Queensryche Empire Lyrics

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[Sorry, I'm just...it sorta hit me like a, um, um, 2 ton heavy thing]

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
"I tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
They're building Empire!"

Charlie used to work after school
at the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education
Yeah!
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,
the walls fall down.

Can't you feel it coming?
Empire!
Can't you hear it calling?
Empire!
Can't someone here stop it...??!!

...
"In fiscal year 1986 to 87, local, state, and federal governments
spent a combined total of $60.6 billion dollars on law enforcement.
Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars
and accounted for only a sixth percent of all federal spending.
By way of comparison, the federal government spent 24 million more on
s___e exploration and 43 TIMES more on national defense and
international relations than on law enforcement."
...

Can't you feel it coming?
Empire!
Can't you hear it calling?
Empire!
Can't you feel it coming?
Empire!
Can't you hear it calling?
Empire!
Can't you feel it coming?
Empire!
Can't you hear it calling?
Empire!
Can't you feel it coming?
Empire!

Can't someone here stop it?!!

Empire!!!!