SEEKING THE TRUTH - YahZarah and Taisei Iwasaki

SEEKING THE TRUTH	À PROCURA DA VERDADE
Open up your senses	Amplie(m) seus sentidos
Keep your guard up 'till you see the real world	Mantenha(m) a guarda até conseguir(em) ver o mundo real
Gotta (You have got to) take your chances	Você(s) tem (têm) que arriscar
You won't find your answers 'till (until) you end the game	Não encontrará(-ão) suas respostas até encerrar(em) o jogo
With your own hands	Com suas próprias mãos
It's about time we wake up	Já é hora de acordarmos
(It's) time we start to see the truth, hidden beneath	(Já é) hora de começarmos a enxergar a verdade, oculta lá embaixo
Are you ready for the countdown?	Você(s) está(-ão) pronto(s) para a contagem regressiva?
You see the future's never certain	Você(s) vê(veem) que o futuro é sempre incerto
But it's governed by the choices that we make	Porém, ele é regido pelas escolhas que fazemos
You're standing on a fragile future	Você(s) está(-ão) de pé em um futuro frágil
And the truth will take your breath away	E a verdade deixará você(s) sem fôlego
(You're) losing all your chances	(Você(s) está(-ão)) perdendo todas as suas chances
You're already trying to give up this fight	Você(s) já está(-ão) tentando desistir desta luta
This is the only chance you'll get	Esta é a única chance que você(s) terá(-ão)
And only a fool would run away	E somente um(a) tolo(-a) fugiria
But you can't hide away	Mas você(s) não pode(m) se esconder
Don't waste your time	Não perca(m) seu tempo
Go look and find what fills your heart from deep within	Vá(-ão) olhar e encontre(m) o que preenche seu coração lá no fundo
The only thing that can set you free	A única coisa que pode(m) libertar você(s)
When you're lost in life is a fight	Quando você está(-ão) perdido(s) na vida é uma luta
It doesn't matter where I'm going	Não importa aonde eu vou
As long as I am free deep in my soul	Contanto que eu esteja livre do fundo da minha alma
The world is waiting for us out there	O mundo está esperando por nós lá fora
"Come and get it!"	"Venha conquistá-lo!"
Say the voices	Dizem as vozes
Do you hear em' (them) roar?	Você(s) as ouve(m) rugir?
You know the future's never certain	Você(s) sabe(m) que o futuro é sempre incerto
But it's governed by the choices that we make	Porém, ele é regido pelas escolhas que fazemos
You're standing on a fragile future	Você(s) está(-ão) diante de um futuro frágil
And the truth will take your breath away	E a verdade deixará você(s) sem fôlego

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NOTES:

(1) Taisei Iwasaki (岩崎 太整 Iwasaki Taisei) was born on July 22nd, 1979. He has been composing music for live-action films and dramas since 2006. His first anime work was for Kekkai Sensen. He was responsible for musical arrangements and composition for Spriggan ONA (Original Net Animation) series, which was debuted on July 20th, 2022.

(2) Dana Nicole Amma Williams was born on June 24th, 1978. She is known professionally as YahZarah. Her radio hits are Wishing and Why dontcha call me no more?. Her family is from Ghana and she was raised in Germany and the United States. She started her carrer in Washington D.C. In 1997. She attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts and North Carolina University. As a tribute to her grandmothers, Yaa Asantewaa and Sarah, she adopted the stage name "YahZarah". In early 2001, she released her first single Feel Me by Keo Music Records. YahZarah is a lyric soprano and who has been noted for her ability to sing in the whistle register. She possesses a four-octave vocal range. She has also been credited for her ability to sustain notes in the sixth and seventh octave and R&B songs. In 2010, she has chosen as the vocalist of the year by Soultracks Readers' Choice Award.

(3) Spriggan is a Japanese manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryōji Minagawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazines from 1989 to 1996. The plot is related to a secretly search and fight for mysterious artifacts around the world. Although some organizations believe they must be destroyed, others prefer to use them for personal gains. In order to stop these evil organizations and protect the relics, an elite secret agency was created by ARCAM Corporation. Their agents are known as Spriggans.

(4) To take one's chance is an informal expression which means to accept the uncertain outcome as of a course of action.
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REFERENCES:
(1) IWASAKI, Taisei. Official website. Date of access: 02-23-2023.
(2) YAHZARAH. Official website. Date of access: 02-26-2023.
(3) Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2010.
(4) O'MARA, Sean. 98 degrees: Spriggan. Date of publication: 09-13-2018.