Toto Cutugno

Lyrics Africa Toto Cutugno

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Africa


You know
I never realized
That a world so incredibly far away
As Africa
Could be so close to me.

Look where we are right now
On this beautiful little piece of grass
Suffocated by a sea of cement
Oppressed by all the traffic
Look at the people
Running, shouting
Like they have all gone mad.
You know
I think
I just might go back to Africa.

You can joke
But you can never compare
This noisy artificial world
With the natural
Sounds of Africa.
A time strange, mysterious
Weird almost unreal
Looking to the sky
And raising your arms
You can almost caress it
And you feel inside
To the will to live
Your skin burned,
And you feel a man
More man
More sincere.
You know
I think I might
just go back to Africa

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The lyrics AFRICA of TOTO CUTUGNO is also present in the album L'italiano (1983)

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Biografia

Salvatore Cutugno, known as Toto Cutugno, was an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, and television host born in Penne (Teramo) on July 27, 1943. His musical career began in the 1960s with participation in various music competitions. He achieved international fame in the 1980s with hits like "L'italiano", "Innamorati di me" and "Soli tu e io". Cutugno was a versatile artist, capable of spanning different musical genres, from pop to rock, passing through folk. He collaborated with numerous Italian and international artists, including Mina, Adriano Celentano and Joe Dassin. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards, including two Sanremo Music Festivals (1980 with "Solo tu e io" and 1987 with "Innamorati di me"). Toto Cutugno is considered one of the most representative Italian artists of the international music scene of the 1980s.

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