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


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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... 


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