Empire - Queensrÿche

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

Holds his chains 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???