Mas Que Nada [English translation]
Mas Que Nada [English translation]
O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!
Obah, obah, obah!
O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!
Obah, obah, obah!
Come on,1
get out of my way2
'cause I want to pass.
Because the samba is vivacious,
and what I want is to do the samba.
That samba
which is a mixture of Maracatu,3
Preto Velho-samba,
Preto Tutú-samba...4
Come on,
a samba like this, so good.
You don't want
that I get to the end of it...
O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!
Obah, obah, obah!
O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!
Obah, obah, obah!
That samba
which is a mixture of Maracatu,
Preto Velho-samba,
Preto Tutú-samba...
Come on,
a samba like this, so good.
You don't want
that I get to the end of it...
O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!
Obah, obah, obah!
O, o-o-o-oh ari-ah, rayoh!
Obah, obah, obah!
1. lit. 'but that (is) nothing'; Brazilian Portuguese slang for 'come on'. Not to be confused with 'mais que nada' or Spanish 'más que nada', which both mean 'more than nothing'2. lit. 'leave from my front'3. A Brazilian performance genre combining parades, dance and music.4. Various Brazilian samba-genres.
- Artist:Jorge Ben Jor
- Album:Samba Esquema Novo (1963), Track 01