Sérgio Mendes

Samba Of The Blessing

Sérgio Mendes


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.