
Reis thought the criminal would really shoot and kill him and many thoughts passed through his mind. Before taking off with his car, one of the criminals rolled down the window, pointed a gun to him and yelled: "bum! bum!". "Por Onde Andei" was written after Reis was robbed in São Paulo. Following the song's first performance, which he says was well-received by the audience, Universal's executives congratulated him and the song was later chosen as the album's single. Reis then decided to use his own money and bought some bus tickets for them. Reis proposed inviting Hare Krishnas to perform in the song during a meeting with MTV and label Universal Music Group, but a few days before the trip to Porto Alegre, where the album was recorded, the label announced they wouldn't pay for the group's trip. It was written by Reis and Arnaldo Antunes and it was developed upon the sketch of a song he wrote under Paula Lavigne's request for a song to Ricky Martin at the time Reis was with Titãs recording Volume Dois.Īccording to Reis, many radio stations controlled by protestants refused to air the song due to it promoting a different religion, which disappointed him and which he considered censorship. "Mantra" was featured on soundtrack of Rede Globo's telenovela Começar de Novo.

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