Empire Songtext / Lyric

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



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

Hold 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