Eddy Grant Gimme Hope Jo'Anna Lyrics Genius Lyrics
Gimme Hope Jo'anna by Eddy Grant She makes a few of her people happy She don't care about the rest at all She's got a system they call apartheid It keeps a brother in a subjection Read full Lyrics South Africa, the country of sunshine and soccer. But beneath that sun-kissed veneer, lie the scars of a turbulent past.
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Gimme Hope Jo'anna by Eddy Grant Album: File Under Rock ( 1988) Charted: 7 License This Song lyrics songplace Songfacts®: Grant wrote this in honor of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela fought against apartheid, a policy that separated people by race, and was very oppressive to blacks.
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The lyrics to "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" tell the story of a fictional character named Jo'anna, a personification of Johannesburg, which was the economic heart of apartheid-era South Africa. The song describes the oppression and discrimination faced by black people in the city, and the hope for change and liberation.
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The lyrics of "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" are crafted in a way that addresses a person, but the song's true intention is to shed light on the injustices of the apartheid system in South Africa.
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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
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0:00 / 4:16 Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna (With Lyrics) (1988) (HD) MadFranko008 84.7K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 7.1M views 10 years ago Eddy Grant at his best. shame most singers/.
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What is Gimme Hope Jo'anna about? The song is about a woman named Jo'anna who is in charge of a country where apartheid (separation and discrimination based on race) is happening. While some people are happy with her leadership, many others suffer and live in fear. The protagonist is asking Jo'anna to give them hope for a better future where.
Eddy Grant Gimme Hope Jo'Anna Lyrics Genius Lyrics
He is also well known for the anti-apartheid 1988 song "Gimme Hope Jo'anna". Early life Grant was born in Plaisance, British Guiana (now Guyana ), later moving to Linden. [13] [14] His father, Patrick, was a trumpeter who played in Nello and the Luckies. [14]
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"Gimme Hope, Jo'Anna" is known as an anti-apartheid anthem from the 1980s. The song topped the Dutch Top 40 chart for 5 weeks in 1988. It also peaked at #7 on the U.K.… Read More 1988 1 viewer.
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[Intro] A D A D A D A E A [Verse 1] A D Well Jo'anna she runs a country A E She runs in Durban and the Transvaal A D Dm She makes a few of her people happy, oh A E A She don't care about the rest.
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" Gimme Hope Jo'anna " is a British anti-apartheid song written and originally released by Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eddy Grant in 1988, during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played there nonetheless. [2]