[00:00.794][Verse 1]
[00:08.780]I haven't played a show in way too long
[00:12.491]People keep asking me where I have gone
[00:16.523]I started fading quick, yeah
[00:20.434]When I should've been making it, oh
[00:24.757]I guess that I lost my sight, I was way too young
[00:28.795]Doubting what's in my mind, I guess I'll never learn
[00:32.803]Still tryna figure it out, yeah
[00:36.812]It's all that I'm thinking about, ooh
[00:39.873][Pre-Chorus 1]
[00:40.512]I'm gonna take it for what it's worth
[00:44.571]Put in the hours 'til I have earned it
[00:48.753]Show everybody what I deserve, oh (Yeah)
[00:55.032][Chorus]
[00:56.292]Gonna build an empire, empire
[01:00.247]Gonna build an empire, empire
[01:04.301]Gonna build an empire, empire
[01:07.945][Verse 2]
[01:13.792]Everyone in this game, we lie too much
[01:17.436]Say we're doing it for the love, only for the love
[01:21.592]But I'm not ashamed to say, yeah
[01:25.638]That I wanna be rich someday
[01:28.837]'Cause never had it when I was a kid
[01:31.593]Mum and Dad working double shifts
[01:33.746]Kinda hard on relationships, oh
[01:36.903][Pre-Chorus 2]
[01:37.423]But I'm gonna show them just what they're worth
[01:41.798]I'm gonna put in the work (Yeah)
[01:45.202][Chorus]
[01:45.409]Gonna build an empire, empire
[01:49.020]Gonna build an empire, empire
[01:53.148]Gonna build an empire, empire
[01:57.287]Gonna build a castle in my head
[02:00.219]A kingdom from my bed, oh
[02:01.592]Gonna build an empire, empire
[02:05.270]Gonna build an empire, empire
[02:09.405]Gonna build an empire, empire
[02:13.447]Gonna build a castle in my head
[02:16.332]A kingdom from my bed, oh
[02:18.172][Bridge]
[02:18.884]Making the sacrifices I gotta make
[02:22.746]Missing out on the times, wish I coulda stayed
[02:26.690]Breaking my heart into pieces when I go away
[02:30.866]Watching it fade
[02:33.775]Gonna build an empire (Ooh)
[02:41.930]Gonna build an empire, yeah (Yeah, oh)
[02:49.251][Chorus]
[02:50.130]Gonna build an empire, empire
[02:54.154]Gonna build an empire, empire
[02:58.347]Gonna build an empire, empire
[03:02.280]Gonna build a castle in my head
[03:04.769]A kingdom from my bed, oh
[03:06.531]Gonna build an empire, empire
[03:10.403]Gonna build an empire, empire
[03:14.557]Gonna build an empire, empire
[03:18.531]Gonna build a castle in my head
[03:21.147]A kingdom from my bed, oh (Oh)
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