Maria Maria

Ladies and gents
Turn up your sound systems to the sounds of Carlos Santana
In the G&B, St. Prada and Ghetto Blues
From the WGB

Oh, Maria, Maria
She remind me of a West Side Story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She livin' the life just like a movie star
Oh, Maria, Maria
She fell in love in East L.A
To the sounds of the guitar, yeah
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
Si mira Maria on the corner
Thinking of ways to make it better
In my mailbox there's an eviction letter
Somebody just said see you later, yeah

Ahora vengo mama chola, mama chola
Ahora venga mama chola (East Coast)
Ahora vengo mama chola, mama chola
Ahora venga mama chola (West Coast)

Oh, Maria, Maria
She remind me of a West Side Story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She livin' the life just like a movie star
Oh, Maria, Maria
She fell in love in East L.A
To the sounds of the guitar, yeah
Played by Carlos Santana

I said la favela, los calores
The streets are getting hotter
There is no water to put out the fire
Mi corta esperanza
Si mira Maria on the corner
Thinking of ways to make it better
Then I looked up in the sky
Hoping the days of paradise

Ahora vengo mama chola, mama chola
Ahora venga mama chola (North Side)
Ahora vengo mama chola, mama chola
Ahora venga mama chola (South Side)
Ahora vengo mama chola, mama chola
Ahora venga mama chola (Worldwide)
Ahora vengo mama chola, mama chola
Ahora venga mama chola (West Coast)

Maria, you know you're my lover
When the wind blows, I can feel you
Through the weather
And even when we are apart
Still feels like we're together, Maria

She remind me of a West Side Story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She livin' the life just like a movie star
Oh, Maria, Maria
She fell in love in East L.A
To the sounds of the guitar, yeah
Played by Carlos Santana