![]() ![]() In the mid-1960s, Stephen Stills attended Lincoln School in San José, Costa Rica. It is also sampled in the 2010 Cypress Hill song "Armada Latina". This section has been parodied many times, notably in Frank Zappa's compositions "Billy the Mountain" and "Magdalena" on The Mothers of Invention's album Just Another Band From L.A. ![]() Stills has been cited, perhaps apocryphally, as saying that he intentionally made the final stanzas unexpected and difficult, even using a foreign language for the lyrics, "just to make sure nobody would understand it" (not even Spanish speaking people). The "doo-doo-doot" backing vocals make the lyrics difficult to make out for some listeners. The section starts at about 6:34 and runs until the end of the song. The final section (the coda) is sung in Spanish. ![]()
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