Samba da Bencao (Samba of the Blessing) - Sergio Mendes, Marcelo D2

E melhor ser alegre que ser triste

Alegria e a melhor coisa que existe

E assim como a luz no coracao

Mas pra fazer um samba com beleza

E preciso um bocado de tristeza

Senao nao se faz um samba nao

Fazer samba nao e contar piada

E quem faz samba assim nao e de nada

O bom samba e uma forma de oracao

Porque o samba e a tristeza que balanca

E a tristeza tem sempre uma esperanca

De um dia nao ser mais triste nao

Poe um pouco de amor numa cadencia

E vai ver que ninguem no mundo vence

A beleza que tem um samba nao

Porque o samba nasceu la na Bahia

E se hoje ele e branco na poesia

Ele e negro demais no coracao

Samba Of The Blessing

It’s better to be happy than sad

Happiness is the best thing there is It is like a light in the heart

But to make a samba with beauty

It’s needed a bit of sadness

If not the samba can’t be made

To make a samba is not like telling a joke

And who makes samba like this is worth nothing

The good samba is a kind of prayer

Because samba is the sadness that sways

And sadness is always hopeful

Of one day not being sad any more

Put a little love in the cadence

And you’ll see that in this world nobody wins

The beauty that a samba have

Because samba was born in Bahia

And if today it is white in it’s poetry

It is very black in it’s heart.

It is better to be happy than to be sad

Happiness is the best thing that exists

It's just like the light in the heart

But to make a samba with beauty

I need a bit of sadness

Otherwise, a samba is not made

Making samba is not telling a joke

And who makes samba like that is nothing

The good samba is a form of prayer

Because samba is the sadness that shakes

And sadness always has hope

Of one day I won't be sad anymore

Put a little love in a cadence

And you will see that no one in the world wins

The beauty that has a samba does not

Because samba was born in Bahia

What if today he is white in poetry

He is too black at heart

Samba Of The Blessing

It's better to be happy than sad

Happiness is the best thing there is It is like a light in the heart

But to make a samba with beauty

It's needed a bit of sadness

If not the samba can't be made

To make a samba is not like telling a joke

And who makes samba like this is worth nothing

The good samba is a a kind of prayer

Because samba is the sadness that sways

And sadness is always hopeful

Of one day not being sad any more

Put a little love in the cadence

And you'll see that in this world nobody wins

The beauty that a samba have

Because samba was born in Bahia

And if today it is white in it's poetry

It is very black in it's heart.