O Maximo Respeito

I arrived at the beach already listening to jazz
Itacoatiara has about nine feet, be careful with the trench, it's a killer, no use in stomping your feet
Fingers go, rings stay, the false ones go, the faithful stay
Smoke marijuana, made dreadlocks, says he's Rastafarian and says Jah bless
I go out for the night with about ten bucks
Responsibility is mine for luck and setback
Exact strategy already at eight years my grandfather taught me how to play chess

I don't sign contracts or reverse roles
I don't avoid contact, I take advantage of the bias
On a large scale in the world of speech, the frequency of decibels increases
Hip hop, reggae on the deck
Viajah, ataara and the canamarés
Enjoying the benga, the night, the girl, the rhyme and cocktails
In Lapa the crazy night of tribe, crazy, police, high, beggar, kitten, transvestite Rastafarian and gringo, everyone crazy and interacting
Cultural mix, cultural blitz, cultural hit, all cultural
Land of alcoholism, favela, domain of sexual tourism
Crazy club, hot, playboy, fight at the entrance with a couple of Bon Joy
Eight bucks for beer, you don't smoke weed with the Tec Toy dolls
Come in and enjoy, I came from Niterói, with maximum respect

Maximum respect
To the creators
Maximum respect
To the originals
Maximum respect
Maximum respect x 2
To the true ones
Maximum respect
To the pioneers
Maximum respect
Augustus Pablo
Maximum respect
Maximum respect x 2

Oriental types like Arabs, carrying several halibes,
It's all about tombstones, convictions are prisons x 2

Without slow or fast
With eyes like a Japanese
Calmly I wait my turn
Nervous I count to three
Barbed wire type wires
Pakistani suicide bomber
Careful they will blow you up
With your monthly bills

It's all a game of chess
Among the MCs, DJs
Creating their own laws
Crowning their own kings
Terrorism and drunkenness
Madness and recklessness
Insanity in lucidity
Careful they will catch you

Oriental types like Arabs, carrying several halibes,
It's all about tombstones, convictions are prisons x 4

Maximum respect
To the creators
Maximum respect
To the originals
Maximum respect
Maximum respect x 2
To the true ones
Maximum respect
To the stoners
With maximum respect
Augustus Pablo
Maximum respect
Maximum respect x 2

The band of rappers has arrived
Crazy composer, born improviser
Making a sound in the middle of this capital confusion
With your trail, but in the same direction,
It's midnight and so many here in front of São Dom Dom
And the beat hits hard in the chest along with the pressure

Present! I'm being called to a circle suddenly
The kind of call that comes from within the mind
It's that suddenly three saxophones talk sagaciously
With two guitars
And at these times I wonder, 'why a microphone?'
And it's not hard to see that inspiration goes far
Move forward calmly, that way nothing holds you back
Introduce yourself, always remember with maximum respect

Maximum respect
To the creators
Maximum respect
To the originals
Maximum respect
Maximum respect 2x
To the true ones
Maximum respect
To the pioneers
Maximum respect
Augustus Pablo
Maximum respect 3x