"Vossa Excelência" is the nineteenth single by Titãs

Titãs

Titãs are a rock band from São Paulo, Brazil. Their best-known line up is the one in the album Cabeça Dinossauro : Nando Reis , Branco Mello , Marcelo Fromer , Arnaldo Antunes , Tony Bellotto , Paulo Miklos , Charles Gavin and Sérgio Britto...

, released in 2005. The song basically criticizes the hypocrisy and lack of care from politicians, referring to the Mensalão scandal

Mensalão scandal

The Mensalão scandal took place in Brazil in 2005 and threatened to bring down the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Mensalão is a neologism and variant of the word for "big monthly payment"...

. Lines like “Estão nas mangas dos Senhores Ministros” (They are on the sleeves of the mister ministers), refer to the episode in which 100 thousand dollars were found on the underwear of a person related to José Genoíno

José Genoíno

José Genoino Guimarães Neto is a Brazilian politician.Born in Quixeramobim in the state of Ceará, he fought as a guerrilla in one of the movements against the Brazilian military leaders Emílio Garrastazu Médici and Ernesto Geisel who ruled Brazil in the seventies...

, former president of PT

Workers' Party (Brazil)

The Workers' Party is a democratic socialist political party in Brazil. Launched in 1980, it is recognized as one of the largest and most important left-wing movements of Latin America. It governs at the federal level in a coalition government with several other parties since January 1, 2003...

. Combined with the aggressive chorus “Filha da Puta! Bandido! Corrupto! Ladrão!” (Son of a bitch! Criminal! Corrupt! Thief!), Vossa Excelência brings Titãs back to its Cabeça Dinossauro

Cabeça Dinossauro

- Covers :* Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura made a cover of "Polícia", present on the b-side of their Territory single, the digipak and Brazilian pressings of their 1993 album Chaos A.D. and the compilation Blood-Rooted)....

times, when several pieces of the society were criticized. The song barely charted in Brazil, peaking at number 95.

Track listing

#	Title	Length	Music
1	Vossa Excelência	3:09	Charles Gavin, Paulo Miklos and Toni Bellotto