Santana

Songwriter: Jackie Holmes

Producer: Chester D. Thompson Carlos Santana

Chorus:
You got to free all the people in South Africa...
You got to make life worth living in Soweto
You got to free all the people in South Africa
You got to make life worthwhile
Give reason to smile

Freedom is a birthright
Given by Jah to Man
You can not claim it
This you must understand
Who are you to decide?
Who has to give it up?
Know it in your heart
That it's wrong
They've had enough

Chorus

Slavery is brutal
It steals your identity
Wherever it's living
Suffer humanity
What leads you to believe
You can treat people so?
You know it isn't right
Give up the fight
Let them go

Chorus

It's not right
This hate for life you're teaching
No more fight
We're all in this together
You've lost sight
You'll never find
What your soul is seeking
You, you abolish Apartheid

Chorus

Slavery is brutal
It steals your identity
Wherever it's living
Suffer humanity
What leads you to believe
You can treat people so?
You know it isn't right
Give up the fight
Let them go

Chorus

It's not right
This hate for life you're teaching
No more fight
We're all in this together
You've lost sight
You'll never find
What your soul is seeking
Until you abolish Apartheid

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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