Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna lyrics

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Well Jo'anna she runs a country<br />

She runs in Durban and the Transvaal<br />

She makes a few of her people happy oh<br />

She don't care about the rest at all<br />

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She got a system they call apartheid<br />

It keeps a brother in subjection<br />

But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see<br />

How everybody could live life as one oh<br />

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Gimme hope Jo'anna hope Jo'anna<br />

Gimme hope Jo'anna 'fore the mourning come<br />

Gimme hope Jo'anna hope Jo'anna<br />

Hope before the mourning come<br />

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I hear she makes all the golden money<br />

To buy new weapons in the shape of guns<br />

While every mother in a black Soweto<br />

Fears killing of another son<br />

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Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders<br />

Now and again having a little fun<br />

She doesn't care if the fun and games she play<br />

Is dangerous to everyone oh<br />

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CHORUS<br />

Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna<br />

Gimme hope Jo'anna 'fore the mourning come<br />

Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna<br />

Hope before the mourning come<br />

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She got supporters in high up places<br />

Who turn their heads to the city sun<br />

Jo'anna give them the fancy money oh<br />

To tempt anyone who'd come<br />

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She even know how to swing opinion<br />

In every magazine and the journals<br />

For every bad move that this Jo'anna make<br />

They got a good explanation oh<br />

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REPEAT CHORUS<br />

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Even the preacher who works for Jesus<br />

The Archbishop who's a peaceful man<br />

Together say that the freedom fighters will<br />

Overcome the very strong<br />

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I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna<br />

If you wanna hear the sound of drum<br />

Can't you see that the tide is turning oh<br />

Don't make me wait till the mourning come oh