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
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Prevod pesme
Daj mi nadu Džoana
Ma Džoana, ona upravlja državom
Ona upravlja Durbanom i Transvalom
Ona čini par svojih ljudi srećnim, oh
Uopšte je nije briga za ostale
Ona ima neki sistem koji zovu aparthejd
U njemu su braća potčinjena
Ali možda pod pritiskom Džoana shvati
Kako bi svi mogli zajedno živeti
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Daj mi nadu, Džoana
Nadu, Džoana
Daj mi nadu, Džoana
Pre nego što jutro svane
Daj mi nadu, Džoana
Nadu, Džoana
Nadu, pre nego što jutro svane
Čujem da ona zarađuje silnu lovu
Da kupi novo oružje, svakojake pištolje
Dok svaka majka u crnom Sovetu strahuje
Da će joj ubiti još jednog sina
Šunja se preko granica svih svojih suseda
S vremena na vreme, malo se zabavlja
Ne mari ona što su njena zabava i igrice koje igra
Opasne za sve
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Ona ima pristalice na visokim pozicijama
Koji okreću glave ka gradskom suncu
Džoana im daje veliku lovu
Da dovede u iskušenje svakog ko naiđe
Ona čak zna i kako da preokrene javno mnenje
U svakom časopisu i dnevnom listu
Za svaki loš potez koji ta Džoana napravi
Oni imaju neko dobro objašnjenje
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Čak i propovednik koji radi za Isusa
Nadbiskup, koji je inače jedan miran čovek
Obojica govore da će borci za slobodu
nadvladati jako jake
Hoću da znam da li si slepa Džoana
Ako želiš da čuješ zvuke bubnjeva
Zar ne vidiš da vremena se menjaju
Oh, nemoj da moram da čekam do jutra
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