Empire Cast

[fox69]

"Handle The Heat"
(performed by Kade Wise)

"Handle The Heat"
(performed by Kade Wise)



Yeah, yeah, yeah
Truth
Check it out

I told 'em I was above 'em
No bluffing [?]
Ain't no time for a discussion
The governments can't be trusted
The streets about to erupt
And [?] insanity suffering
And how do they lie above me?
The only one that can judge me
I'm wondering where the love be
Why the world looking ugly
Why in the world we stuck in these systems are self destructing
The world is melting to nothing
The Apocalypse coming if we don't stop all the frontin'
And start believing in someting

How you gonna handle the heat?
They put them hands up, when them suckers come, they put them hands up
How you gonna handle the heat?
They put them hands up, when them suckers come, they put them hands up
When them suckers come, when them suckers come, when them suckers come
When them suckers come, when them suckers come, when them suckers come
When them suckers come, they put them hands up

How you gonna handle the heat? (real talk, how you gonna handle it?)
How you gonna handle the heat?
How you gonna handle the heat?
When them suckers come
When them suckers come
When them suckers come

 

[fox69]

"Hate The Game"
(performed by Serayah)

"Hate The Game"
(performed by Serayah)



When you out here in the cold, you can't trust a soul
Gotta play your cards, you can never fold
If you call yourself a man, you gotta hold your ground
Make a plan and don't let nobody hold you down
Can't be timid in these streets, if you tryna eat
Just make sure you got that heat incase they got some beef
I ain't got no time to chill, they gon' get you killed
Money on my mind, gotta pay some bills

I'm just ridin' round, ridin' round, ridin' 'round
With that thang, with that thang, with that thang
I'm just ridin' round, ridin' round, ridin' 'round
With that thang, with that thang, with that thang

Because a pimp gon' be a pimp
A playa gonna play the game (shown up, shown up)
A pimp gon' be a pimp, don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game (shown up)
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game (shown up)

Money come, and money go
Flip a dollar, stack some more
He just want love, he just want love, he just want love
But I give him none, I give him none

I'm just ridin' round, ridin' round, ridin' 'round
With that thang, with that thang, with that thang
I'm just ridin' round, ridin' round, ridin' 'round
With that thang, with that thang, with that thang

Because a pimp gon' be a pimp
A playa gonna play the game
A pimp gon' be a pimp (shown up)
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game (shown up)
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game (shown up)
Oh, yeah

A pimp gon' be a pimp
A playa gonna play
Pimp is in my blood
Pimp is in my blood
Pimp is in my blood
It's in my DNA

Because a pimp gon' be a pimp
A playa gonna play the game
A pimp gon' be a pimp (shown up)
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game (shown up)
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Don't hate the player, hate the game (shown up)
Oh, yeah

 

[fox69]

"Heart Of Stone"
(performed by Brez & Sierra McClain)

"Heart Of Stone"
(performed by Brez & Sierra McClain)



[Sierra McClain:]
Hard as a rock
Cold as Philly's winter
When you're left out in these streets, yo
You were the king of the block
You were shot
It was all so senseless
Oh, how I miss my brother, brother
Oh no, left me alone
With so much potential
No wonder I miss you
It's okay, I got a new home
I've found me a family
Right here, in this alley
I'm like hey, oh
I only made it this far with a heart of stone
No one can break this heart of stone
No one can break this
I'm like hey, oh
I only made it this far with a heart of stone
No one can break this heart of stone
This one's for my Kings and Aces
[Bre-Z:]
Yeah, yeah I had to say my goodbyes to a real good man
A deep, painful feeling that I never wanna feel again
Thought my pops would prolly take more care of his fam, man
But all he looked out for was "my guy" and "bam-bam"
No lie
Then I thought I had a family with the Lyons
But they seemed more like wolves the more I realized
Time to cut my ties, save that drama for someone else
My pops left me with only memories and nothing else
Still, he was more than a dad, more like a king to me
Family provide, I needed it, he would bring it to me
Thought he had it all, now he's gone and ain't leave a thing to me
Swear sometimes it feel like it's all just a bad dream to me
[Sierra McClain (Bre-Z):]
My family is these streets (Streets, yuh)
My family is over everything
(We do it for each other, we do it for one another
While I do it for my father, you doing it for your brother, yuh)
And we still running these streets (Okay)
It's in the blood man, nothing but loving
(My father was a king and your brother was a king
So we heirs to the throne, so crown us and sing)
[Sierra McClain and Bre-Z:]
Hey, oh (Oh)
I only made it this far with a heart of stone
No one can break this heart of stone
No one can break this
I'm like hey, oh (Oh)
I only made it this far with a heart of stone
No one can break this heart of stone
This one's for my Kings and Aces, yeah
[Bre-Z:]
Hey, uh, uh, uh
No one can break this heart of stone
You hear me

 

[fox69]

"Heavy"
(performed by Jussie Smollett)
(from "Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 1" soundtrack)

"Heavy"
(performed by Jussie Smollett)
(from "Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 1" soundtrack)



All hail the King

They say heavy is the head that wears the crown, wears the crown
They say heavy is the head that wears the crown

Eeehhhh (let's go)
They say heavy is the head that wears the crown (crown)
Always used to think that that was just some damn excuse
Something that the weak say cause they couldn't hold it down (down)
But now that I wear it I know that shit to be true
No complainin' now
Daddy raise a soldier whether he knew it or not
He supplied the pain and put it in the music, made it hot
Strong back, strong shoulders
Cause I'm holdin up a lot
I'm underneath this be supportin'
Same time I'm at the top! (woooo!)

And I refuse to let my people down
I'm the boss, I'm the leader, damnit I'ma lead
Even though I'm startin' to feel the real weight of this crown
Not just the crown

Feelin' like this whole damn kingdoms sittin' on top of me yeah (oooo sittin' on top of me, sittin' on top of me)
Sit-sittin' on top of me (sittin' on top of me)
Feelin' like this whole damn kingdoms sittin' on top of me yeah (ooooo sittin' on top of me)
And I'ma carry it on my back until victory (sittin' on top of me)
Even though this whole damn kingdom sittin' on top of me (ooooh heavy)

Head in my hands, more frequent
I gotta make sure that my entire empire's eatin'
You can't explain defeat to sombody that's never been beaten (awww nah)
So that means no surrenderin' and no retreatin'
Everythings on me (hey)
Everybody wonderin' what it's gonna be (hey)
Is he gonna fail, is he gonna succeed?
Everybody keep watchin' and watchin' carefully
I'ma show the world I'm strong (I'm strong)
And I'm holdin' up a lot
I'm underneath this be supportin'
Same time I'm at the top (wooo!)

And I refuse to let my people down
I'm the boss, I'm the leader, damnit I'ma lead
Even though I'm startin' to feel the real weight of this crown
Not just the crown

Feelin' like this whole damn kingdoms sittin' on top of me yeah (ooooo sittin' on top of me, sittin' on top of me)
Sit-sittin' on top of me (sittin' on top of me)
Feelin' like this whole damn kingdoms sittin' on top of me yeah (oooo sittin' on top of me)
And I'ma carry it on my back until victory (sittin' on top of me)
Even though this whole damn kingdoms sittin' on top of me (oooo sittin' on top, sittin' on top of me)
Sit-sittin' on top of me (oooo sittin' on top of me, sittin' on top of me)
Sit-sittin' on top of me (oooo sittin' on top of me, sittin' on top of me)
And I'ma carry it on my back until victory (oooo sittin' on top of me, sittin' on top of me)
Even though this whole damn kingdoms sittin' on top of me

 

[fox69]

"Hemingway"
(feat. Jussie Smollett)
(from "Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 2" soundtrack)

"Hemingway"
(feat. Jussie Smollett)
(from "Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 2" soundtrack)



Gonna tell a story of a feather who fell in love
I said that I'd be for you when no one even needs you
Phonetically in my heart
I thought that I would get the last this but now I see I get the best
No one tied my waist, I'm tryna make a statement
The words are coming out my head
At night in my room, I see your smiling eyes
Promise to treat you right, you are my butterfly
You knew I'd be your man, I knew you'd understand
You needed me, I needed you but now just fly
[Hook:]
Hemingway, I'm gonna write that word, I wanna say
I know I loved you from the first day
Don't hold us down and turn the page, it's ours to rule
But it's true that I, I'm gonna keep on loving you
There's been a few times you cried
And even more times than I messing with the wrong crowd
Feeling like a big cloud, thunder hella loud
But suddenly the gods have changed
And now I'm whispering your name
Maybe for you don't make sense, true that we me the change
Sometimes life gets so cold, your fire to your soul
And now I see that you and me, we could grow old
For once it's not a test, I'm living in the past
Just wanna be personally, only be your man
[Hook:]
Hemingway, I'm gonna write that word, I wanna say
I know I loved you from the first day
Don't hold us down and turn the page, it's ours to rule
But it's true that I, I'm gonna keep on loving you
You, oh baby, I'mma keep on loving you
Oh sugar, I'mma keep on loving you
Said oh darling, I'mma keep on loving you
I'mma keep on loving you, keep on loving you
Oh baby, I'mma keep on loving you
Oh sugar, I'mma keep on loving you
Said oh darling, I'mma keep on loving you
I'mma keep on loving you, keep on loving you
[Hook:]
I'm gon' keep on loving you, I'm gon' keep on loving you
I'm gon' keep on loving you, I'm gon' keep on loving you
Said everything's good, just keep on loving you
Said everything's good, just keep on loving you

 

[fox69]

"Hourglass"
(performed by V. Bozeman)
(from "Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 1" soundtrack)

"Hourglass"
(performed by V. Bozeman)
(from "Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 1" soundtrack)



You say you're right, I'll say you're wrong
You'll be polite, but continue on
And I'll say it might be true
If you want me to
You say it's night, and I'll say it's morning
You'll see the light, and pretend you don't
And I'll close a blind, if you, really want me to
If that's what you want to do
But life has its own arranges
As time passes on, it changes
The hourglass moves on a grain
And our path is torn in strands
You say we fight, I'll say we argue
Maybe you're right, that we really are through
And I'll say goodbye, if you really want me to
Cause that's what I'm gonna do
You say it's mine, I'll say it's yours
Maybe the time has come, to finish our scores
And I'll break my promise too, if you want me to
That's what I'm gonna do
But life has its own arranges
As life passes on, we're strangers
And our past is blown away
The hourglass is thrown and breaks
And I'll take a fall for you
If that's what you want me to

 

[fox69]

"How Ya Luv That"
(performed by Yazz & Chet Hanks)

"How Ya Luv That"
(performed by Yazz & Chet Hanks)



Ah! Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Alright

microphone check
World rock selector
Feeling like a gold
The world God etcetera
Surrounded by greatness
Gold placks, I'm next up
'Dis will be the record
That break all the records
Number one on Billboard
Paying all my bills off
Livin' in the moment
kind of life some others kill for
I'm done with the hate
I put my Instagram on ignore
(Yo kid, where you at, son?)
Yeah, I'm just tryin' to get it all (get it all)
Ah!

Shout out to the homies livin' sky high
I'm back with the [?] no saga
Every shortie want to be the wifey, huh
I just hit 'em the wifi
Up in the house
Pouring out the white wine
Feeling like a rock star
Call me Mr. Brightside, huh
I turn 'em lemons into lemonade (nade)
I turn 'em limes into limelight

Tell me how you love that (ugh)
Tell me how you love that (uhuh)
Oh yeah, we up above that
Tell me how you love that
Stay shinin' on the world
We come up in the world
And now we run that
Tell me how you love that (yeah)
Tell me how you love tha
T Oh yeah, we up above that
Tell me how you love that
Tell me how you love that
Stay shinin' on the world
Like a diamond, eh girl, how you love that

I ain't no internet hero
I live where I roam
I come in with bling
Back into the place
Flesh and bones
I'm feeling like Jay
Back in the Dynasty days
Stylin' on all the designer items like Yay
But I ain't flashin'
Homie, this is fashion
I hand out on the curd I like, yo some has been
I just get the word and it's time for some action
I get my wrists rockin' like A-SAP
Rocky, like Aspen

Get yo' numbers up
Get your money up
See everything around?
And watch me double up
Every day I'm on the ground for another buck
Every night, the ladies want to cuddle up
On the up n' up
Like a bubble butt
This ain't no one foot in the game
This is like double dutch
In it for the long haul, double clutch
Struttin' on the run-ups

Tell me how you love that (yeah)
Tell me how you love that (okay)
Oh yeah, we up above that
Tell me how you love that
Stay shinin' on the world
We come up in the world
And now we run that
Tell me how you love that (yeah)
Tell me how you love that
Oh yeah, we up above that
Tell me how you love that
Tell me how you love that
Stay shinin' on the world
Like a diamond, eh girl, how you love that
Tell me how you love that

 

[fox69]

"Hustle Hard"
(performed by Jim Beanz)

"Hustle Hard"
(performed by Jim Beanz)



I be on my job, let me in the door
Something like a thug, but an entrepreneur
Might not see tomorrow, so I gotta get it
I kill all my competition, call the paramedics
I need that paper, put it in my hand, don't be confused
And if you keep it real with me then I keep it real with you
I keep that rap going every minute sorry but I gotta get it
50 on that, give me all that, give me alright
Better not talk back

[Hook:]
Cause I work hard just so I can play hard
But if you work a lil' harder you can play even harder
So I be on my hustle hard hustle hard hustle hard
Oh my God [x2]

Slow money don't make no money, so keep that over there
Mamma ain't raise a dummy, cause I'm a thoroughbred
Benjamin benjamin, think I might need some ritalin
And I need the 3 star cause I be working with Timbaland
Bout that dollar bill, gotta count a mill
But if it don't make dollars chill, or close the deal
Keep that client over every minute sorry but I gotta get it
50 on that, give me all that, give me alright
Better not talk back

[Hook:]
Cause I work hard just so I can play hard
But if you work a lil' harder you can play even harder
So I be on my hustle hard hustle hard hustle hard
Oh my God [x2]

 

[fox69]

"I Am Who I Am"
(performed by Jussie Smollett)

"I Am Who I Am"
(performed by Jussie Smollett)



I'm so lost in this fog of this mirror
I'm in between two places and now I'm struggling
Said it's so, so hard for me to do in the middle of wrong
I know I must stay strong

This is crazy
How in the world did this happen?
Feel like I'm calling this habit
'Cause I'm stuck between wrong and doing right
Tryna co-work how I feel
Confusing myself, what was real?
I get twisted just to make through the night
Standing in the middle of all this corruption
I'm gon' be one to make the difference

I'm stronger than the Lyon in my blood
You know, I know

I'm never gonna be, never like you
Never gonna do things that you do
Never gonna be out of control
Losing my soul just to say I love you more
I'm never gonna be, never like you
Never gonna do things that you do
Never gonna be out of control
Losing my soul just to say I love you more
Oh, no, nothing like my father
Oh, no, nothing like my mother
Oh, no, nothing like my brothers
I'm not them, I am who I am
Oh, no, nothing like my father
Oh, no, nothing like my mother
Oh, no, nothing like my brothers
I'm not them, I am who I am

You call this family?
When we don't listen to each other
And we don't respect one another
This is chaos and I don't understand
How if you say you love me
You can put so much above me
Still you use
Just to build our family's name

I'm stronger than the Lyon in my blood
You know, I know

I'm never gonna be, never like you
Never gonna do things that you do
Never gonna be out of control
Losing my soul just to say I love you more
I'm never gonna be, never like you
Never gonna do things that you do
Never gonna be out of control
Losing my soul just to say I love you more
Oh, no, nothing like my father
Oh, no, nothing like my mother
Oh, no, nothing like my brothers
I'm not them, I am who I am
Oh, no, nothing like my father
Oh, no, nothing like my mother
Oh, no, nothing like my brothers
I'm not them, I am who I am
That's who I am

 

[fox69]

"I Got You"
(performed by Jussie Smollett, Yazz, Serayah)
(from "Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 3" soundtrack)

"I Got You"
(performed by Jussie Smollett, Yazz, Serayah)
(from "Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 3" soundtrack)



1, 2, 3, ow!

[Serayah:]
I want you, all mine
I'll give you all the times
I know that I took my time
But I made up my mind
Oh baby, you know you make me feel
Somethin' that I never had, you let me know it's real

Can't nobody make me feel the way that you do
When you're around me, I can't take my eyes off of you
I can see you're 'bout it, love the way that you move
Tellin' you, you got it, and you know it's the truth

[Serayah:]
Feel so alive when I got you right here by my side
This 'cause when I'm with you, you know everything is alright
[Serayah & Jussie:]
Yeah, don't worry I got you
Yeah, don't worry I got you
Yeah, don't worry I got you
Yeah, don't worry I got you

[Jussie:]
Don't worry, you got it
I got it too sometimes
Imagine what we
Oh we could be together
Always wanna give you my lovin'
Always wanna make it to someone
Now I've got you in my life
No I won't trade you for no one

[Jussie (Serayah):]
Don't worry (don't worry)
Cause I got you
Anything you need, yeah
(You can call on me, yeah)
Don't worry (don't worry)
Cause I got you
Anything you need
(You can call on me, yeah)

[Yazz:]
Yo! Ha ha, yeah, hold up, yeah
I hold you down like it's nothing cause I need your lovin'
I'd rather have you by my side than them chicks clubbin'
You see them bank rolls, I'll spend 'em on you
And I'll always keep it real, no pretendin' on you
I'm just tryna put you under my arm and make you wifey
Take you around the world, anywhere you wanna sight see
Promise you'll never had nobody treat you like me
I'm just tryna change your last name on your ID
I pay the cards for you baby, ain't a thing too pricey
I got the watch for you baby, if you think twice
Switching lanes baby, pick out anything you rock
Girl, I got you, tell me what you want, you know I'll provide it

[Serayah:]
Feel so alive when I got you right here by my side
This 'cause when I'm with you, you know everything is alright
[Serayah & Jussie:]
Yeah, don't worry I got you
Yeah, don't worry I got you
Yeah, don't worry I got you
Yeah, don't worry I got you