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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...??!!

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