(You play the samba the way you want, man) (I wanna play it, I wanna play it the way I want) You play the samba like a bamba You play the samba like a punk You play the samba with the conga You play the samba like you're nut (You're being to methodic, man) You play the samba like a black, white or red You play the samba as you want You play the samba like a black, white or red You play the samba in your head (Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever) You play the samba softly You play the samba hard (Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever) Play the samba very hot Like you never wanna stop (You play whatever you wanna play) You play the samba with a funk rhythm flavor You play it like you wanna dance You play the samba like a bossanova babe Because you want romance My samba is gonna take you to Bahia, Salvador The cradle of love is calling you My samba is gonna spread my love around Around the clock My samba is gonna rock you all night long E samba de partido alto (What is that?) Play samba like americano Samba na ponta do salto Lá na casa de fulano Vou lá ouvir a batucada Que vara pela madrugada Chamando a rapaziada (C'mon, c'mon) Que o mundo inteiro quer sambar... O samba tem seu berço nos quintais da praça onze Quando a Bahia se mudou pra lá E hoje todos cantam sem saber quando, nem onde O bonde deste samba vai levar My samba is gonna take you to Bahia, Salvador The cradle of love is calling you My samba is gonna spread my love around Around the clock My samba is gonna rock you all night long Come one, SAMBA!