Gimme Hope Jo`anna Lyrics

Gimme Hope Jo`anna lyrics

Well Jo'anna she runs a country

She runs in Durban and the Transvaal

She makes a few of her people happy oh

She don't care about the rest at all



She got a system they call apartheid

It keeps a brother in subjection

But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see

How everybody could live life as one oh



Gimme hope Jo'anna hope Jo'anna

Gimme hope Jo'anna 'fore the mourning come

Gimme hope Jo'anna hope Jo'anna

Hope before the mourning come



I hear she makes all the golden money

To buy new weapons in the shape of guns

While every mother in a black Soweto

Fears killing of another son



Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders

Now and again having a little fun

She doesn't care if the fun and games she play

Is dangerous to everyone oh



CHORUS

Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna

Gimme hope Jo'anna 'fore the mourning come

Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna

Hope before the mourning come



She got supporters in high up places

Who turn their heads to the city sun

Jo'anna give them the fancy money oh

To tempt anyone who'd come



She even know how to swing opinion

In every magazine and the journals

For every bad move that this Jo'anna make

They got a good explanation oh



REPEAT CHORUS



Even the preacher who works for Jesus

The Archbishop who's a peaceful man

Together say that the freedom fighters will

Overcome the very strong



I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna

If you wanna hear the sound of drum

Can't you see that the tide is turning oh

Don't make me wait till the mourning come oh