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 (Chorus:) Gimme hope, Jo'anna, hope, Jo'anna Gimme hope, Jo'anna 'fore the morning come