[ti:Gimme Hope Joanna]
[ar:The Fiesta Band]
[al:Party Fiesta]
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[00:00.00]Gimme Hope Joanna - The Rasta Boys
[00:14.84]Well Jo'anna she runs a country
[00:18.55]She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
[00:22.07]She makes a few of her people happy oh
[00:25.78]She don't care about the rest at all
[00:29.38]She's got a system they call apartheid
[00:33.33]It keeps a brother in a subjection
[00:36.99]But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see
[00:40.67]How everybody could a live as one
[00:43.50]Oh gimme hope
[00:45.69]Jo'anna
[00:46.79]Hope Jo'anna
[00:48.39]Gimme hope
[00:49.37]Jo'anna 'fore the morning come
[00:51.96]Gimme hope
[00:53.20]Jo'anna
[00:54.63]Hope Jo'anna
[00:55.85]Hope before the morning come
[00:59.21]I hear she makes all the golden money
[01:02.93]To buy new weapons any shape of guns
[01:06.52]While every mother in a black Soweto fears
[01:10.80]The killing of another son
[01:14.20]Sneakin' across all the neighbors' borders
[01:17.83]Now and again having little fun
[01:21.53]She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
[01:25.54]Is dangerous to everyone
[01:27.98]Oh gimme hope
[01:30.29]Jo'anna
[01:31.05]Gimme hope
[01:32.24]Jo'anna
[01:32.86]Gimme hope
[01:34.06]Jo'anna
[01:34.66]Before the morning come
[01:36.45]Gimme hope
[01:37.75]Jo'anna
[01:38.50]Gimme hope
[01:39.64]Jo'anna
[01:40.29]Hope before the morning come
[01:58.75]She's got supporters in high up places
[02:02.36]Who turn their heads to the city sun
[02:06.02]Jo'anna give them the fancy money
[02:09.39]Oh
[02:10.17]To tempt anyone who'd come
[02:13.54]She even knows how to swing opinion
[02:17.27]In every magazine and the journals
[02:20.91]For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes
[02:24.65]They got a good explanation
[02:27.51]Oh gimme hope
[02:29.76]Jo'anna
[02:30.52]Gimme hope
[02:31.70]Jo'anna
[02:32.35]Gimme hope
[02:33.39]Jo'anna
[02:34.15]Fore the morning come
[02:35.96]Gimme hope
[02:37.20]Jo'anna
[02:37.90]Gimme hope
[02:39.13]Jo'anna
[02:39.83]Hope before the morning come
[02:43.46]Even the preacher who works for Jesus
[02:46.97]The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
[02:50.68]Together say that the freedom fighters
[02:54.07]Will
[02:54.82]Overcome the very strong
[02:58.18]I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
[03:01.82]If you wanna hear the sound of drums
[03:05.56]Can't you see that the tide is turning
[03:08.78]Oh don't make me wait till the morning come
[03:12.19]Oh gimme hope
[03:14.32]Jo'anna
[03:15.14]Gimme hope
[03:16.31]Jo'anna
[03:16.99]Gimme hope
[03:18.02]Jo'anna
[03:18.84]Fore the morning come
[03:20.64]Gimme hope
[03:21.83]Jo'anna
[03:22.71]Gimme hope
[03:23.84]Jo'anna
[03:24.46]Hope before the morning come
[03:28.07]Gimme hope
[03:29.29]Jo'anna
[03:30.04]Gimme hope
[03:31.22]Jo'anna
[03:31.91]Gimme hope
[03:32.96]Jo'anna
[03:33.72]Fore the morning come
[03:35.48]Gimme hope
[03:36.69]Jo'anna
[03:37.51]Gimme hope
[03:38.72]Jo'anna
[03:39.34]Hope before the morning come