Santana

Songwriter: Greg Walker Raul Rekow Orestes Vilató Chester D. Thompson Carlos Santana Armando Peraza Alphonso Johnson Alex Ligertwood

Producer: Val Garay

One day you're up, next day
You're down
Where does it end
War in the east, war in the south
No one can win

Hunger and strife taking the lives
Brothers and friends
Young people grow, way much
Too fast
To realize

Chorus:
That the spirit brightens up
The sun
Everything in life must be as one

Nations collide, defending
Their pride
Blood is the price
The price is too high, no need
To die
Let's turn it around
Let's change the face, the
Human race
Progress will come
Just take the time, look deep
Inside
We'll understand

Chorus

Can't you feel the spirit
Grow into the light
Can't you see the spirit
Glowing in the night

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco) is a Mexican and American musician who became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. Carlos prefers to only play and leave lead vocals to guest singers. The band’s sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won ten Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.

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