| "Tribe" | |
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| 4th track of Soulfly | |
| Sung by | Max Cavalera |
| Duration | 6:02 |
| Genre(s) | Nu metal |
| Written by | Max Cavalera |
| Produced by | Ross Robinson, Josh Abraham, The Rootsman, Roy Mayorga |
| Released in | |
| Previous track "Bleed" |
Next track "Bumba" |
| Single | |
| Released on | January 21, 1999 |
| Record label | Roadrunner |
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"Tribe" is a song included on the album [[]], released in . It is the fourth single released by the band, exactly nine months after the album came out. "Tribe" plays the berimbau performed by Max Cavalera during the first minute of this six-minute song while the background sings softly in Portuguese. Drums sounding like tin cans would kick off chorus that would feature swirling downtuned metal riffs. Drumming would gradually forge into riffs until tribal drums comes in during the last 90 seconds of the song. The final part of this song would then play the same rhythm as the tribal part in metal.
"Tribe" is a very fan-friendly song due to its title since Tribe refers to Soulfly and their fans. Because of this, "Tribe" plays in front of the fans many times; of all the Soulfly songs, only "Back to the Primitive", the leadoff track of the next album, was played in concerts more.
Lyrics
Zumbi e o senhor das guerras Zumbi e o senhor das demandas Quando zumbi chega E zumbi quem manda Crenca popular Your tribe our tribe Your life our life Your tribe our tribe Your life our life Your tribe our tribe Your life our life Your God our god Your tribe our tribe Tribe Your tribe our tribe Your God our god Your tribe our tribe Your tribe my tribe Hear the drums they come from the sea Bring the tribal spirit on me Cause my pride and my roots I believe No this tribe you can t take it from me Apalai apiaca arara botocudo Goitaka guarany yamamadi ypixuna Maori aboriginal zulu banshee Mohican masai hopi panga Omai asaro xingu buli Guaikuru tukano tupinamba karo Kaiapo
Videos
Personnel
- Performers
Band members
- Max Cavalera – vocals, four-string rhythm guitar, berimbau
- Jackson Bandeira – lead guitar
- Marcelo Dias – bass guitar
- Roy Mayorga – drums
Session musicians
- Gilmar Bolla Oito – tambora
- Jorge Du Peixe – tambora
- Songwriter
- Max Cavalera – lyrics, music
- Enginucers
- Richard Kaplan – engineering
- Andy Wallace – mixing
- George Marino – mastering
- Ross Robinson – production
- Josh Abraham – production
- The Rootsman – production
- Roy Mayorga – production
Live-only songs on various albums
"Spit" • "Beneath the Remains/Dead Embryonic Cells" • "Roots Bloody Roots" • "Attitude" • "Sanctuary" • "Polícia"