Gimme Hope Jo'anna Lyrics - Singles - Eddy Grant

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's got a system they call apartheid 

It keeps a brother in a subjection 

But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see 

How everybody could a live as one 

Oh gimme hope Jo'anna, hope Jo'anna 

Gimme hope, Jo'anna 'fore the morning come 

Gimme hope Jo'anna, hope Jo'anna 

Hope before the morning come 

I hear she makes all the golden money 

To buy new weapons, any shape of guns 

While every mother in a black Soweto fears 

The killing of another son 

Sneakin' across all the neighbors' borders 

Now and again having little fun 

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

Is dangerous to everyone 

Oh gimme hope Jo'anna, gimme hope Jo'anna 

Gimme hope, Jo'anna 'fore the morning come 

Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna 

Hope before the morning come 

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 

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 gimme hope Jo'anna, gimme hope Jo'anna 

Gimme hope, Jo'anna 'fore the morning come 

Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna 

Hope before the morning come 

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 drums 

Can't you see that the tide is turning 

Oh don't make me wait till the morning come 

Oh don't gimme hope Jo'anna, gimme hope Jo'anna 

Gimme hope, Jo'anna 'fore the morning come 

Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna 

Hope before the morning come 

Gimme hope Jo'anna, gimme hope Jo'anna 

Gimme hope, Jo'anna 'fore the morning come 

Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna 

Hope before the morning come