gimme hope joanna

eddie grant kişisine ait olan, "pek neşeli şarkı" kisvesine bürününen, ve fakat oluşturulduğu dönemdeki afrika hükümetine giydirdikce giydirilen, politik unsurlarla bezeli şarkıdır.

well joanna she runs a country
she runs in durbanwaal and transwaal
she makes a few of her people happy oh
she dont 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 joanna see
how everybody could’ve lived as one
oooo gimme hope joanna
hope joanna gimme hope joanna
before the mourning comes
gimme hope joanna hope joanna hope
before the mourning comes
shes got some friends in high up places
who turn their heads to the city sun
while every mother in the black soweto fears
the killing of another son
sneakin’ across all the neighbours’ borders
now and again having little fun
joanna give them the fancy money oh,
to tempt anyone who comes
oooo! gimme hope joana gimme
hope joanna, gimme hope joanna before the mourning comes
i hear she makes all the golden money
to buy new weapons in the shape of guns
she doesn’t care if the finance game she plays
is dangereous to everyone
she even knows how to swing opinion
in every magazine and the journals
for every bad move that this joanna makes
they’ve got a good explanation
oooo! gimme hope joana gimme
hope joanna, gimme hope joanna before the mourning comes
even the preacher who works for jesus
the archbishop who’s a peaceful man
togeteher say that the freedom fighters will
overcome the very strong
i wanna know if you’re blind joanna
if you wanna hear the sound of drums
can’t you see that the tide is turning ooo
don’t make me wait till the mourning comes

dolapdere big gang in son albümünde yer alan eğlenceli şarkı.