Empire

Song Empire
Artist Queensrÿche
Album The Metal Museum Vol. 11: Progressive Metal

Lyrics

[00:41.80] Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.
[00:47.72] Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place,
[00:52.33] at the wrong time
[00:53.77] Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
[00:59.38] Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
[01:02.19]
[01:03.44] They're building EMPIRE!
[01:05.70]
[01:11.74] Johnny used to work after school
[01:14.23]
[01:14.86] at the cinema show.
[01:16.23]
[01:17.92] Gotta hustle if he wants an education
[01:20.92] he's got a long way to go.
[01:23.16]
[01:23.84] Now he's out on the street all day
[01:26.10] selling Crack to the people who pay.
[01:28.48]
[01:29.10] Got an AK-47 for his best friend
[01:32.60] business the American way.
[01:35.53] Eastside meets Westside downtown.
[01:41.59] No time, the walls fall down
[01:48.39] Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling?
[02:00.08]
[02:05.26] Black man, trapped again. hold his chain in his hand.
[02:10.19]
[02:10.93] Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
[02:14.30] Game point, nobody wins. Decline, right on time.
[02:20.28] What happened to the dream sublime?
[02:23.04] Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE?
[02:29.27] Eastside meets Westside downtown.
[02:35.01] No time, no line, the walls fall down.
[02:41.76] Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
[02:48.12] Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE!
[02:54.02] Can't someone here stop it...??!!