Empire - Remastered 2003

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[00:06.62] "Sorry, I'm just... its certainty hit me like a...
[00:12.21] Two-tone heavy thing"
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[00:41.38] Last night the word came down
[00:44.30] Ten dead in Chinatown
[00:47.36] Innocent, their only crime was
[00:50.25] Being in the wrong place at the wrong time
[00:53.36] "Too bad," people say
[00:56.56] "What's wrong with the kids today?"
[00:59.38] I tell you right now, they've got nothing to lose
[01:02.93] They're building empire
[01:11.43] Johnny used to work after school
[01:14.44] At the cinema show
[01:17.58] Gotta hustle if he wants an education
[01:20.53] Yeah, he's got a long way to go
[01:23.41] Now he's out on the streets all day
[01:25.72] Selling crack to the people who pay
[01:28.83] Got an AK-47 for his best friend
[01:32.19] Business the American way
[01:35.07] Eastside meets Westside downtown
[01:41.06] No time, the walls fall down
[01:47.99] Can't you feel it coming? (Empire)
[01:54.14] Can't you hear it calling?
[02:04.97] Black man, trapped again
[02:07.47] Holds his chains in his hand
[02:10.55] Brother killing brother for the profit of another
[02:13.83] Game point, nobody wins
[02:16.75] Declines, right on time
[02:19.65] What happened to the dream sublime?
[02:22.51] Tear it all down, we'll put it up again
[02:26.46] Another empire
[02:28.47] Eastside meets Westside downtown
[02:34.31] No time (no line), the walls fall down
[02:41.38] Can't you feel it coming? (Empire)
[02:47.35] Can't you hear it coming? (Empire)
[02:53.31] Can't someone here stop it?
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[03:21.64] In fiscal year 1986 to 87
[03:24.61] Local, state and federal governments spent a combined total of 16.6 billion dollars on law enforcement
[03:34.18] Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars
[03:37.80] And accounted for only 6% of all federal spending
[03:45.90] By way of comparison, the federal government spent 24 million more on space exploration
[03:51.50] And 43 times more on national defense and international relations, than on law enforcement
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[04:31.43] Can't you feel it coming? (Empire)
[04:37.53] Can't you hear it calling? (Empire)
[04:43.58] Can't you feel it coming? (Empire)
[04:49.56] Can't you hear it calling? (Empire)
[04:55.54] Can't you feel it coming? (Empire)
[05:01.51] Can't you hear it calling? (Empire)
[05:07.50] Can't you feel it coming? (Empire)
[05:13.72] Can't someone here stop it? (Empire)
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