unintelligible Santana song

[MagicalSilverKey]

Maria Maria…

What the #@%$! is the guy in background babbling during the “segue” or whatever it is called? It sounds to me like, “majeemba, majeemba, mama mama jeemba” or something along that order. What is he really saying (if anything) and what does it mean? Help! This song drives me nuts.

[pepperlandgirl]

Ok, these are probably the lyrics you mean

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola

  Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
  Ahora vengo mama chola

Which, according to the AltaVista translations

How Babel Fish Got Lost In Translation: A History Lesson - Digital.com

means

Now I come chola breast chola breast Now I come chola breast Now I come chola breast
chola breast Now I come chola breast

Hmmmm, does that answer your question?

[Mojo]

According to http://www.lyrics.ch, the lyrics are:

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola

Which (I think) means “Now I come (chola) mama”. Dunno what chola means and Babelfish doesn’t have it, leading me to believe that it is slang. Maybe a spanish speaking doper can help ya.

[CheapBastid]

WAG…

Cholo is a slang term used for male Mmexicans

Chola would (I guess) be a female mexican.

[Zyada]

From “Spanish Lingo for the Savvy Gringo”

Cholos are variously L.A. street punks, Mexican American gangsters, or (according to Mexicans) any sor of low rider low-lifes that come south of the border. Though the word is ill-defined, there is a definite Cholo style, though it might change

So the hispanic female equivalent of a gangsta or girl from the 'hood.

[GraceTX]

Wow! You learn something new everyday. I’m mexican and not knowing this kind of stuff is precisely the reason why there aren’t any “Ask the mexican chic” topics.