[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
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[01:03.44]They're building EMPIRE!
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[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?
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[02:05.26]Black man, trapped again. hold his chain in his hand.
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[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...??!!