Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna Lyrics






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 have live as one

Oh, 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 makes 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 neighbors' borders
Now and again having little fun
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
Is dangerous to everyone

Oh, gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
'Fore the morning come
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope before the morning come

She's got supporters in higher 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 make
They got a good explanation

Oh, gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
'Fore the morning come
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope before the morning come

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 drum
Can't you see that the tide is turning
Oh don't make me wait till the morning come

Oh, go give me hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
'Fore the morning come
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope before the morning come

Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
'Fore the morning come
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope before the morning come





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  1. M.... P....

    Lol i remember this as a kid. Wowzas!

  2. J.... 2....

    Johanna you gave me hope thx ❤️❤️❤️

  3. K.... �....

    Joanna🇧🇻

  4. P.... P....

    Gimme Yop Joanna! :D

  5. I.... I....

    Johanna is now killing her brothers.

    I.... I....

    @ Igbokwe Ifeanyi: Unfortunately Jo'anna has been doing that since her beginning, sadly some folk never learn from their past... :-(

  6. d.... h....

    Still listening to this song)))






    (lt's the super hit of all time.)

    d.... h....

    Changed: thank you for liking my comment.

  7. �.... �....

    Eddy grant has a magic voice

  8. R.... D....

    Tide is turning? Maybe now you see all the difference?

    R.... D....

    @ Ro Dutch: Erm... dunno wtf you've been smoking mate or wtf you are on about there but whatever it was it all sounds incredibly paranoid but if I where you I'd lay off whatever the feck it is your on and come back to reality... :-o

    PS: Being white myself I can assure you I wouldn't want to rap but even if I was black I still wouldn't want to rap anyway as it's the most gawd awful sound that has ever been created and sadly passed as being music... ;-)

    PPS: Can't speak for you but I can jump and aint got a small dick but my skin colour, heck no ones skin colour affects either of those things... ;-)

    R.... D....

    @MadFranko008 you are 2 stupid 4 this dialogue. Where do you come from mate? And how old r you?

    R.... D....

    @Ro Dutch @ Ro Dutch: ROFLMAO... being called stupid by a brain dead paranoid weirdo gibbering utter pish such as yourself is indeed a compliment, so I thank you for that... ;-)


    I come from plant earth mate, by the sounds of it though you come from Uranus cos that where you are clearly speaking out of... ;-)

    R.... D....

    @MadFranko008 Thank you 🇳🇱🧡You deserve the life that live. Namasté 🙏.

    R.... D....

    @ Ro Dutch: Clearly English isn't your native language and I applaud you for at least attempting to have a go at it but come back once you've actually managed to use the English language in a manner that actually makes sense to English speaking people... ;-)

  9. G.... T....

    SUPER-FANTABULOUS !!!!! EXCELLENCE Personified !!!!

  10. B.... c....

    ΣΕ ΑΓΑΠΩ ΑΕΚΑΡΑ ΣΑΓΑΠΩ ΑΕΚΑΡΑ ΣΤΑΘΕΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΜΕΙΩΤΑ 💣💛

  11. j.... v....

    hope before the mornig come

  12. E.... G....

    GIVE ME YOP ME MAMA!!!!!

    E.... G....

    Gerra GRRIP

    E.... G....

    AND Wot?

  13. J.... T....

    Joanna = Johannesburg = SA Government

  14. T.... B....

    Nunca me olvidare.

  15. l.... m....

    F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.O Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna 🌹

  16. A.... M....

    Why is Joanna a female?

    A.... M....

    @ Alex Meyer: Erm, cos "Joanna" is a female name (usually) !!!

    In this case the "Jo'anna" ISN'T referring to a female, Jo'anna in this case is referring to the city of Johannesburg in South Africa...

    Just like when people refer to ships for example they usually say it in a way that refers to it as being female eg: "God bless her and all who sail in her."... :-)

    Now as to why people refer to such inanimate things in a female context then to be honest I have no idea but people have been doing so for millennia... :-o

  17. S.... M....

    Still powerful after all these years.

    S.... M....

    And still the same problems all around the world :-(

    S.... M....

    Ernst Merke Yh

  18. R.... K....

    One of the most important songs written inside the last 40 years and most sadly won't know why

  19. G.... I....

    Who is Joanna BTW?

    G.... I....

    That's me :)

    G.... I....

    Listen to the lyrics well,you will know who Joanna is

    G.... I....

    Just discovered this song really powerful

  20. D.... D....

    This song was massive in Iceland.

    D.... D....

    Still is lol

  21. B.... M....

    Tried to dance to this but text is way too disturbing

    B.... M....

    @ Bardzo Małe Studio" Disturbing" !!! eh !!! you must be one very delicate person if you find the lyrics "disturbing" !!!


    Come to think of it, if you are dancing to the music then wjy are you reading the lyrics or why don't you simply turn of the lyrics while dancing ??? :-o

    B.... M....

    @MadFranko008 Surely the very point of the lyrics is to disturb? I wonder if acknowledging the sensitivity as a positive quality is not a more supporting response to the spirit of the song? On the other hand if a dance studio is actually "pulling" this from a playlist than it is a sin. (y)

    B.... M....

    @ Johnny Bitter: Nah, the point of the lyrics was to make people aware of the injustices and brutality of Apartheid, make people aware even angry at what was going on and voice their opinion to try and force change...

    Perhaps some folk might find them "disturbing" but that's the wrong word for me as the definition of "disturbing" means to make one feel anxious or worried and I doubt Eddy wanted to make others feel that, when his intention was to rally them behind the need for change in South Africa's Apartheid system...

    Dunno about "Dance Studios" or them "pulling" this but if they are then it just verifies my first reply that some folk are waaay too delicate for their own good... ;-)

    B.... M....

    @MadFranko008 if you can dance being not aware what is song about, congrats. I treat both text and music equally and like to dig into the text, especially in such a good piece of music. And if you think sensitiveness is a bad quality... That's a pity.

    B.... M....

    @ The One Who Rules The World: Gawd knows WTF you are rambling on about !!

    Lyrics to me are a very important part of a song so frig knows why you are gibbering to me about dancing and not knowing what a songs lyrics are !!!

    Did I say being sensitive is a "bad quality" !!! NOPE, I sure as hell didn't !!! so again WTF are you rattling your wallies to me about that for !!!

    Come back and try again when you've found a grown up to read my words out to you as you are clearly struggling there to understand the words you are attempting to read... :-o

  22. J.... R....

    odio este tema, es el hit de estas navidades

  23. G.... B....

    Mi hanno dedicato questa canzone perché mi chiamo giovanna auguri di buon anno a tutti Giovanna di Bologna

    G.... B....

    @ Giovanna Baldini:Erm... why would they (whoever they are) dedicate this song to because your name is "Giovanna" ??? :-o

  24. E.... G....

    awesome song :)

  25. a.... _....

    Laat het gras maar groeien, laat het gras maar groeien, laat het gras maar groeien rij het nooit meer af

    a.... _....

    Hahahaha hoe random is dit 😅

    a.... _....

    Ek kan nie jou Afrikaans verstaan nie.

    a.... _....

    @Cayden de Wit Wij zijn niet Afrikaans 😅

  26. J.... F....

    My Name is joanna

    J.... F....

    YeeYaw420 Ayy wow But is my Name

    J.... F....

    Ralgol Real thx

    J.... F....

    Jo'anna = Johannesburg

    J.... F....

    Asia po pl

  27. d.... j....

    Besides Eddy Grant ,s voice , His facial expressions make this song so powerful...Man he means these words

  28. M.... ....

    Kut sam gooris heeft dit liedje gestolen.

  29. J.... V....

    Cvarkov?

    J.... V....

    Verovatno i ti gledas drzavni posao.Ovo je ipak samo slucajnost. HAHAHAHAHAHA

    J.... V....

    Papadubi izvedba i dalje bolja 🙈

    J.... V....

    Partizan

  30. M.... ....

    Ipak ovaj hit najbolje izvode Papadubi i Dragan !!

    M.... ....

    Naravno 😂

    M.... ....

    @ Mate: Nope... simple as that... ;-)

  31. J.... R....

    Gimme hope, Moana!
    Hope Moana! See how far you'll go!

    J.... R....

    @ Joseph Rowe: Erm... quarter past two... I think !!! :-o

  32. V.... ....

    GIVE ME YOP ME MAMA!!!!!!!!

  33. H.... B....

    Tune still relevant today. Apartheid still exists but the shoe is on the other foot.

    H.... B....

    It is the same people being used for the very few ruling the countries personal interests

    H.... B....

    Shoe on the other foot indeed.

  34. e.... l....

    Hey there fellow south africans!!!!!

    😁😁😁😁

    e.... l....

    Get stuffed like it cricket team

  35. F.... M....

    im searching for this half of the year. I knew just, that authors firstname is Eddie..

  36. L.... ....

    Needless to say i feel ashamed for finding this song through that Yop advert, but in the same vein, i was born in '96, so I didn't experience the turbulent time that was Apartheid...

    L.... ....

    me, the same, and i was born in '70. Sorry!

    L.... ....

    Im from 96 too, we are a shuch a weird generation lol

  37. J.... K....

    I'm saving this when I feel horrible..... it's a medicine for the ears/mind xxoxoxo

  38. J.... K....

    JOANN is my name! :)

    J.... K....

    Give Eddy hope before the morning comes then!!!

    J.... K....

    Typical girl 🤣

  39. J.... C....

    🔥 🔥 🔥 Joanne Harrison REST IN PEACE ✌🏼 OUR FRIEND... 🙌🏿 🙌🏾 🙌🏽 🙌🏼 🙌🏻 🙌 LOVE HEART ♥ AND BLESSINGS... 🙌

  40. C.... B....

    This was just the funny milkshake advert. I had no clue the original song was so deep and profound, I'm actually quite shocked at how the Yop people trivialised this!

  41. n.... ....

    No escriban en ingles manga de putos

    n.... ....

    JAJAJAJAJAJA X2

    n.... ....

    Preferisci che scriviamo italiano, brutto coglione!!

    n.... ....

    JAJAJAJA ídolo!!!

    n.... ....

    Ja ja ja ja ja. Hdp!!! Ja ja

  42. C.... J....

    South Africa is lost, I suppose that is progress.

    C.... J....

    @ Chris Jones: T'aint lost at all !!! i just looked it up on an atlas and bang... there it was right where it always has been... you must be looking in the wrong places... ;-)

    C.... J....

    There is Orania. It shows the way forward.

    C.... J....

    Lost for the Afrikaaner "holy land" worked by slaves is progress . It was major corruption then and it is so now (just new people in power)

    C.... J....

    Well, no. We got rid of apartheid, and then we did it wrong. So not progress.

  43. G.... M....

    And now we pray that south Africa still stands in a few years

  44. M.... T....

    One ☝️ of my favourite songs of all time 👍🏽

  45. B.... B....

    Whos here from the classic Yop! Advert. Gimme Yop me mamma!

    B.... B....

    Me. I had no clue the original was so deep and profound!

  46. R.... R....

    ❤️❤️❤️

  47. R.... L....

    ควายระบาว-คนล่าฝัน(เปียก)

  48. E.... p....

    In joburg... There is no hope

    E.... p....

    @ Rob Potato: Hmmm... not very knowledgable about the world if you have to ask that !!! Do you honestly think there are no decent countries to live in anymore in this world !!!


    PS: Don't think about moving here to Scotland, we aint keen on the brain dead being amongst us... ;-)

    E.... p....

    @SpringBok01 lol I live in Ireland now... Chalk and cheese my man

    E.... p....

    MadFranko008 reread what I wrote. I clearly didn’t mention anything about there being no decent countries left. Take a look at Scotland, what do you think happens when the UK leave the EU? I’m actually a Scot, but thanks for your hospitality. Absolutely no need to insult me.

    E.... p....

    @ Rob Potato: No need for me to re-read what you wrote, you CLEARLY asked "like where ?" and if you have to ask that then it's CLEAR you don't think there are any countries that you THINK aren't any better for you to move to...

    I live in Scotland and don't really give a crap about all this "Brexit" BS, Scotland will go on just fine in or out of the EU just as it had done for eons before we ever joined it... ;-)

    PS: I didn't "insult" you, I merely commented on the FACT you appear to be so ignorant about the rest of the world that you can't even come up with on your own a country you could move to that would be better as the other poster suggested to you... ;-)

    E.... p....

    Brexit is shit.

  49. S.... L....

    ‘HOPE’ is all i need and this song makes me stronger every time I hear it.

  50. K.... K....

    Para mi profesora de tercero de infantil, Joana, ojalá nuestros caminos se vuelvan a cruzar alguna vez.

    K.... K....

    TARDE AMIGO ESTA CON MIGO

    K.... K....

    Tanolito JAJAJA, por la cara, no sé qué insinúas con ese comentario.

    K.... K....

    @Kray Kingston NADA AMIGO CON ESTA VIDA TAN DURA LAS COSAS QUE PASAN ES BUENO REIR HACE MUCHO QUE NO LO HACEMOS UN SALUDO AMIGO

    K.... K....

    @ Tanolito: IS YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY STUCK ON !!! :-o

  51. l.... t....

    J'adore

  52. J.... K....

    *Helevetin hyvä laulu! Bangkok-Johnnie CarSanook Media THaimaa*

  53. s.... w....

    โอ้ชีวิตมีอะไรตั้งเยอะแยะ
    หมดกันคาราบาว

    s.... w....

    หมดจริง ก๊อปหลายเพลงมาก

    s.... w....

    วงขี้ก้อป

  54. A.... B....

    I love this song! Summer good times at the swimming pool club in Lima, Peru 1989 !!! 😝

  55. G.... A....

    Now you have hope ....librated from the oppressive apartheid system imposed by the "white" man but now you turn against your fellow African because of your ignorance. The seeds of hatred sowed deep in your heart...you cant look into the eyes of your oppressor anymore but you will draw the blood of another African man without hesitation. Shame on you South Africa! Shame on you!

    G.... A....

    @ Gbenga Amedrovi: Sadly as history has proven time and time again, those that were once the oppressed often when they gain the upper hand and become the very thing that they fought against... :-/


    Often takes generations to rid themselves of the feelings of hatred and memories of oppression before some people can finally put the past behind them and learn the lessons of the past...


    Sometimes though they never do and the endless cycle of hatred continues... only time will tell what will happen to South Africa and I don't expect it to be finally resolved in my lifetime, perhaps and hopefully one day though...

    G.... A....

    @MadFranko008 true...Very true!

    G.... A....

    Doesn't matter... WE WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS BOKKE BOKKE!!!!!!!!

  56. P.... K....

    The good thing is that hope did come just a few years latter when a formerly imprisoned activist became president...

  57. y.... m....

    Where are those kind of Musicians went. SOUTH AFFICA WAS BEST BACK IN 90s n 2000

  58. s.... ....

    In terms of content no less than Rage Against the Machine . Different genre though

    s.... ....

    @ soulflyerup: Nah... Eddy Grant and his songs were around for decades before that lot where ever even thought of and is nothing like the stuff they produced at all... ;-)

  59. Z.... ....

    Gimme yop

    Z.... ....

    Zeemo No let the joke die

  60. W.... a....

    One damn fine song

  61. d.... j....

    I feel ashamed that i loved the song before i understood it

    d.... j....

    You should love it, now place yourself in support of the song

    d.... j....

    @Grecks Hanma I do love it , I will always support it...That goes without saying

    d.... j....

    Don't feel bad you were probably too young when you first heard it to get what it's about.

    d.... j....

    But we were children. Don't feel ashamed, also the beat and melody od this song is excellent.
    My 3 YO daughter was dancing to this song few days ago, it was on the radio and it totally made me feel happy.
    The lyrics though...

  62. B.... K....

    One of my favorites.🎤🎤

  63. C.... I....

    I am Filipino but I love Africa. Have lots of African friends.

  64. C.... S....

    Im SouthAfrican of Heart❤

  65. P.... L....

    leuk nummer!!

  66. R.... I....

    The perfect "after nut" song...

    R.... I....

    Wait wait,this is exactly what i did,busted a nut really fast then remembered this song.

    R.... I....

    @Surprised Rat eh gimme bone, johanna give me bone

  67. w.... s....

    this song is out the year I was born. I am one of your biggest fan Eddy Grant!

  68. s.... ....

    Eddy grant doesn't get the recognition he deserves. I was born late 70s and all through the 80s it was eddie and ub40 that my mother played. Eddy was always my favorite 👍

    s.... ....

    @ scottturner468: Not sure who you think doesn't give him the recognition he deserves cos Eddy Grant is one of the most recognised artists worldwide and has been so for the biggest part of his long 50 odd year career in the music industry... ;-)

  69. F.... M....

    Love this spong

  70. G.... T....

    This Song is 100% Gold

  71. M.... P....

    I want Yop

  72. m.... l....

    Er is niks verandert in de afgelopen 30 jaar....sterker nog...ALLES IS VERROT OP DEZE PLANEET...lekker doorgaan zo

    m.... l....

    @MadFranko008 The world is not to blame you halfwits its us humankind that is rotten to the core.

    m.... l....

    @ Vox Populi: The world is just as much to blame you dimwit just as much as us humans are to blame... after all if the world wasn't ere then there'd be nowhere for us rotten humans to live on so we could be rotten... at the end of the day though I blame the universe for it all... ;-)

    m.... l....

    @MadFranko008 I see your point but the universe is not to blame, its the big bang that's the bleedin' cause of this cesspit of misery that is called humanity.

    m.... l....

    @ Vox Populi: You can't blame the "Big Bang Theory" as that is all it is... a theory & not proven fact... made up solely in the minds of some of that cesspit we call humanity... ;-)

    m.... l....

    @MadFranko008 *guffaw*

  73. P.... B....

    Un joint et le monde est parfait et la musique qui va avec..?? Scarface 😂😂😂😂😂 Pépé sinti yéniche...

  74. M.... G....

    Rooooo trop bien
    A écouter quand tu as un peu mal ça te rebooste🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

    M.... G....

    Et un joint,le paradis sur terre....😂😂😂😂.... Pépé sinti yéniche...??

    M.... G....

    Good music,named my son Eddie grant.

  75. N.... D....

    Peu connu et pourtant un grand chanteur Eddy grant avec pas mal de zik franchement bien enfin c'est mon avis

    N.... D....

    @ Néandertal Dj: "Little Known" !!! Eddy Grant is once of the most well known singer/ songwriter & musician on the planet but apparently not on whatever far off plant you reside on !!! :-o

  76. M.... S....

    cineva de la bobita?

    M.... S....

    Hai salut

    M.... S....

    Cum se numește episodu ala cu melodia asta?

  77. S.... C....

    irezistibil...........s.c.

  78. d.... w....

    i remeber playing rugby in a semi final. some one put this on ..we all stopped and started dancing

  79. T.... R....

    Its OK at all

  80. R.... N....

    There's only one Eddy Grant. He looks really pissed off & angry singing the song. And rightly so.

  81. L.... G....

    We gotta do something as Africans. Bowing to whites in the names of living abroad then they send you to war zones

    L.... G....

    @ Lee General: There's a simple solution to that... DON'T join the armed forces if you don't want to get sent into war zones and that applies to anywhere in this world where you live and to all skin colours & creeds, unless there is enforced conscription where you live then no one forces anyone to join the armed forces, you do it through choice... ;-)

  82. s.... ....

    3 07. Those who predict history, WRITE history

    s.... ....

    @ saintjellypie: You can't predict history as of course history hasn't happened yet !!! you can predict the future though (more commonly known as a lucky guess)... ;-)

  83. M.... A....

    1988

    Un año inolvidable fiestas boliches y Este temazo que bailamos asta cansarnos cuantos recuerdos 😃

  84. P.... L....

    This song was the beginning of a change in south africa

    P.... L....

    @ Peter Leidgen: It was part of that change but far from being the beginning of it as other bands/ artists had released long before this one their own protest songs against what was going in Apartheid South Africa probably most notably The Special AKA & "Free Nelson Mandela"

    P.... L....

    And now the morning has come??? Sadly no...

    P.... L....

    @ ståle hansen :Erm... "The morning" has been, gone and went loooong ago... not very good with history are you !!! :-o

  85. M.... E....

    Wonder if Eddy Grant would still have written the song, if he'd known what a sh*t hole SA would become under majority rule.

    M.... E....

    @ Mark Edwards: Only Eddy can answer that but I'd reckon his answer would be a very big YES... ;-)

    M.... E....

    Not that it was any better under minority rule hence he wanted a R0PE before the morning come 😌

  86. B.... G....

    This is work of a GOD

  87. A.... V....

    Love this song and video. Great images and style. Really like the words. 🌈🧡🌟

  88. p.... d....

    🙃🙂😉💚🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣

  89. G.... G....

    Vivvvvaaa!

  90. J.... M....

    Eddy todo un grande me encanta tu música

  91. A.... W....

    Get up and dance song sutch happy days

  92. S.... W....

    Gimme yop, me mama

  93. p.... S....

    When artists were political and cared about their brothers and sisters. I miss those days.

  94. A.... F....

    Good dance music

  95. K.... H....

    I have a tiki mask fear.

    *chuckes* I’m in danger 🙂

  96. M.... ....

    *Now with lyrics* ... click on _"Subtitles/ Closed Captions"_ to display them... :-)

    M.... ....

    Happy פסח to you

    M.... ....

    @Innovative Recipes for Weight loss yes, i have same question

    M.... ....

    Ko BNO MOUES lplplp Ko vo effet GO motu Ko