Well Jo'anna [bad word] a country [bad word] in Durban and the Transvaal
She makes a few of her people happy oh
She don't care about the rest at all
She got a system they call apartheid
It keeps a brother in subjection
But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see
How everybody could live life as one oh

Gimme hope Jo'anna hope Jo'anna
Gimme hope Jo'anna 'fore the [bad word] Gimme hope Jo'anna hope Jo'anna
Hope before the [bad word] 
I hear she makes all the golden money
To buy new weapons in the shape of guns
While every mother in a black Soweto
Fears killing of another son
Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders
Now and again having a little fun
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
Is dangerous to everyone oh
 [bad word] Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna
Gimme hope Jo'anna 'fore the [bad word] Gimme hope Jo'anna gimme hope Jo'anna
Hope before the [bad word] 
She 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 [bad word] She even know 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

REPEAT [bad word] 
Even the preacher who works for Jesus
The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
Together say that the freedom fighters will [bad word] the very strong
I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
If you wanna hear the sound of [bad word] Can't you see that the tide is turning oh
Don't make me wait till the [bad word] oh