Maria Maria Ladies and gents

Turn up your sound systems

To the sound of Carlos Santana

In the GMB ghetto blues

From the refugee camps

Oh Maria Maria

She reminds me of a west side story

Growin' up in Spanish Harlem

She livin' a life just like a movie star

Oh Maria Maria

She fell in love in East L.A.

To the sounds of the guitar yeah yeah

Played by Carlos Santana

Stop the lootin' stop the shootin'

Pick pocking on the corner

See as the rich is getting richer

The poor is getting poorer

See me and 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 yeah

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola

Ahora vengo mama chola

East coast

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola

Ahora vengo mama chola

Maria Maria

She remind me of a west side story

Growin' up in Spanish Harlem ooh

She livin' a life just like a movie star

Oh Maria Maria

She fell in love in East L.A.

I said it to the sounds of the guitar yeah yeah

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

See me and Maria on the corner

Thinkin' of ways to make it better

Then I looked up in the sky

Hopin' the 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

Worldwide

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're apart

It still feels like we're together

Maria oh yeah

She reminds me of a west side story

Oh growin' up in Spanish Harlem

She livin' a 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