[Verse 1]
Whole decade on my back
Still I’m posted center court
Thug face in the mirror
But my heart still keeps report
Helena on my voicemail
Talkin’ like it’s ninety-two
Old love in the archive
Dusty box of what I knew
Gym floor sweat on my sneakers
Clock in, then I break rules
Grunt through every season
Iron plates for the late bloom
Come June, sun get ruthless
Texas heat on my tattoo
Every scar another timestamp
Every loss another classroom
[Chorus]
Center of the decade
I been runnin’ on the same road
Thug face for the world
Got a soft side they don’t know
Archive all the damage
Lock it deep where it won’t show
Center of the decade
I’m still here, I won’t fold
[Verse 2]
Sentiment in my sentence
Say it plain, it still sting
Mama hid the eviction note
Inside a church hymnal ring
Helena textin’ “you changed”
I been changin’ just to live
Texas sky big and empty
Still I’m fightin’ not to drift
Gym key on my lanyard
Only chain I ever claim
Grunt loud in the silence
Turn the trauma into gains
If they judge by the cover
Let ’em read a different page
I’m the center of this decade
Not the sum of all my rage
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Face hard, hands soft
Yeah, I carry both worlds
Ink bleeds, time stops
Still I guard what I’ve earned
If tomorrow’s just a rumor
Let tonight be the proof
Center of the decade
And the center is the truth
[Chorus]