Ladies and gents   Turn up this sound system   To the sound of Carlos Santana   And the GMB   Ghetto blues from the refugee camp      Oh Maria, Maria   She remind me of a westside story   Growing up in Spanish Harlem   She livin' her life just like a movie star      Oh, Maria, Maria   ([Incomprehensible], Maria)   She fell in love in East LA   To the sounds of the guitar, yeah, 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      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)      Maria, Maria   She remind me of a westside story   Growing up in Spanish Harlem   She livin' her life just like a movie star      Oh, Maria, Maria   She fell in love in East L.A.   I said to the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah   (By who?)   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 you're my lover   When the wind blows   I can feel you through the weather   And even when we are apart   It still feel like we're together, Maria, yeah      She remind me of a westside story   Growing up in Spanish Harlem   She livin' her life just like a movie star      Oh, Maria, Maria, oh   She fell in love in East L.A.   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, GMB   Yo, Carlos, man you makin' that guitar cry