Empire (帝国) - The Karaoke Channel (卡拉OK频道)

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

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

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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

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Can't you hear it coming

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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 25 millon more

On space exploration and 43 times more on national defense

And national relations then on law enforcement

Can't you feel it coming

Empire

Can't you hear it calling

Empire

Can't you hear it calling

Empire

Can't you hear it calling

Empire

Can't you hear it calling

Empire

Can't you hear it calling

Empire

Can't you hear it calling

Empire

Can't someone here stop it

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