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Gimme Hope Jo'anna

In the style of

Eddy Grant

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'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

ah 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 black soweto fears

the killing of another son

sneakin' across all
the neighbours' 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

ah gimme hope jo'anna
gimme hope jo'anna

hope before the morning 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 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

ah 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 drum

can't you see that
the tide is turning?

oh don't make me wait
'till the morning come, oh

oh gimme hope jo'anna
gimme hope jo'anna

gimme hope jo'anna
'fore the morning come

ah gimme hope jo'anna
gimme hope jo'anna

hope before the morning come
hey hey

ah gimme hope jo'anna
gimme hope jo'anna

gimme hope jo'anna
'fore the morning come

ah gimme hope jo'anna
gimme hope jo'anna

hope before the morning come

Details

  • Duration : 3:49
  • Key : Bb
  • Genre : Pop
  • Year released : 1988
  • Language : English

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