Sem Samba Não Dá

I look at Christ up there on Corcovado
And, in silence, I shout: Hey Babá
Everything strange, everything very wrong
But we'll get there

There's a lot of friction, trouble, there's hustle
But there's country music, trap, big pagode
Anavitória, sweet kiss of the jaguar
Mar(av)ília Mendonça, tuning

It's coming, we'll get there
See if it works, if everything will work out
But without samba, it doesn't work
But without samba, it doesn't work
But without samba, it doesn't work
But without samba, it doesn't work
But without samba

There's sambanejo or pagobrejo
There's rust, Glória Groove, Maiara and Maraísa
Yoùn, Yoùn
There's Djonga with Rogério
MC Cabelinho, there's Baco Exu do Blues
There are people galore

There's Duda Beat, Gabriel do Borel, Gabriel do Borel, Gabriel do Borel

I look at Christ up there on Corcovado
And, in silence, I shout Hey Babá
Everything strange, everything very wrong
But we'll get there

There's a lot of friction, trouble, there's hustle
But there's country music, trap, big pagode
Anavitória, sweet kiss of the jaguar
Mar(av)ília Mendonça, tuning

It's coming, we'll get there
See if it works, if everything will work out
But without samba, it doesn't work
But without samba, it doesn't work
But without samba, it doesn't work
But without samba, it doesn't work
But without samba

There's sambanejo or pagobrejo
There's rust, Glória Groove, Maiara and Maraísa
Yoùn, Yoùn
There's Djonga with Rogério
MC Cabelinho, there's Baco Exu do Blues
There are people galore

There's Duda Beat, Gabriel do Borel, Gabriel do Borel
Tz da Coronel, Hiran and Majur, there's Simone and Simaria dancing samba
There's Leo Santana and Mendonça
In Pelourinho with Didá
Without samba, it doesn't work
Without samba, it doesn't work

I look at Christ up there on Corcovado