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:)
Give me hope, Johanna
Give me hope, Johanna
Give me hope, Johanna
Before/till* the morning come
Give me hope, Johanna
Give me hope, Johanna
Hope before the morning come
