Intro (Wyclef):

Ladies and gents

Turn up this sound system

To the sound of Carlos Santana

And the GMBs

Ghetto blues from the refugee camp



Hook:

Oh Maria Maria

She reminds me of a westside 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 L.A.

To the sounds of the guitar

Played by Carlos Santan

*guitar plays*



Verse 1:

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



Bridge:

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola

Ahora vengo mama chola (East coast)

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola

Ahora vengo mama chola (West coast)



Hook:

Oh Maria Maria

She reminds me of a westside 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 L.A.

To the sounds of the guitar

Played by Carlos Santan

*guitar plays*





Verse 2:

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



Bridge:

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)



Bridge 2:

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



Hook:

She reminds me of a westside 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 L.A.

To the sounds of the guitar

Played by Carlos Santana

*gutair plays*



Outro (Wyclef):

Put 'em up y'all

Carlos Santana with the refugee camp

Wyclef

Jerry Wonder

Mr. Santana

GMB

Yo, Carlos, man you makin' the guitar cry...