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 can make Jo`Anna see

How everybody could a live as one
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 black Soweto fears

The killing of another son

Sneakin` across all the neighbour`s borders

Now and again having little fun

She doesn`t care if the fun and games she play

Is dang`rous to ev`ryone
Gimme hope
She`s got supporters in high up places

Who turn their heads to thew 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 magazines and the journals

For every bad move that this Jo`Anna makes

They got a good explanation
Gimme hope
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

I wanna hear the sound of drums

Can`t you see that the tide is turning

Oh don`t make me wait `til the morning come