[Intro]
We in the middle of the map
But the map keep growing
Hands in the clay
Future still forming
[Verse 1]
I’m the center of the making
Ink on my fingers, earth still shaking
Blueprint brain, I redraw nations
Turn one bright thought to a whole foundation
Start with a seed, then a second, then a thousand
Empty parking lot, now a wild new housing
Table in the kitchen, feed ten, feed town
Turn “just enough” to “pass it around”
[Chorus]
This is the center of the making (ohh)
Heart like a furnace, always blazing
What I build is for the many, not the one
Let the present be invention
Till the work is done
We are the center of the making (yeah)
Hands all together, generations
Every spark becomes a shelter from the storm
More for all from everything
We’re already born
[Verse 2]
I don’t pray to a throne in the clouds
I pray with a plan in a crowd
I see gaps on the shelf, I fill those
Empty lunchbox, we refill those
Turn my “I” to a “we” in a sentence
Shift my gain to the world as a pension
If I rise, then you rise, that’s the law
What’s a win if it ain’t shared at all?
[Chorus]
This is the center of the making (ohh)
Heart like a furnace, always blazing
What I build is for the many, not the one
Let the present be invention
Till the work is done
We are the center of the making (yeah)
Hands all together, generations
Every spark becomes a shelter from the storm
More for all from everything
We’re already born
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to drums and vocal]
From the first rough wheel
To the code in our palms
Every step that we take
Either breaks or it bonds
So I choose one choice
Over comfort, over walls
Put my life in my voice
Make a little more for all (hey!)
[Chorus]
This is the center of the making (ohh)
Heart like a furnace, always blazing
What I build is for the many, not the one
Let the present be invention
Till the work is done
We are the center of the making (yeah)
Hands all together, generations
Every spark becomes a shelter from the storm
More for all from everything
We’re already born