Toto

[Verse]
Hello my friends, I'm calling to you
The things we believed are no longer true
'Cause we're older now, so much wiser than before

The pain we have felt, we hold deep inside
The dues we have paid, and the tears we have cried
And the emptiness, can we take it anymore?

[Pre-Chorus]
Have we lost all our faith in our God, and all that we are?
When we look at our lives, what are we fighting for?

[Chorus A]
Whoa, let's make this a better world
When push comes to shove, what have we really learned?
Whoa, let's make this a better world
When you're lying awake with your life in your head
Thinking 'bout friends who are already dead
We can change

[Instrumental]

[Chorus B]
Whoa, let's make this a better world
When push comes to shove, what have we really learned?
Whoa, let's make this a better world
Is there hope for us all, as we're waiting to die?
Lying in bed as we take our last sigh...

[Guitar Solo]

Toto is an American rock band formed in 1977 in Van Nuys in Los Angeles, California. The band’s current lineup consists of Joseph Williams (lead vocals), David Paich (keyboards, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Steve Lukather (guitars, vocals), Shem von Schroeck (bass), and Shannon Forrest (drums). Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz.

David Paich and Jeff Porcaro had played together as session musicians on several albums and decided to form a band. David Hungate, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro, and Bobby Kimball were recruited before their first album release. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the late 1970s and 1980s, beginning with the band’s eponymous debut released in 1978. With the release of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Toto IV from 1982, Toto became one of the best-selling music groups of their era. They are best known for the Top 5 hits “Hold the Line”, “Rosanna”, and “Africa”. Several changes to the lineup have been made over the years. Hungate left in 1982 followed by Kimball in 1984 but rejoined the band in 1998 until 2008. Jeff Porcaro died in 1992 of a heart attack. Hungate rejoined Toto as a touring musician and later a band member. In 2008, Lukather announced his departure from the band, and the remaining band members later went their separate ways. In the summer of 2010, Toto reformed and went on a short European tour, with a new lineup, to benefit Mike Porcaro, who had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and was no longer an active member of the band.

The band has released a total of 17 albums, and have sold over 40 million albums to date. The group was honored with several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.

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