Pantera Negra Lyrics in English Emicida

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pantera Negra by Emicida from Portuguese to English.

My skin, Luanda

Antechamber, Aruanda

Like T'Challa, Wakanda

Black mamba venom

In outlaw gang

Who runs these parts?

Tonight you'll see more blood than Hotel Rwanda

The era comes savage, Panther unchained

Show black claws

I brought the night as camouflage

I'm an avenger, avenging the pain

Of those crushed by the gears

You brought the coup, I brought Sabotage

Mystic, a thousand orixás in one pantheon, fierce

I kill colonizers, finish 'em like Tsavo's lion

Cranking heavy bass, no hindrance ever, I go harder

Monster, skull, vibranium

I cut you into twelfths

Lightning like Usain Bolt, ten thousand volts

Ancestors applaud, write down Ta-Nehisi Coates

Long memory, short fuse

With that approach, bam

Tell 'em the badass is back like an AK

With claw, reason and cold blood, bro

If the weight's heavy, the sure thing is to come back

Like Black Panther

With claw, reason and cold blood, bro

If the weight's heavy, the sure thing is to come back

Like Black Panther

Now on my rooftop, she loves Mila J

Shows up at the base, so Nicki Minaj, sometimes it's a mirage

Mirage jet, high flights, Mr. Spock

Crew like Green Lantern, I'm straight Static Shock

For a new Red Sea

A new crossing

So the people have kings in the mirror

My pen creates

Street, Wu-Tang, Superman plus technology

Symbolic like a guide on cold late nights

I came to crush the boy who mocks black culture

A Kasparov delivering mate and signing the check

I'm anti little master, independent on the tracks

Rat, respect my time, don't be a brat

If it comes from Stan Lee, a Spike Lee, half Bruce Lee

I'm taking Brazil in Mauricio Kubrusly style

Like Solange, a seat at the table

Black or brown? If in doubt, call her princess

Self-knowledge, self-help

Time's flow, like samples, like Buddha

Love to fill a thousand books

Like Gabo or Neruda

Who married the storm

Doesn't care about umbrellas, got it?

With claw, reason and cold blood, bro

If the weight's heavy, the sure thing is to come back

Like Black Panther

With claw, reason and cold blood, bro

If the weight's heavy, the sure thing is to come back

Like Black Panther

With claw, reason and cold blood, bro

If the weight's heavy, the sure thing is to come back

Like Black Panther

With claw, reason and cold blood, bro

If the weight's heavy, the sure thing is to come back

Like Black Panther

(That's it really uncle

The street is us)

(Laboratório Fantasma

Emicida, Felipe Vassão, we're back kid)

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SONG MEANING

Feel the roar of the jungle and the hum of futuristic Wakanda at the same time. In “Pantera Negra,” Brazilian rapper Emicida slips on an invisible suit of vibranium and invites listeners to do the same. He links Angola’s past (Luanda) with Marvel’s utopia (Wakanda), then charges through references to Black Mamba venom, orixás, Sabotage, and Usain Bolt. Every bar is a claw swipe against racism, a salute to Black resilience, and a shout-out to cultural heroes who prove that greatness has many shades.

Across pounding drums and razor-sharp wordplay, Emicida turns pain into power. He reminds us that knowledge, art, and community are the ultimate superpowers, whether you find them in comic books, hip-hop, or ancestral memory. By the final chorus, “Pantera Negra” feels less like a song and more like a rallying cry: keep your claws ready, stay cool, and rise again—just like the Black Panther.

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Emicida Pantera Negra Lyrics