It was Shakira's 'Waka Waka,' the official song for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which caught the attention of football lovers all around the world. Four years later, it is 'We Are One,' the official song for 2014 World Cup sung by Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte, which has already dazzled fans not only in Brazil, but also worldwide.
The trio of
Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte will perform the official
song of FIFA cup-2014 during the opening ceremony on June 12 in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez's will begin with the
opening stanza as: Put your flags up in the sky (put them in the
sky)/ And wave them side to side (side to side) /Show the
world where
you’re from (show them where you’re from)/ Show the
world we are
one (one love, life).
According to a
report, the song, also known as FIFA-2014 championship anthem,
already has more than 19 billion views on YouTube and has become
popular among teenagers. The song has been filmed in the US.
The other
stanzas are as follows.
When the moment
gets tough
You’ve got keep going
One love, one life, one
world
One fight, whole world, one night, one place
Brazil,
everybody put your flags in the sky and do what you feel
It’s your
world, my world, our world today
And we invite the whole world,
whole world to play
It’s your world, my world, our world
today
And we invite the whole world, whole world to play
Es mi mundo, tu
mundo, el mundo de nosotros
Invitamos a todo el mundo a jugar con
nosotros
Put your flags up in the sky ....
But, once the
opening ceremony is done with, football fans across the length and
breadth of the world would be eager to see top stars battling it out
for more than a month to win the most coveted title in world football
– FIFA World Cup. The tournament involves 32 teams, who has gone
through a grueling qualification process to reach Brazil. It is time
for them to show their class in the global stage.
