Empire

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Saturday at 9:24 pm

sorry,
I'm just its starting to hit me like a ummmm
ummmm
a 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?
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 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 the school year 1986 to 87
local state and federal governments
spent up to a combined total of 606 million dollars on law enforcement

Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars,
and accounted for only 6% of all federal spending

By way of comparison,
the federal government spent 24 million more on space 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 someone hear us coming? EMPIRE!