Empire - Remastered 2003

Last night the word came down
 Ten dead in Chinatown
 Innocent, their only crime was
 Being in the wrong place
 At the wrong time
 "Too bad", people say
 "What's wrong with the kids today?"
 Tell you right now
 They've got nothing to lose
 They're building empire
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 Johnny used to work after school
 At the cinema show
 Gotta hustle if he wants an education
 He's got a long way to go
 Now he's out on the street all day
 Selling crack to the people who pay.
 Got an AK-47 for his best friend
 Business the American way
 Eastside meets Westside downtown
 No time, the walls fall down
 Can't you feel it coming?
 Empire
 Can't you hear it calling?
 Black man, trapped again
 Holds his chain in his hand
 Brother killing brother for the profit of another
 Game point, nobody wins
 Decline, right on time
 What happened to the dream sublime?
 Tear it all down, we'll put it up again
 Another empire?
 Eastside meets Westside downtown
 No time, no line, the walls fall down
 Can't you feel it coming?
 Empire!
 Can't you hear it coming?
 Empire!
 Can't someone here stop it?!