Gimme Hope Joanna

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[Verse 1]
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Well Jo'anna she runs a country
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She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
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She makes a few of her people 
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happy, oh
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She don't care about the rest at all

[Verse 2]
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She's got a system they call 
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apartheid
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It keeps a brother in a subjection
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But maybe pressure can make 
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Jo'anna see
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How everybody could a live as one, 
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oh

[Chorus]
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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'Fore the morning come
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Hope before the morning come

[Verse 3]
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I hear she makes all the golden 
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money
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To buy new weapons, any shape of 
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guns
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While every mother in black Soweto
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 fears
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The killing of another son

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[Verse 4]
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Sneakin' across all the neighbors' 
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borders
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Now and again having little fun
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She doesn't care if the fun and 
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games she play
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is dang'rous to ev'ryone, oh

[Chorus]
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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'Fore the morning come
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Hope before the morning come

[Verse 5]
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She's got supporters in high up 
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places
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Who turn their heads to the city sun
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Jo'anna give them the fancy money, 
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oh
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to tempt anyone who'd come

[Verse 6]
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She even knows how to swing opinion
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In every magazine and the journals
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For every bad move that this 
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Jo'anna makes
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They got a good explanation, oh

[Chorus]
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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'Fore the morning come
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Hope before the morning come

[Verse 7]
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Even the preacher who works for 
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Jesus
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The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
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Together say that the freedom 
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fighters will
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overcome the very strong

[Verse 8]
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I want to know if you're blind 
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Jo'anna
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If you want to hear the sound of 
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drums
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Can't you see that the tide is 
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turning, oh
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don't make me wait till the 
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morning come, oh

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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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'Fore the morning come
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Hope before the morning come