Ying Yang

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Ying Yang is a song from Persona 4 The Golden Animation. It was composed by Tetsuya Kobayashi with lyrics by Lotus Juice and vocals by Lotus Juice and Shihoko Hirata.

Lyrics

The lyrics to Ying Yang were included in Persona 4 The Animation Series Original Soundtrack's booklet. The song has Lotus Juice portraying both Yu Narukami and Tohru Adachi. Adachi's verses are in plain text and Yu's verses have " " quote marks around them. Shihoko Hirata provides vocals that express a bird's-eye view of the situation, represented here in italics.

no no no no "yes yes yes yes"

no no no no "yes yes yes yes"

ain't no such thing as trust nor justice

so disgusting y'all ass kissers

y'all die spell curse came from hell

"past is what you don't wanna dwell"

it's all BS it's all garbage

"I say neither, it's vice versa"

lost in himself

maze he has made

"just trying to reach out reach out"

"ain't those bluffings gonna get you out"

hmm... nothing but middle finger

I hate talking to ignorants, stop the whimpers

"misunderstanding man that's too much overreacting"

better go retract that

statements on it, you can't own it"

I am flawless "more like thoughtless"

chasing stars afar (so so far)

overlooks his own path (dark dark night)

where is light when needed he didn't get it

enough for a man to lose sight for a frail pride

so lost in the starless night

sun don't rise

on the blinded mind

around and around there goes now

waiting for another falling

let there be stars to guide him the way

in this poor night

so numb he's become so numb

ways of life

so exhausted

he will not be who he's not

so sick of lies over lies

but can't tell what is a lie anymore

he's going so numb

your crew love that gibberish

to me that's illiterate

makes me want to obliterate it

"you just love being bitter-y? don't ya"

"I am thinking you just might be"

"you just like me I'm just lucky"

"just took it wrongfully and it just"

"might not be entirely your fault"

just let it go

open the door

no words can mean anything at this point so we must battle

"that's just you and that's how you mishandle things mishandle handle now!"

now you're telling me what to do?

let me tell you who rules

"come on this ain't nothing to rule over this matter brother"

"you and I we ain't so different"

"1 guess I had more blessings"

"without it you got belligerent"

"but I totally understand"

"glass was half full for mine"

and it looked half empty for me

maybe that [one glass] made the path we took who knows?

chasing stars afar (so so far)

overlooks his own path (dark dark night)

The who knows not and knows not then he knows not...

but he could just easily be

oh anyone

so lost in the darkest night

where's the love?

when one needs it?

around and around there goes now

waiting for another falling

let there be stars to guide him the way

in this poor night

so numb he's become so numb

ways of life

so exhausted

he will not be who he's not

so sick of lies over lies but

can't tell what is a lie anymore

he's going so numb

just let it go

maze he has made

Anime Appearances

Persona 4 The Golden Animation

Ying Yang was written for episode 7 of Persona 4 The Golden Animation. It is used as background music when Yu and Adachi fight one another. At the beginning, the two of them fight with their Personas before it turns into a brawl in the replica of the Dojima family's living room in Magatsu Inaba. Their fight and the song ends with Yu setting down a replica of Adachi's red mug next to the other colored mugs to remind him that he's had bonds with people all along.

It is included in the Persona 4 The Animation Series Original Soundtrack as track #13 on disc 3.

Live Appearances

• Persona Super Live 2022: The song was first performed live at PSL2022 as the 15th song on day 2. At the beginning of the song, there was a new recording of Adachi saying a modified version of two of his lines from episode 25 of Persona 4 The Animation. During the song, Adachi and Yu's choreographers/dancers from Persona 4: Dancing All Night also performed on stage as the characters.

Trivia

• In the Persona Super Live 2017 pamphlet, composer Tetsuya Kobayashi says that of all of the music he made for The Golden Animation, his believes his best was Ying Yang. He isn't particularly bothered by people mistaking it for Shoji Meguro's work as that's a sign it blends in with the rest of Persona 4s music.