DJ Allyn – The Soundtrack for my Life

Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile) – Santana  

Santana is a band consisting of a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. Just like Santana himself, the band is known for helping make Latin rock famous in the rest of the world.

The band was formed in 1966 in San Francisco. The first members were Carlos Santana (lead guitar), Tom Fraser (rhythm guitar), Mike Carabello (percussion), Rod Harper (drums & percussion), Gus Rodriguez (bass guitar) and Gregg Rolie (lead vocals & keyboards). In the following years the members of the group changed frequently for a number of reasons, and from 1971 to 1972 there was a brief separation between the group and Santana.

Santana himself rarely sings in his songs despite being the leader of the band and recent hits have been frequently accompanied by a guest singer, rather than the members of the band.

Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile)

“Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile)” is an instrumental from the Santana album Amigos. One of Santana’s most popular songs. It is sometimes a common staple on classic rock radio stations and oldies radio stations.

Upon seeing his friends he was suffering a bad experience while high on mescaline, Carlos composed a song titled “The Mushroom Lady’s Coming to Town”. This precursor contained the first part to the song “Europa”. It was put away and not touched for some time.

When Santana was touring with Earth, Wind & Fire in Manchester, England, he played this song again, this time with Tom Coster who helped him with some of the chords and thus Europa was born. It was renamed to “Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile)”.

• Audio from the 1976 album, Amigos:

Samba Pa Ti – Santana  

Santana is a band consisting of a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. Just like Santana himself, the band is known for helping make Latin rock famous in the rest of the world.

The band was formed in 1966 in San Francisco. The first members were Carlos Santana (lead guitar), Tom Fraser (rhythm guitar), Mike Carabello (percussion), Rod Harper (drums & percussion), Gus Rodriguez (bass guitar) and Gregg Rolie (lead vocals & keyboards). In the following years the members of the group changed frequently for a number of reasons, and from 1971 to 1972 there was a brief separation between the group and Santana.

Santana himself rarely sings in his songs despite being the leader of the band and recent hits have been frequently accompanied by a guest singer, rather than the members of the band.

Samba Pa Ti

No Lyrics

• Audio from the 1970 album, Abarxas:

Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen ~ Santana  

Santana is a band consisting of a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. Just like Santana himself, the band is known for helping make Latin rock famous in the rest of the world.

The band was formed in 1966 in San Francisco. The first members were Carlos Santana (lead guitar), Tom Fraser (rhythm guitar), Mike Carabello (percussion), Rod Harper (drums & percussion), Gus Rodriguez (bass guitar) and Gregg Rolie (lead vocals & keyboards). In the following years the members of the group changed frequently for a number of reasons, and from 1971 to 1972 there was a brief separation between the group and Santana.

Santana himself rarely sings in his songs despite being the leader of the band and recent hits have been frequently accompanied by a guest singer, rather than the members of the band.

Black Magic Woman

“Black Magic Woman” is a song written by Peter Green that first appeared first as a single in some countries, and subsequently appearing on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK). It became a classic hit by Santana  after appearing on their Abraxas album, becoming more closely associated with Santana than Fleetwood Mac.

Got a black magic woman
Got a black magic woman.

I got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can’t see
That she’s a black magic woman
She’s tryin’ to make a devil out of me.

Turn your back on me baby
Turn your back on me baby.

Yes, don’t turn your back on me baby
Stop messin’ eround with your tricks
Don’t turn your back on me baby
You just might pick up my magic sticks.

Got your spell on me baby
Got your spell on me baby.

Yes you got your spell on me baby
Turning my heart into stone
I need you so bad – magic woman
I can’t leave you alone.

• Audio from the 1970 album, Abraxas:

Put Your Lights On ~ Santana  

CarlosSantana is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock musician and guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which created a highly successful blend of rock, salsa, and jazz fusion. The band’s sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin percussion such as timbales and congas. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a sudden resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone also named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.

Put Your Lights On

“Put Your Lights On” is a single performed by Santana and Everlast for Santana’s album, Supernatural. At the end of the song, Everlast can be heard singing the first part of the Shahadah “La ilaha illa Allah”, the Islamic profession of faith.

Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on,
put your lights on
Hey now all you lovers
Put you lights on,
put your lights on

Hey now, all you killers
Put you lights on,
put you lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on,
you better leave you lights on

‘Cause there’s a monster,
living under my bed,
whispering in my ear
And there’s an angel,
with a hand on my head
She say I got nothing to fear

There’s a darkness,
living deep in my soul
Its still got a purpose to serve
So let your lights shine,
deep into my home
God don’t let me lose my nerve,
don’t let me lose my nerve

Hey now, hey now,
hey now, hey now
Wo-oh hey now
Hey now, hey now,
hey now, hey now

Hey now, all you sinners
Put you lights on,
put you lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on,
you better leave your lights on

‘Cause there’s a monster,
living under my bed,
whispering in my ear
And there’s an angel,
with a hand on my head
She say I got nothing to fear
She says, la elaha ela allah,
you don’t shine like a star
la elaha ela allah,
you don’t shine like a star
Never fade away

Smooth ~ Santana  

One night in 1997, Rob Thomas, lead singer of Matchbox 20, had a dream he was on the cover of Rolling Stone shouting something into the ear of one of his musical heros, guitar legend, Carlos Santana. A month later, Thomas was invited by R & B compuser Itaal Shur to contribute a song to Santana’s next album. Thomas was thrilled.

They wrote a song (inspired by Thomas’s wife Marisol Maldonado) and sent a rough demo to Santana. Thomas recomended English pop star George Michael for the vocals, but Santana liked what he heard on the demo. “I believe it when he sings.” So Thomas flew to San Francisco to meet his idol and record the song.

“Smooth” was Santana’s first #1 song ever (it was on top for 12 weeks in 1999) was his first to reach the top 10 in 30 years, earned Thomas BMI’s Pop Songwriter of the Year award, and won nine Grammies. (Santana made the cover of the Rolling Stone in March, 2000…without Thomas)

Smooth

Man it’s a hot one
Like seven inches from the midday sun
I hear you whispering the words that melt everyone
But you stay so cool
My mun-equita, my Spanish harlem mona lisa
You’re my reason for reason
The step in my groove

BRIDGE:

And if you said this life ain’t good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
Cause you’re so smooth

CHORUS:

And just like the ocean under the moon
Well it’s the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of lovin that can be so smooth
Give me your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it

I’ll tell you one thing
If you would leave it would be a crying shame
In every breath and every word I hear your name callin’ me out, yeah
Out from the barrio, you hear my rhythm from your radio
You feel the turning of the world so soft and slow
Turning you round and round

BRIDGE:

And if you said this life ain’t good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
‘Cause your so smooth

CHORUS:

And it’s just like the ocean under the moon
Well it’s the same emotion that I get from you
You got the kinda lovin’ that can be so smooth, yeah
Give me your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it

(guitar solo)

CHORUS:

And it’s just like the ocean under the moon
Well, that’s the same emotion that I get from you
You got the kinda lovin’ that can be so smooth, yeah
Gimmie your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it

Or else forget about it…
Or else forget about it…
Or else go and forget about it…
Gimmie your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it, oh oh now let’s go and forget about it…
Or else forget about it, oh oh now let’s go and forget about it…
Now now now, let’s go and forget about it…

(or else forget about it, or else forget about it or else forget about it)