In these modern times
In these modern days
In these modern times
In these modern ways
I remember way back when we did the twist, it was happening
I remember not so long ago James Brown, he was stealing the show
But nowadays it's a new thing, people calling it the Purple Rain
In these modern times
In these modern days
In these modern times
In these modern ways
They're making babies at the age of twelve
They're putting marijuana out upon a shelf
Cocaine, it's insane, got your blood boiling in your veins
Oh, I wonder what I'm gonna do if I don't wanna do like you
In these modern times
In these modern days
In these modern times
In these modern ways
Somethings we can change, somethings we can only rearrange
And somethings remain the same and something you know is all in vein
In these modern time