Mantra [English translation]

[Rubel]

Oh, dear God, if you exist

Send us your strength, cause down here on earth we need

Less attachments and more wisdom

The dance floor is empty, and we can't even dance samba

Please, change things around as well

And let the light in

Don't let me forget

That we don't need anything at all

[Rubel & Meninas da Serrinha]

Don't let me forget

Don't let me forget

Don't let me forget

That we don't need anything at all

(Don't let me forget)

That we don't need anything at all

(Don't let me forget)

That we don't need anything at all

(Don't let me forget)

That we don't need anything at all

(Don't let me forget)

That we don't need anything at all

(Don't let me forget)

That we don't need anything at all

(Don't let me forget)

[Audio: Tim Maia]

Ask a gorilla what year are we in

We are here, dude

[Rubel]

George, take the sword and cut through all the evil in the world

If the evil is too much for you, I'll help with a prayer and with my stronger verse

Imagine our land reflecting its deepest values

Imagine our people understanding each other, all them singing together, we would be so lucky

George, I already wasted my time staring at the mirror

Measuring love, counting likes, listening to others, feeling cold and being afraid

Your strength, your horse, my protection, my home, my secret

Your sword and your courage accompany me on this journey from an early age

[Rubel & Meninas da Serrinha]

(Don't let me forget)

(Don't let me forget)

(Don't let me forget)

(Don't let me forget)

That the best place in the world is right here

(Don't let me forget)

(Don't let me forget)

And now

That the best place in the world is right here

(Don't let me forget)

(Don't let me forget)

(Don't let me forget)

And now

That the best place in the world is right here

(Don't let me forget)

(Don't let me forget)

[Emicida]

Ok, let's go

And all this uneasy silence

It's some nightmare remnant

I manifest a cerebellum-like balance

When the day shivers me from head to foot

I let it flow, it's the Feng Shui

It's the sound of the waters clearing out

All those things that so much grudge tried to destroy

Little by little I put myself together

So much given out, so much chaos, so much held back, so much evilness

So many crap holding you back, is this beginner madness or the final judgment

Backwardness and forcedness both seeing the face

of nothing but a brutal emptiness

Brotha, we are nothing but star dust

Fruits of chance, wandering through sky like clouds

Lights that cut through the horizon when they appear

Cycles that close in the same way as you come, get it?

Did you record this?

[Meninas da Serrinha]

I pray to Saint George

So that our song

The singing of an entire people

Sing much more

I ask Tins and Bens and Tais

I ask Caetano and Caymmi

To enlighten us

May our singing sing much more

I pray to Saint George

So that our song

The singing of an entire people

Sing much more

I ask Tins and Bens and Tais

I ask Caetano and Caymmi

To enlighten us

May our singing sing much more

• Artist:Rubel
• Album:Casas (2018)