It's hard to grasp sometimes

That someone can tell you your life is about to be altered, and then everything changes

It's crazy, right

This one goes out to everyone who's taken something unexpected, and turned it around

Life's work

The greatest minds of our time, begin a new flight

Consider them as geniuses in their own right, that's right

Intelligent, innovative, running up the score

The best co-workers that anyone could ask for

Walking with escorts, leaving the office

Arms holding cardboard, lives in those boxes

Rewind a few hours they were pushing code to test

A few minutes back they were cleaning out their desks

Tony was furious, and ripping out the fixtures

They pushed him out the door didn't let him get his pictures

Nick was in shock, the news just hit him

Eyes in a daze as he turned off his system

Justin was calm 'cause he knew they'd find work

And this was the bottom so it wouldn't get worse

Lets out a sigh, thoughts on his mind

As he logged himself out for the very last time

Here we go, no telling what's next

Life's up and down, never know what you'll get

Be prepared when you're put to the test

Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest

Here we go, no telling what's next

Life's up and down, never know what you'll get

Never know what you'll get

Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest

Fast forward three months, life's no joy

Both Tony and Justin are still unemployed

Craigslist, LinkedIn, nothing there to offer

Tired of the same old postings on Monster

They'd had a few interviews, nothing that would fly

Employers see their resumes and say they're overqualified

Nick's got a job, but he's way underpaid

As a help desk tech for a help desk wage

At home every day, Tony's writing code

Cause exploits pay, but their debt still grows

Check this post, a high price quote

With a backdoor wanted for an app that they wrote

Justin's unsure, Nick moves ahead

Cause his boss just wrote him up for browsing the web

Surprised to connect to the CVS box

It had been three months and they hadn't been blocked

Still had to login, which ended up a task

Trying all the usernames and passwords they had

Maybe they forgot to go and change one or something

All accounts locked out, except one of Justin's

Here we go, no telling what's next

Life's up and down, never know what you'll get

Be prepared when you're put to the test

Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest

Here we go, no telling what's next

Life's up and down, never know what you'll get

Never know what you'll get

Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest

Justin came around, he knew they could hack it

Fired up a sniffer and they're capturing the packets

Man in the middle, watching conversations

Came across the CEO's banking information

Cron job set for the end of next week

That would send all the money to a bank overseas

The funds would be secure in an account offshore

And there's no extradition laws out of Singapore

Turning it around they were going there to stay

With their severance pay bought tickets one way

Packed their whole lives into one bag each

Cause if you go to jail that's all that you need

The whole flight dragged as they all felt nauseous

Nervous, fatigued, can't sleep but exhausted

Barely cleared customs, they all said thanks

Hopped on the train went straight to the bank

Just as expected they had the right amount

Balances withdrawn as they closed the account

Tried playing hardball my friends played tougher

I'm flying out to see them for a visit this summer

Here we go, no telling what's next

Life's up and down, never know what you'll get

Be prepared when you're put to the test

Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest

Here we go, no telling what's next

Life's up and down, never know what you'll get

Never know what you'll get

Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest