Hello, Guys
It’s yet another week for the Vibes web3 music competition, and the theme this week is so exciting. You need to have seen me scouting for a song to learn.
Funny enough, listening to 90’s music made me realize that the 90’s wasn’t so far away from when I was born. 😭 I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at that piece of information.
In one way it feels good to be so close to the 90’s, but then it also means that we are—well, I AM—getting old, and getting old quick.
Anyways, I chose the song “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” the version of the song performed by Roberta Flack. I understand that it was originally sung by Lauryn Hill, and her version was just as amazing, if not more.
I had a lot of fun performing this, even though my mic put me on the verge of going insane. Have you ever experienced this thing where you finally sing your song from beginning to end, with no mistakes, only to find out that your mic wasn’t plugged in?
Yeah, this happened an embarrassing number of times, but we’ll leave that in the past 🙂🙂
Without further ado, here is my presentation.
And the Lyrics if you want to sing along…
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 1]
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
To listen for a while
And there he was, this young boy
A stranger to my eyes
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
He sang as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me
As if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
La-la-la, la-la
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
La, ah-ah, ah
La, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
[Chorus]
[Outro]
He was strumming my pain
Yeah, he was singing my life
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
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