Empire

Album: Empire (1990)
Charted: 61
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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
    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

    East side meets west side 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?

    East side meets west side 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?

    In fiscal year nineteen eighty six to eighty seven
    Local, state and federal governments spent
    A combined total of sixty point six million dollars on law enforcement
    Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars
    And accounted for only six percent of all federal spending
    By way of comparison, the federal government spent twenty-four million more on space exploration
    And forty-three times more on national defense and international relations than the law enforcement

    Can't you feel it coming? (empire) can't you hear it calling (empire)
    Can't someone here stop it (empire) Writer/s: Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Dan Gillespy from Courtenay BcA perfect metal song with a strong statement.
  • David S from BostonMost underrated band ever. Musicianship is super. Geoff Tate ONE OF THE BEST VOCALS EVER. Get over the ego's. QUEENSRYCHE!
  • Wess from Moorhead, Mnliving in seattle when this song came out. it was a big hit..........Queensryche got screwd their such a great band but did not get the fame that others did at that time ..............like alice in chains ,pearl jam ,soundgarden
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