Regarding the tittle Ratamahatta once asked in a Brazilian tv show what it meant, Max said he had no idea what it meant. My guess is that in Roots album they wanted to explore all the aspects of native, cultural, regional Brazil. One of the ways, they invited Carlinhos Brown, a musician from Bahia who plays the genre Axé music. A typical kind of music from Northeastern state of Bahia in Brazil. And, among other things, carlinhos Brown is famous for improvising and creating words while he sings.
Say what you will about Sepultura going nu-metal on this album, but the energy in this video is indeed impressive. Good mix, too, you can hear everyone really well. Not half bad.
@Marcoshary I think that´s exactly what he did in Ratamahatta, they did it sort of improvising like in an experience to mix metal and Axe music. And my guess is that the sound of the word itself was done a bit with the intention for it to sound sort of "voodish". Although Brazilian culture has nothing to do with voodoo.
Here are the meaning of many things mentioned in Ratamahatta lyrics: This song is about social class differences. Refers to poor, injustice, drugs and Poverty. Biboca: A house in a difficult place to access. Unsafe. (In a slum). Garagem: Garage (also meant ''code name'' on where to buy drugs/weapons). Favela: Slum (aka: Ghetto). Fubanga: Something or someone bad aspect, damaged. Ugly. Poor. Poor appearance. Maloca: A poor and bad house (also: inhabited by the natives of the Amazon). Cont...
@Marcoshary Lampião: For the authorities, Lampião symbolizes an outlaw a thug. For part of the population in the slums it values such as bravery, heroism and sense of honor. Someone who stands up for the poor and criticizes the unequal society.
