i stand up for my pride don t want to be just like anyone in this world i cannot hide i must finish what i have begun that s the way i play in the modern day because i want to stay in the modern day got a picture in my mind of the way that i wanna be so i search until i find the power inside of me it s another phase of the modern day got to face up to this life can t let it get the best of me so i make a sacrifice if that s the way it has to be i m doing what i feel is right i m ready if i need to fight in the modern way in the modern day got to face up to this life can t let it get the best of me so i make a sacrifice if that s the way it has to be  like a motor in overdrive i feel good and i feel alive i got no need to beg or borrow got a shortcut to tomorrow and i m on my way to the modern day got a lot to say in the modern day because i need to stay in the modern day in the modern day