她的曲风为带有流行色彩的“轻柔爵士”，嗓音厚实，略带沙哑，高亢嘹亮，中气十足，同时也蕴藏多变的真假声技巧，像Killing Me Softly with His Song等经典名曲，就是由她首唱而传遍世界的。现在，Roberta Flack虽然隐退歌坛，但像玛多纳、惠特尼-休斯顿等后生巨星，均曾经拜她为师，学习唱功。她也会应邀偶然出现在白宫，为总统以及国宾表演。
Strumming my pain with his fingers 他的手指弹着我的痛苦
Singing my life with his words 他的歌里有我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
Telling my whole life with his words 他的歌里有我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
I heard he sang a good song 我听到他唱一首美妙的歌曲
I heard he had a style 他的歌曲有模有样
And so I came to see him 我走过去见他
To listen for a while 聆听他的歌声
And there he was this young boy 他那时还是一个翩翩少年郎
A stranger to my eyes 一个我眼中的陌生人
Strumming my pain with his fingers 他的手指弹着我的痛苦
Singing my life with his words 他的歌里有我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
Telling my whole life with his words 他的歌里有我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
I felt all flushed with fever 我难为情地脸红了
Embarrassed by the crowd 人群中我尴尬不已
I felt he found my letters and 感到他已经发现我的信
Read each one out loud 他一字一顿地读了出来
I prayed that he would finish 我希望他早点读完
But he just kept right on 可是他还继续读着
Strumming my pain with his fingers 他的手指弹着我的痛苦
Singing my life with his words 他的歌里有我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
Telling my whole life with his words 他的歌里有我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
He sang as if he knew me 他唱着歌好像认识我
In all my dark despair 在我人生绝望的时候
And then he looked right through me 然后他直接看着我
As if I wasn't there 好像我不在这里
And he just kept on singing 他就这样唱着我爱的歌
Singing clear and strong 唱着，如此清晰，如此强烈
Strumming my pain with his fingers 他的手指弹着我的痛苦
Singing my life with his words 他的歌里有我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉
Telling my whole life with his words 他的歌里有我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌声让我沉醉