[00:14.96]Well Jo'anna she runs a country
[00:18.59]She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
[00:22.37]She makes a few of her people happy, oh
[00:26.24]She don't care about the rest at all
[00:29.89]She's got a system they call apartheid
[00:33.56]It keeps a brother in a subjection
[00:37.30]But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see
[00:41.08]How everybody could a live as one
[00:45.04]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[00:47.55]Hope, Jo'anna
[00:49.16]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[00:50.71]'Fore the morning come
[00:52.76]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[00:55.18]Hope, Jo'anna
[00:56.35]Hope before the morning come
[01:00.01]I hear she makes all the golden money
[01:03.46]To buy new weapons, any shape of guns
[01:07.31]While every mother in black Soweto fears
[01:10.99]The killing of another son
[01:14.82]Sneakin' across all the neighbors' borders
[01:18.43]Now and again having little fun
[01:22.19]She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
[01:26.16]Is dang'rous to ev'ryone
[01:29.91]Oh, gimme hope, Jo'anna
[01:32.52]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[01:33.74]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[01:35.52]'Fore the morning come
[01:37.45]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[01:40.03]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[01:41.68]Hope before the morning come
[01:59.53]She's got supporters in high up places
[02:03.24]Who turn their heads to the city sun
[02:07.00]Jo'anna give them the fancy money
[02:10.32]Oh, to tempt anyone who'd come
[02:14.53]She even knows how to swing opinion
[02:18.34]In every magazine and the journals
[02:22.06]For every bad move that this Jo'anna make
[02:25.99]They got a good explanation
[02:29.65]Oh, gimme hope, Jo'anna
[02:32.11]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[02:33.47]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[02:35.29]'Fore the morning come
[02:37.30]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[02:39.77]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[02:40.96]Hope before the morning come
[02:44.74]Even the preacher who works for Jesus
[02:48.09]The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
[02:51.84]Together say that the freedom fighters
[02:55.44]Will overcome the very strong
[02:59.38]I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
[03:03.11]If you wanna hear the sound of drum
[03:06.89]Can't you see that the tide is turning
[03:10.15]Oh don't make me wait till the morning come
[03:14.43]Oh, gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:17.05]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:18.74]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:20.30]'Fore the morning come
[03:21.94]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:23.89]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:25.83]Hope before the morning come
[03:29.94]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:31.57]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:33.40]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:35.06]'Fore the morning come
[03:37.04]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:39.38]Gimme hope, Jo'anna
[03:40.81]Hope before the morning come

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
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 neighbors' borders
Now and again having little fun
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
Is dang'rous to ev'ryone
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 make
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 drum
Can't you see that the tide is turning
Oh don't make me wait till the morning come
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
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