Brasil

(album: 3 - 2002)

[+ english translation]

Vamos detonar essa porra let's detonate this shit
Vamos levantar poeira kick the dust high
Vamos arrasar let's kick ass
Vamos arregaçar let's fuck shit up
Vamos detonar essa porra let's detonate this shit
Vamos rasgar o chão let's cut the ground
Levanta mano, então get up brother, c'mon
Vamos detonar essa porra let's detonate this shit
Vamos detonar essa porra let's detonate this shit

As casas the houses
As cidades the cities
As calçadas the sidewalks
As mulecadas the street kids
As esquinas the street corners
Os buracos the holes
Balas perdidas lost bullets
Os telhados the roofs
No Minhocão famous tunnel in downtown São Paulo
A multidão the crowd
Favelas slums where most poor people live
Galera soccer crowds
Na madrugada after midnight
A gingada a typical dance/fight from the north
E'o Brasil this is Brasil
Pais porrada hardcore country

Os butecos the bars
O concreto the concrete
As raizes the roofs
As cicatrizes the scars
O Cristo Redentor Christ the redeemer (famous statue of Christ in Rio De Janeiro)
O sol nascente the rising sun
Salvador capital of Bahia (North of Brasil)
Nas Gerais Minas Gerais (the state where Max was born)
As catedrais the cathedrals
Pelourinho famous old slave square in Salvador
Aleijadinho crippled sculptor famous for the 12 prophets statues in Ouro Preto
Na Baixada one of the most violent and dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro
As peladas soccer played barefoot in the streets, on the beach
E'o Brasil this is Brasil
Pais porrada hardcore country

Brasil, Pais Porrada

As torcidas organized soccer crowds
As torturas the tortures (in the 60's, a lot of people were tortured and killed by the government)
De longe vem a forte chuva from far comes the strong rain
E' Meia Noite Brasilian percussionist, Meia Noite, who plays on this album and on "Primitive"
Quebrando tudo fucking shit up on rhythms.
O berimbau One-stringed Brasilian instrument that Max often uses Conquista o Mundo conquer the world Da Lama ao Caos From The Mud To The Chaos (this is the name of Chico Science's first album)
Do Mangue from the mangroves in Recife
Manaus capital of Amazonas (heart of the rainforest)
Uai a traditional term used by the people of Minas Gerais Minas Gerais oh yes, Pele the footballer is also born there O Brasil Brasil
E' muito mais it's so much more...

Brasil, Pais Porrada