Johannesburg 30 april- 2 mei
Gepubliceerd op: 01-05-2019
Ik verbleef in de wijk Melville, het voordeel is dat je daar ’s-avonds
zonder problemen de straat op kunt. House 9, 8th avenue, was mijn hotelletje en
ik werd al ontvangen met een lunch-om-te-delen door Sonni, de manager, en Alloy,
zijn assistent. Wat een gastvrijheid, weer, en ik had voor 2 tientjes per nacht
weer een prima kamer. De duurste overnachting voor deze reis is overigens 22
euro en de goedkoopste 12 euro, dat is de slaapzaal. 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
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 neighbors' borders
Now and again having little fun
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
Is dang'rous to ev'ryone
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
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
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 want to know if you're blind Jo'anna
If you want to hear the sound of drums
Can't you see that the tide is turning
Oh don't make me wait till the morning come
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
Zang: Eddy Grant
Schrijvers: Bert Klein / Eddy Grant / G Brand