(Refugee, Refugee, uh)

We used to be number ten
Now we permanent one
In the battle lost my finger, mic became my arm
Pistol nozzle hits your nasal, blood becomes lukewarm
Tell the woman be easy naah squeeze the charmin'
Test Wyclef, see death flesh get scorned
Beat you so bad make you feel like you ain't wanna be born
And tell your friends stay the hell out of my lawn
Chicken George became dead George stealin' chickens from my farm
Damn, another dead pigeon
If you're mafiosos, then I'm bringin' on Haitian Sicilians
Nobody's shootin', my body's made of hand grenade
Girl bled to death while she was tongue kissing a razor blade
That sounds sick maybe one day I'll write the horror
Blackula comes to the ghetto, jacks an Acura
Stevie Wonder sees crack babies becoming enemies of their own families
Armageddon come you know we soon done
Gun by my side just in case I gotta run
A boy on the side of Babylon, trying to front like he's down with
Mount Zion (yeah)

Ooh la la la
It's the way that we rock when we're doing our thing
Ooh la la la
It's the natural law that the refugees bring
Ooh la la la la la la lalala la lah
Sweet thing (yeah)

She love me like she never before, ayy

Yeah in saloons we drink Boone's and battle goons till high noon
Bust rap toons on flat spoons, take no shorts like poon poon's
See hoochies pop coochies, for Gucci's and Lucci
Find me in my Mitsubishi, eatin' sushi, bumpin' fugees
Hey hey hey
Try to take the crew and we don't play play
Say say say
Like Paul McCartney, not hardly
Oddly enough
I can see right through your bluff
Niggas huff and they puff but they can't handle us, we bust
'Cause we fortified, I could never hide, seen "Cooley high"
Cried when Cochise died
I'm twisted, black listed by some other negroes
Don't remove my Polos on the first episode
Ha ha you shouldn't diss refugees, and
Ha ha ha ha, you whole sound set's bootie, and
Ha ha ha ha, you have to respect Jersey, 'cause I'm superfly when
I'm super-high on the fu-gee-la

Ooh la la la
It's the way that we rock when we're doing our thing
Ooh la la la
It's the natural law that the refugees bring
Ooh la la la la la la lalala la lah
Sweet thing

Yeah, Yeah (yeah, yeah)
She love me like she never before, ayy

I sit ninety degrees underneath palm trees
Smokin' beadies as I burn my calories
Brooklyn roof tops become Brooklyn teepee
Who that be, enemies, wanna see the death of me
From Hawaii to Hawthorne, I run marathons, like
Buju Banton, I'm a true champion, like
Farakkhan reads his daily Qu'ran it's a phenomenon
Lyrics fast like Ramadan

What's goin' on
Armageddon come you know we soon done
Gun by my side just in case I gotta run
A boy on the side of Babylon, trying to front like he's down with
Mount Zion
What's goin' on
Armageddon come you know we soon done
Gun by my side just in case I gotta run
A boy on the side of babylon, trying to front like he's down with
Mount Zion

Ooh la la la
It's the way that we rock when we're doing our thing
Ooh la la la
It's the natural Law that the Refugees bring
Ooh la la la la la la lalala la lah, sweet thing

She love me like she never before, ayy

Ooh la la la
It's the way that we rock when we're doing our thing
Ooh la la la
It's the natural law that the refugees bring
Ooh la la la la la la lalala la lah, sweet thing

Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
She love me like she never before, ayy


Lyrics submitted by NIKKIE

Fu-Gee-La Lyrics as written by Lauryn Hill Wyclef Jean

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  • +1
    General Comment

    ''Girl bled to death while she was tongue-kissing a razor blade.''

    they paint a pretty picture eh .

    this song was the first hit single off of their album ''the score''

    NIKKIEon June 10, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Which song was this? The opera sounding one?

    tahwyason December 29, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    tqersh the point of this website is to put ur opinion of the meaning behind the songs lyics on for others to read so could u write ur interpretation on here becuz i hav no clue n ud hav more luck saying ur opinion so then maybe people would b able to embelish or get more of an nuderstanding of some of the lyrics and u might just hold the key to unlocking sumbodies thoughts so y dont u help us out and stick to the point of the website im so sick of people jsut talking aobut the song, not even like talkng aobut the lyrics jstu sayign luv this song so good... n thats all tahts not going to help if u want to write that go do it on sum forum or soemtihng but this site isnt designed for this no offence intended tho tqersh

    cheese_pleaseon January 24, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    dissing their opponents.

    it has lines that could be interpreted into different things but it's not that hard

    formaldehydeKATon April 06, 2009   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    This is a pretty incredible track, reminds of nas's one mic.

    We used to be number 10 Now we're permanent one, (This seems like a straight up reference to how well they used to be doing compared to now.)

    In the battle lost my finger, Mic became my arm (This to me is more to do with actions not being effective so they resort to words instead.)

    If your mafiosos then I'm bringin' on Haitian Sicilians (I'm pretty sure the idea behind this is that Haitian Sicilians are really tight with their family, tighter than the mafioso perhaps?)

    Nobody's shootin', my body's made of hand grenade (Good line, sums up the singer as someone who has a large amount of influence on everyone, has authority and is feared maybe.)

    Blackula comes to the ghetto, jacks an ACURA (This is about the high amount of stereotyping against black people committing crimes like stealing honda acuras I reckon)

    A boy on the side of Babylon, trying to front like he's down with Mount Zion.( In the Rastafari movement, "Zion" stands for a Utopian place of unity, peace and freedom, as opposed to "Babylon", the oppressing and exploiting system of the western world and a place of evil.)

    Brooklyn roof tops become Brooklyn tee-pees(Maybe a reference to the level of smoking of drugs etc at the time?)

    Yeah rest of it seems pretty self explanatory. :)

    threesixnineon July 15, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Woah, sorry bout the triple post :S.

    threesixnineon July 15, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Woah, sorry bout the triple post :S.

    threesixnineon July 15, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    this website is mad funny.

    there's a lot to be interpreted in this song, but i'm not gonna be the one to think about it (though that is the purpose of this forum).

    Barking Sparrowson June 09, 2008   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    This is a pretty incredible track, reminds of nas's one mic.

    We used to be number 10 Now we're permanent one, (This seems like a straight up reference to how well they used to be doing compared to now.)

    In the battle lost my finger, Mic became my arm (This to me is more to do with actions not being effective so they resort to words instead.)

    If your mafiosos then I'm bringin' on Haitian Sicilians (I'm pretty sure the idea behind this is that Haitian Sicilians are really tight with their family, tighter than the mafioso perhaps?)

    Nobody's shootin', my body's made of hand grenade (Good line, sums up the singer as someone who has a large amount of influence on everyone, has authority and is feared maybe.)

    Blackula comes to the ghetto, jacks an ACURA (This is about the high amount of stereotyping against black people committing crimes like stealing honda acuras I reckon)

    A boy on the side of Babylon, trying to front like he's down with Mount Zion.( In the Rastafari movement, "Zion" stands for a Utopian place of unity, peace and freedom, as opposed to "Babylon", the oppressing and exploiting system of the western world and a place of evil.)

    Brooklyn roof tops become Brooklyn tee-pees(Maybe a reference to the level of smoking of drugs etc at the time?)

    Yeah rest of it seems pretty self explanatory. :)

    threesixnineon July 15, 2010   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    i have my idea's about the meaning of what this song is about but id like to hear some others

    What do other people think this song is about?

    tgershon December 14, 2005   Link

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