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"Sorry, I'm just... its certainty hit me like a...

Two-tone 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?"

I 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 streets 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

Declines, 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 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 1986 to 87

Local, state and federal governments spent a combined total of 16.6 billion 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't someone here stop it? (Empire)