Composer: Coisa de Zé
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Meu Rio de Janeiro a gente te adora
Mesmo sendo de fora tem que se acostumar
Mulatas desfilando em Copacabana
Todo final de semana vamos forrozar
A gente da um duro e ganha dinheiro
Pra gastar com sanfoneiro e tomar banho de mar
As noites cariocas deixa a gente louco
Mesmo passando sufoco
Ninguém quer sair de lá
Corcovado nos espera de braços abertos
É um sonho certo, a gente acordar pra sonhar
O Rio de Janeiro se mistura com zabumba
Com cuica e com pandeiro pra sambaiozar
Translation
My Rio de Janeiro, we adore you
Even being from outside, you have to get used to it
Mulatas parading in Copacabana
Every weekend we're going to forrozar
We work hard and earn money
To spend with the sanfoneiro and swim in the sea
The carioca nights drive us crazy
Even going through hardship
Nobody wants to leave there
Corcovado awaits us with open arms
It's a sure dream, for us to wake up to dream
Rio de Janeiro mixes with zabumba
With cuica and pandeiro to sambaiozar
