Sergio Mendes – Mas Que Nada lyrics

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas Que Nada
(with pronunciation between and English language
Translation, by Dapianoman)

(Piano intro)

O ariá rai, O?

Obá, Obá, Obá,

O (o, o, o, o,) ariá rai, O?

Obá, Obá, Obá...

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CHORUS 1
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Mas que nada

Sai da minha frente eu quero passar

Pois o samba está animado

O que eu quero é sambar

Este samba que é misto de maracatu

é samba de preto velho

Samba de preto tu

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CHORUS 2:
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Mas que nada

Um samba como esse do legal

Você nao vai querer

Que eu chegue no final

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English Translation (very rough)
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Oh, little song, what are you?
What? What? What?

More of that nothing
It wants to pass in front of me
To liven up the samba

What I want to do is to samba
This samba, the samba of veiled color
the mix of your maracas,
the samba of antique veiled color

More of that nothing,
a samba that's just barely legal
You start wanting to go into it
then arriving at the end
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