Epilogue - YTCracker

So here I am, another freedom fighter behind the bars

I guess I had it coming so you all can hold your applause

Stood for a cause and I executed everything perfect

Yes, it was worth it 'cause my program went and fulfilled its purpose

I went and put it in the public domain

and now the next generation of hackers can all know my name

and they can build on what I created and make it their own

and maybe modify the code so that it works with a drone

I’m here alone in my cell trying to pass the time faster

trying to figure a way out of this here blasted disaster

My lawyer is incompetent;

my judge is a moron

Ex-girlfriend's on the outside, probably getting her score on

See a snitch is always someone who is close to your brain

so sometimes it can be better to just stay in your lane

but you know how good she was at playing all of those games

so again, I had it coming — I belong in these chains

Recent events probably could’ve been prevented

if enough people stood up to the Syndicate — forget it

but monopolies became common place, every city, every state

because they wanted lower rates

And the politicians lined their pockets passing the laws

that made it possible for Syndicates to sink in their claws

and they won’t bite the hand that feeds them 'cause the dollar’s important

They need it for those little signs on lawns with cute little portraits

Hail corporate, I won’t see those guys in this jail

because every single one of them has golfed with the mayor

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know and who you pay off

and when your bottom line is hurting, it’s just who you lay off

San Secuestro ain’t no different, it’s just one of the millions

where the rules play a bit different for us lowly civilians

but resigning to conclusions like that hurt the morale

Let me spit a little bit of rationale

Wasted intelligence

Probably the worst thing ever done with human development

Either not using it or using it for dubious tasks

or you go and dumb it downn, you go and put on a mask

A disservice to your ancestors who held down the past

so that you could be on Earth here and now having a blast

so cop a trade, get a hobby, try and master a craft

because the world always need experts in the scientist caste

Even though my craft might have got me detained

I can make an impact going 'gainst the grain

and that might be the way you make your mark on the planet

because you just might do things different and they won’t understand it

But authority is malleable, so is convention

If you don’t question what is going on this dimension

You might find yourself in my shoes for a lesser offense

because they made it all illegal on a stupid pretense

So question everything — don’t accept things out of tradition

The only limitation that you have is your own ambition

and if you want to change your world, you have to actually act

There’s no «Like"button to click to make a real life impact

Knowledge and wisdom are the greatest weapons people can wield

The computer and the Internet’s your sword and your shield

so protect 'em with ferocity and don’t allow my prophecy

to ever reach completion 'cause it would be an atrocity

That’s all the story that I got for you now

I really thank you all for listening and you’ve been a great crowd

I should probably start my case’s appeal

or at the very least decide what I want for my last meal

I will probably be here lounging about

so if you wanna hear my story again just give a shout

Flip the cassette over start spinning the wheels

to replay ducing Neals