[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...??!! |