Queensryche

Queensryche

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


Yeah, he's got a long way to go


Now's 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


Holds his chains 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