Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: samba
Song Meaning of “Nego Davi” by Emerson Urso
Nego Davi is a song about looking back to a past relationship and reminiscing with bittersweet bittersweet nostalgia. The narrator is looking back through time at a past love, trying to remember the good times they shared. The title, “Nego Davi” is a common greeting or glorification of God, as if to say, “even God can’t help me re-experience what we had”. The narrator wishes he could go back and change some of the things they’ve done, but ultimately, he feels it’d be impossible to recreate that same feeling of love that he once had.
The chorus is full of longing and regret for a lost love. While the narrator acknowledges that things would surely be different if they had stayed together, he also realizes that the situation cannot be changed and that the best he can do is accept the past, and try to move forward.
Nego Davi is ultimately a song of acceptance, but with an edge of sadness that can’t be ignored. It speaks to the idea that although we can’t go back and undo the past, we can still find peace in the memories.