Brasil lyrics

Song information

Artist: Soulfly
Album: Iii

Lyrics

Vamos detonar essa porra - let's detonate this shit
Vamos levantar poeira - kick the dust high
Vamos arrasar - let's kick ass
Vamos arrega?r - let's fuck shit up
Vamos detonar essa porra - let's detonate this shit
Vamos rasgar o ch? - let's cut the ground
Levanta mano, ent? - 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 cal?das - 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 minhoc? - famous tunnel in downtown s? paulo
A multid? - 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

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Iii" album track list