Tribe (song)

"Tribe"
Single by Soulfly
from the album Soulfly
Released	January 21, 1999
Format	CD single
Recorded	1997–1998
Genre	Nu metal, tribal metal
Length	6:02
Label	Roadrunner Records
Writer(s)	Max Cavalera
Soulfly singles chronology
"Bleed" (1998) "Tribe" (1999) "Back to the Primitive" (2000)
Soulfly track listing "Soulfly" (8) "Tribe" (9) "Quilombo" (10)

"Tribe" is the fourth single by metal band Soulfly, released in January 1999. It is played as the ninth track of the eponymous debut album Soulfly, after the title track "Soulfly" and before "Quilombo". "Tribe" is the fourth and last single of the album. As with every other Soulfly songs with vocals, the lyrics was written by Max Cavalera.

Lyrics

The first section of lyrics deal about Zumbi in Portuguese and then tribe in relation to life and god. The last section lists different tribes in alphabetical order, including Aboriginal, Hopi, Māori, and Mohican.^[1]

Song structure

The first minute of this six-minute song plays berimbau, and then bongos which lead to metal riff with bongos between it and then mixed in eventually. It then plays a tribal part during the last quarter of the song before ending with the same rhythm but in metal.

Track listing

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