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"Maria"
- 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
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- 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*
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- 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
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- 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)
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- 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*
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- 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
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- 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)
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- 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
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- 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*
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- 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...
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