Ladies and gents
Turn up this sound system
To the sound of Carlos Santana
And the GandBs
Ghetto blues from the refugee camp
Oh Maria Maria
She reminds me of a eastside story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She's livin' her life
just like a movie star
Oh Maria Maria
She fell in love in East LA
To the sounds of the guitar
Played by Carlos Santana
Stop the looting
stop the shooting
Pick pocking on the corner
See as the rich is getting richer
The poor is getting poorer
Se mira Maria on the corner
Thinkin' of ways to make it better
In my mailbox
there's an eviction letter
Somebody just said see you later
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola East coast
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola West coast
Oh Maria Maria
She reminds me of a eastside story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She's livin' her life
just like a movie star
Oh Maria Maria
She fell in love in East LA
To the sounds of the guitar
Played by Carlos Santana
I said a la favella los colores
The streets are getting hotter
There is no water
To put out the fire
Mi canto la esperanza
Se mira Maria on the corner
Thinkin' of ways to make it better
Then I looked up in the sky
Hoping of days of paradise
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola North side
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola South side
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola World wide
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola
Open up your eyes
Maria you know your my lover
When the wind blows
I can feel you through the weather
And even when we are apart
It feels like we are together
Maria yeah
She reminds me of a eastside story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She's livin' her life
just like a movie star
Oh Maria Maria
She fell in love in East LA
To the sounds of the guitar
Played by Carlos Santana
Put 'em up y'all
Carlos Santana
with the refugee camp
Wyclef
Jerry Wonder
Mr Santana
GandB
Yo Carlos
man you makin' the guitar cry