Sepultura

Released: March 20, 2001

Songwriter: Igor Cavalera Derrick Green Andreas Kisser

Producer: Steve Evetts

Who decides who lives in this world?
Who decides who dies in this world?
More efficient ways of execution
This is not a type of resolution
Who dares to throw the first rock?
Who believes in justice being done?
More efficient ways to confess
We got to know the truth no less

Premeditated, calculated, precise
Created cases based on races
Exchanging life for lies
Exchanging life for lies

Who denies the right to defend?
Who decides what crime is a sin?
This is not a way to convict
It's just another way to conflict
Who provides the time for a chance?
What case will fall in wrong hands?
More efficient ways to confess
We got to know the truth no less

Murder, in the first degree
Murder, it's only revenge
Murder, why, why
Are we so righteous to declare that one must die?

Premeditated, calculated, precise
Created cases based on races
Exchanging life for lies
Exchanging life for lies

Murder, in the first degree
Murder, it's only revenge
Murder, why, why
Are we so righteous to declare that one must die?

Examples being made in a way creating
An endless cycle of violence
Have we become what we've hated most about ourselves?
When mistakes are being made
Who is going to be the one to blame?
Who is gonna pay that final price?

Who will pay the final price?
Who will pay the final price?
Who will pay the final price?
Are we so righteous to declare that one must die?

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, the band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and groove metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments drawing influence from alternative metal, world music, nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial metal.

The first Sepultura show was on December 4th, 1984. The band played two songs that never were re-recorded or released.

The band name comes from a Portuguese translation of Motörhead’s song “Dancing on Your Grave” which is “Dançando na sua Sepultura”. Sepultura means “grave” (sepulchre) in Portuguese (and in some other Latin-based languages). Originally, they wanted to call the band Tropa de Choque (Shock Troops), but found that the name had been used before.

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