Ed Motta is a Brazilian singer and multi-instrumentalist known for soul, funk and jazz influenced music, and this short Portuguese line has been lifted from his public persona into Brazilian meme culture. The phrase aí, deixa eu tocar captures a familiar pushy energy, someone insisting on having a go, which makes it easy to reuse far beyond music. Shared as a tiny soundboard clip, it now works in edits, group chats and reaction videos whenever a person wants to jump in, take over or try something themselves.