Ratamahatta

The third and final single from Roots was the last Sepultura single with Max Cavalera. The band and Carlinhos Brown share the writing credit. Brown sings and Korn drummer David Silveria plays percussion. The lyric celebrates life in Brazil's favelas and is sung mostly in Portuguese, telling the stories of people such as Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) and Lampião. Zé do Caixão is on the sleeve, and the video is made with stop-motion animation. It reached 23 on the UK chart in August 1996.

PopMatters says Brown wrote the call-and-response and delivers a scat-style rap lead, and that Max writes in his book that he still is not sure what Brown was singing about. Keith Kahn-Harris of The Quietus called it the album's stand-out, though he found its false start and studio laughter ending infuriating. The single's B-sides were Bob Marley's War and live versions of Slave New World and Amen, and demos of Dusted and Roots Bloody Roots on the second CD. Soulfly have played it live, Panaceia covered it in 2025, and the fighter Thiago Silva used it as his entrance song at UFC 102, 108 and 125.