Samba de Los Angeles - Gilberto Gil

Olha que o samba foi

Foi quebrando, foi

Foi quebrando, foi

Foi quebrar

Lá na beira do mar

Tanto que água mole

Em pedra dura bate, que fura

Da pedra rachar

Tanto que racha a rocha

Que relaxa, afrouxa, que vira

Areia do mar

Tanto que a areia arenga

Que a sereia canta pelo pé

Que areia pisar

Olha que o samba foi

Foi quebrando, foi

Foi quebrando, foi

Foi quebrar

Lá na beira do mar

Look how samba was

It was breaking, it was

It was breaking, it was

went to break

There by the sea

so soft water

In hard stone beats, which pierces

of the stone to crack

So much so that the rock cracks

That relaxes, loosens, that turns

Sea sand

So much so that the sand harangues

That the mermaid sings by the foot

what sand to step on

Look how samba was

It was breaking, it was

It was breaking, it was

went to break

There by the sea