Empire
"Empire" is a song by the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, appearing on their 1990 album Empire. The lyrical content of the song warns of a foreboding and unstoppable "Empire" of drug trafficking within the United States and its related crimes, that will inevitably lead to the breakdown of civility in American society.
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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
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.
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. 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?
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...??!!
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