Gimme Hope Jo`Anna — текст песни (Eddy Grant)

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

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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 make 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 dang`rous to ev`ryone

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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 makes
They got a good explanation

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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 drums
Can`t you see that the tide is turning
Oh don`t make me wait till the morning come

(Chorus)