Vamos detonar essa porra - let's detonate this %#@!
Vamos levantar poeira - kick the dust high
Vamos arrasar - let's kick $$#

Vamos arregaçar - let's $#&@ %#@! up
Levanta mano, então - get up brother, c'mon
Vamos detonar essa porra - let's detonate this %#@!

Vamos detonar essa porra - let's detonate this %#@!
Vamos detonar essa porra - let's detonate this %#@!
Vamos rasgar o chão - let's cut the ground


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
Favelas - slums where most poor people live
A multidão - the crowd

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


O concreto - the concrete
Os butecos - the bars
As raizes - the roofs

As cicatrizes - the scars
O Cristo Redentor - Christ the redeemer (famous statue of Christ in Rio De Janeiro)
Salvador - capital of Bahia (North of Brasil)

O sol nascente - the rising sun
Pelourinho - famous old slave square in Salvador
As catedrais - the cathedrals

Nas Gerais - Minas Gerais (the state where Max was born)
Aleijadinho - crippled sculptor famous for the 12 prophets statues in Ouro Preto
As peladas - soccer played barefoot in the streets, on the beach

E'o Brasil - this is Brasil
Na Baixada - one of the most violent and dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro


Pais porrada - hardcore country

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As torcidas - organized soccer crowds
De longe vem a forte chuva - from far comes the strong rain
As torturas - the tortures (in the 60's, a lot of people were tortured and killed by the government)

E' Meia Noite - Brasilian percussionist, Meia Noite, who plays on this album and on "Primitive"
Quebrando tudo - $#&@ing %#@! 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
Uai - a traditional term used by the people of Minas Gerais Minas Gerais

Manaus - capital of Amazonas (heart of the rainforest)
Oh yes, Pele the footballer is also born there O Brasil - Brasil
E' muito mais - it's so much more...


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