Empire [Black Thoughts]

Lyrics

[Intro] An Australian boxer is in trouble for wearing a T-shirt bearing the Aboriginal flag Into the ring for his first Olympic fight Will Damien Hooper be punished by our team officials? Yes, Australia's team officials say they will counsel Damien Hooper Against wearing the T-shirt And they have reported the incident to the IOC [Chorus] Empire, empire, we an empire Empire, empire, we an empire Rome has fallen, Babylon too Aboriginals still here, that's truе We an empire, еmpire, we an empire Empire, empire, we an empire Rome has fallen, Babylon too But Aboriginals still here, that's true [Verse 1] Uh, don't box me as a conscious rapper If you want to label me, call me a natural disaster I'ma take heads and rip shreds off any actor Lad in the lab, I'm a chemical reactor Matter of fact, I've had enough of all the chatter So in the latter let me clear all the clatter Let's get down to business of what really matters Black lives splatter all up on the ave— 'Nue, ain't nothin' new, we got nothin' to prove Fifty thousand years of proof, we do what it do And to you who choose to move our artefacts Fuck it, I'm bringin' it back, yeah, I'm proud to be blak Proud of the fact we the oldest people on the map And they tried to move our history, how fucked up is that? Whites rewrite white lies in the hope the globe don't realise It's a privilege to have our ties [Pre-Chorus] We an empire, so just hold your head high We survived now we thrive, we got nothin' to hide It's blak pride, blak lives built this country we got blak ties So you know that you come from a long line [Chorus] Empire, empire, we an empire Empire, empire, we an empire Rome has fallen, Babylon too Aboriginals still here, that's true We an empire, empire, we an empire Empire, empire, we an empire Rome has fallen, Babylon too But Aboriginals still here, that's true [Verse 2] Sheesh, scared of me, it's scary Educated black man, I'm a visionary We rarely vary when they cherrypick our itinerary On the contrary, it's very necessary To answer arbitrary questions that they bury In the hopes that they can still carry On this wary history, hysteria got them throwin' Hail Mary's But beware, we gon' be singin' Swing Low Sweet Chariot I will never stop till we reclaim the top spot What I plot, got these enemies on the trot They ought to rot for what they got tryna pull off But revenge ain't my mascot See we been through it all from the summer to the fall But no matter what, we always stand tall [Pre-Chorus] We an empire, so just hold your head high We survived now we thrive, we got nothin' to hide It's blak pride, blak lives built this country we got blak ties So you know that you come from a long line [Chorus] Empire, empire, we an empire Empire, empire, we an empire Rome has fallen, Babylon too Aboriginals still here, that's true We an empire, empire, we an empire Empire, empire, we an empire [Outro] Rome has fallen Yeah, let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, let it burn I said, Rome has fallen