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    [chorus:]  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    [chorus]    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    [chorus]    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]