin' it on Cubans meet the Haitians / Perfect combination, check it / [Verse 1: Wyclef Jean & B-Real] / You say guns, I say
Fugees (Ft. John Forté & Outsidaz) – Cowboys
Considered one of the best classic posse cuts (along with “Scenario”) “Cowboys” is a unique song, with its back and forth verses, pairing Outsidaz, John Forté and Rah Diggah, with
Fugees (Ft. John Forté & Omega (Rapper)) – Family Business
‘Family Business’ is the 7th track off of The Fugees 2nd album “The Score” The main sample you hear throughout most of the song is Francisco Tárrega’s composition “Recuerdos De La
Fugees (Ft. Busta Rhymes, John Forté & A Tribe Called Quest) – Rumble In The Jungle
This songs come from the movie When We Were Kings. Its available for free on youtube the song really won’t make sense unless you have seen the movie so go check it out ASAP!
Fugees – Nappy Heads (Remix)
2nd single from ‘Blunted on Reality’ The beat samples: ‘Santa’s Birthday’ by The Caroleer Singers and Orchestra Also interpolates ‘I’ll Fly Away’ by The Humbard Family, ‘The Hump
Fugees – The Mask
sampled ‘Nights in White Satin’ by The Moody Blues (1967) The subject of masks might be a reference to Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask”. In it, he discusses how in
Fugees (Ft. Kool DJ Red Alert) – Manifest/Outro
Samples: Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half-Steppin' Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock Dis Funky Joint
Wyclef Jean – Where Fugees At?
[Intro] / Feels good to be back at the Essence where it all started, you know? What up? / Turn up my headphones, man / I got a few things I wanna tell the people out there / Yo, yo
Fugees – No Woman, No Cry
“No Woman, No Cry” is the fourth single from the Fugees' second studio album, The Score. The song was produced by Salaam Remi. The Fugees' version of the track features Wyclef Jean
Fugees – Vocab (Refugee Hip-Hop Remix)
[Intro: Lauryn Hill] / Yo, this is the Fugees.. Refugees / About to take you on a journey / Into the dimensions of the Booga-Basement / The basement, word / Hey yo, one two three
Fugees – Zealots
In this classic single off of the Fugees' The Score, Wyclef, Lauryn, and Pras make a bunch of nerdy references and metaphors to show that they know a lot of random stuff. While
Fugees (Ft. Kool DJ Red Alert & Ras Baraka) – Red Intro
[Intro: DJ Red Alert] / Colombia Ruffhouse Records present / A Refugee Camp production / Fugees, The Score / And now for our feature presentation / [Spoken Word: Ras Baraka, Wyclef
Fugees – Chinese Restaurant Skit
This skit comes after “The Beast” on track 5 of The Score. In a scene reminiscent of the kung fu movie samples used by Wu-Tang Clan, a Chinese restaurant owner misunderstands two
Fugees (Ft. Christopher "Spida" Boswell) – Boof Baf
[Verse 1: Wyclef Jean] / I'm Chill-Master-Nell of a thousand MC's / But how are you gonna tell the real rappers from these phonies? / 'Cause these days, everyone wanna deal with a
Fugees (Ft. Akon & John Forté) – Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Mix)
Featuring Sly & Robbie and young Akon (Sly & Robbie Mix). “Fu-Gee-La” (Sly & Robbie Mix) produced by Handel Tucker “Fu-Gee-La” (Refugee Camp Remix)produced by Fugees, Jerry
Fugees (Ft. John Forté) – Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix)
Other than the Original Fu-Gee-La track on Fugees‘ The Score album, they also released 4 bonus tracks, including 3 Remixes for the song.
Fugees – Mista Mista
[Verse 1: Wyclef Jean] / Mista, mista / Can I get five dollars / So I can get something to eat? / Hell no, motherfucka / You can't get no money from me / 'Cause every time I give
Fugees (Ft. Lauryn Hill) – A Change Is Gonna Come (UK Bonus Track)
[Lauryn Hill] Yo! / [Wyclef Jean] One time! / I was born by the river in a tenement / And oh.. my poor mother, she could hardly pay the rent / [Refrain:] / It's been a long a long
Fugees – Introduction
[Wyclef Jean - responding to an overlord voice] / THE YEAR / Two-thousand and seventeen master! / THE MAN / Every two-thousand years a prophecy is prophesized / THE MISSION / To
Fugees – Recharge
[Intro] / And when you feelin down, recharge / [Wyclef] / Now and, forevers, them emperors, are nova / The lovin, the huggin, will never be over / [Pras] / Back up back up boy, don
Fugees – Just Happy To Be Me
[Intro: Wyclef, Lauryn Hill (Wyclef)] / Yo wassup, this the Fugees / To all the young people / Live on sesame street haha (Clap your hands) / Can you tell me how to get? How to get
Fugees – Freestyle (Live from BBC Radio 1)
[Hook: Wyclef Jean] / How many mics do we rip on the daily? / [Lauryn Hill:] / You crossed the line; now there’s no coming back / MCs are getting sucked into my intergalactical
Fugees – Take It Easy
[L-Boogie] / Brethren don't cut me when I'm going / I don't hear myself / We bout to drop, drop drop drop / You can bring the beat up a little bit in the headphones / Bring the
Fugees – Temple
[Intro/Chorus: Wyclef Jean] / Delivered straight from the temple / Hip-hop ya don't stop / One o' clock, two o' clock, three o' clock, ROCK!! / [Lauryn Hill] / Well as an infant I
Fugees – Some Seek Stardom
“Some Seek Stardom” appears on the Fugees' first album, Blunted On Reality (1994)
Fugees – Vocab (LP Version)
[Chorus: Pras] / You got the vocab / I got the vocab / You got the vocab / You know I got the vocab / You got the vocab / I got the vocab / Hey, yo pass the mic so I can tell 'em I
Fugees – Killing Me Softly (Radio Edit)
[Hook: Lauryn Hill] / 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
Fugees (Ft. Fugees) – Fugees - Freestyle
(Lauryn Hill) Yeah, we got Fugees up in here, haha! / (Wyclef) Refugee camp y'all / (Lauryn Hill) Funkmaster Flex up in here! / (Wyclef) One two, yeah / (Lauryn Hill
Fugees – No Woman, No Cry (Remix with Steve Marley)
[Wyclef] - (Lauryn in parentheses) / ...Yo, Steve Marley throw on your Father's old record...(Yeah) - Lauryn / Ha! Classic material...Refugee Camp, hold tight! Yes, yes! / Steve
Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)
Lauryn Hill’s breakout solo single from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, “Doo Wop (That Thing)” hit #1 on the Billboard charts and netted Hill two Grammys for Best R&B Song and
Fugees – Giggles
[Pras] / Aiyyo, somethin' funny, somethin' got you caught up in digs / It's me, why you wanna pimp with today? / Two made from the boy, yeah / Now, helpless, he's tryin' cause he
Fugees – Ready or Not (Salaam's Ready for the Show Remix)
[Intro: Wyclef Jean] / I'm just about done... Yo, let me finish tuning this guitar... / Yo, y'all ready for the show? / [Chorus: Lauryn Hill] / Ready or Not! Here we come! All the
Fugees – Vocab (Salaam's Remix)
[Hook: Wyclef Jean] / Vocab, on your mind! {We used to rock the mics in the park!} (Vocab) / Vocab, in your mind! {We used to rock the mic after dark} (Vocab) / The Vocab we bring
Fugees – Harlem Chit Chat Interlude
*club music, crowd background* / Rashad: / YO, YO, LET ME TURN OUT THE MUSIC ON! / *turntables screech on* / Rashad: / YO, WHAT'S THE DEAL? / IT'S THE DJ RASHAD MUHAMMAD / LET ME
Lauryn Hill – Lost Ones
Lost Ones is the second track from Lauryn Hill’s 5-time Grammy winning album, the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. This song is written to an ex, following a relationship break-up. It
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Genius Albums
The Score by Fugees
Their second and final release as a group, the trio of Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, and Pras—formerly known as the Tranzlator Crew—broke crossover ground on this classic album which
Blunted on Reality by Fugees
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Greatest Hits by Fugees
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
After the Fugees disbanded in 1997, Lauryn Hill branched out and released her solo debut the following year. It was both a critical and commercial success, shooting to number one
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