Ratamahatta Lyrics in English Sepultura

Ratamahatta is Sepultura's wild street party of a song, a furious mix of tribal percussion and metal guitars that throws you straight into Brazil’s back-alleys. Shouted words like biboca, favela, maloca and bocada sketch a raw map of the nation’s poorest corners – tiny shacks, improvised garages and bustling slums where rhythm never sleeps. The band turns these places into drums, letting their rattling syllables become part of the beat so you can almost smell the smoke, sweat and street food as the chant rolls on.

In the middle of this carnival of noise appear larger-than-life folk heroes: Zé do Caixão (Brazil’s cult horror icon), Zumbi (the freedom fighter who led escaped slaves) and Lampião (the legendary bandit of the Nordeste). By name-checking them, Sepultura links Brazil’s dark legends and rebels with today’s underdogs, then shouts “Hello uptown, midtown, downtown, Trenchtown” to unite every neighborhood on the planet. The invented refrain Ratamahatta works like a universal drumbeat – a nonsense word that means everybody is invited. The result is an explosive celebration of resistance, heritage and street-level pride, urging listeners to crank the volume and join the riotous dance of Brazil’s spirit.