Fantasia Carioca – Rio Fantasy
Samba Mundial Enredo 2011

Music by Luis Dib and Brad Hamilton
Translation by Jefferson Silveira, Luis Dib, Brad Hamilton, Angela Detweiler and Cristina Lutz

English Lyrics by Brad Hamilton

I am a Carioca.
Rio is the city that I love.
Get a job? I don’t think so!
Isn’t there another way?

Even if I came from the slums,
It still wouldn’t matter.
Money is not what life is about.
Making music is what has meaning.

We love the thong bikinis,
At Barra, Ipanema, and Copacabana.
Everywhere the girls dance.
Everywhere the hips swing.

We play pagoda
for the tourist in Lapa,
And at Corcavado
and Pão de Açúcar.
I am a Carioca.

Chorus [Repeat 2X]
I don’t want to work,
I want to bang on the drum all day.
I don’t want to play,
I just want to bang on the drum all day.

We can’t wait for the World Cup,
Soccer is king at Maracanã!
Even though we get ready for the Olympics,
Samba is king at the Sambadrome!

Lovers, players,
old and young,
Everyone wants to play
and dance all night.

We like to watch the girls dance.
We like to parade in San Francisco.
But, our fantasy
is to be Carioca!
I am a Carioca.

Drum Break
1st Time - Drum Break then back to Top
2nd Time - Out and “Oh Sambão!”
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Eu sou Carioca!
Cidade que amo.
Tem trabalho? Tou fora!
Não dá pra dar um jeitinho?

Eu moro no morro,
Sem grana e sem luxo,
Não ligo pra nada,
O bom é tocar!

Que maravilha as tangas,
Na Barra, Ipanema, e Copa.
Olha a dança das meninas,
As meninas tem gingado!

Tocamos pagode
pra turistas na Lapa,
E Corcovado
E Pão de Açúcar.
Eu sou Carioca!

Chorus [BIS]
I don’t want to work,
I want to bang on the drum all day.
I don’t want to play,
I just want to bang on the drum all day.

Esperando pela Copa.
Futebol é rei no Maracanã!
Vem chegando as Olimpíadas,
Mas o samba, é rei, no Sambódromo!

Namorados, e malandros,
E velhos, e filhos,
Toda gente canta
Pela madrugada.

Gostamos da dança
Desfile em San Francisco
Mas a fantasia
É ser Carioca!
Eu sou Carioca!

Quebra Tambores
Primeira vez– Quebra e repete
Segunda vez – Fora e “Oh Sambão!”
Composed for San Francisco Carnaval 2011- MP3 and Chords on the Web at: www.sambamundial.com/Enredo