Gimme ,hope, Joanna

Give me hope, Johanna!

Give me hope, Johanna!

Hey, hey, hey!

All right, then.

Well, Johanna, she runs a country.

She runs in Durban and in Transerball.

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 Johanna see

How everybody could live as one

Give me hope, Johanna

Give me hope, Johanna

Give me hope, Johanna

For the morning come

Give me hope, Johanna

Give me hope, Johanna

Hope before the morning come

I hear she makes all the golden money

Too many weapons and shapes of guns

While every mother in black's weak to face

The killing of another son

Sneaking across all the neighbors' borders

Now and again having a little fun

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

In dangers to everyone

Give me hope, Johanna, give me hope, Johanna

Give me hope, Johanna, before the morning comes

Give me hope, Johanna, give me hope, Johanna

Hope before the morning comes

Hold up, she's got supporters in higher places

Who turn their heads to the city sun

Joanna 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 Joanna makes

They got a good explanation, oh

Give me hope, Joanna give me hope, Joanna give me hope

Joanna, before the morning comes

Give me hope, Joanna, give me hope

Joanna, hope, before the morning comes

Even the preachers who were for Jesus

The archbishops and the peaceful men

Together say that the freedom fighter

Will overcome the very strong

I want to know if you blame Joanna

If you want to hear the sound of drums

Can't you see that the tide is turning?

Oh, don't make me wail 'til the mornings come

Give me hope, Johanna, give me hope

Johanna, give me hope

Johanna, for the mornings comes

Give me hope, Johanna, give me hope

Johanna, hope before the mornings comes

Give me hope, Johanna, give me hope, Johanna, give me hope, Johanna, for the morning comes.

Give me hope, Johanna, give me hope, Johanna, hope, before the morning comes.

Give me hope, Johanna, give me hope, Johanna, give me hope, Johanna, for the morning comes.

Give me hope, Johanna, give me hope, Johanna

Hope before the morning comes

Hope before the morning comes

Hope before the morning comes