Gimme Hope Joanna

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
She's got a system they call apartheid
It keeps a brother in a subjection
But maybe pressure can make Jo'anna see
How everybody could a live as one, oh

[Chorus]
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope, Jo'anna
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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'Fore the morning come
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope, Jo'anna
Hope before the morning come

[Verse 3]
I hear she makes all the golden money
To buy new weapons, any shape of guns
While every mother in black Soweto fears
The killing of another son

[Verse 4]
Sneakin' across all the neighbors' borders
Now and again having little fun
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
is dang'rous to ev'ryone, oh

[Chorus]
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna

[Verse 5]
She's 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

[Verse 6]
She even knows how to swing opinion
In every magazine and the journals
For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes
They got a good explanation, oh

[Chorus]
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna

[Verse 7]
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

[Verse 8]
I want to know if you're blind Jo'anna
If you want to hear the sound of drums
Can't you see that the tide is turning, oh
don't make me wait till the morning come, oh

[Outro]
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna

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