Ladies and gents Turn up this sound system To the sound of Carlos Santana And the GMBs Ghetto blues from the refugee camp

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 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

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 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

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 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

When you're drowning,when you're freezin',when you're feeling coldThere's a light in the darknessas the elder always told.When the winter's coming closerand the autumn's passing by,Then the world will sink in slienceand I think we all should try.Oh, I wanna live my life in a fairy taleWhere the end is always good and never sad.Show me the way to another worldWhere the sun is always shining in the andAnd we fight back the tears, and we lose our fears,Let the world remain in silence for a whileSun in our minds in a world full of ice,Let silence remain for a little while.

Somebody came and slammed the door,took the feelin' away from our hearts.And the horror took hold of a placein our hearts filled with love.

What is left behind the ice,behind the make up and the liesTell me what goes on inside our minds,There is a hole in our sky,getting bigger, growing wideNo more answer, but we hold the lineSee and hear what we have done to us all,we wanna be free more than anything,Do you hear what I say to you?We will make it through, the sun shall shine.

Hear the words we say and see the light of dayWe never will be free until the sun is shining for us allCarry on, carry on and make our dreams come trueAnd for a little while we stay togetherCarry on, carry on, may all our lovin' stayAnd for a little while we stay together, foreverTogether, forever.