At first I was pristine
Untouched and unwritten
And completely unaware
Of the life that I'd be livin'
But then you locked me in this case
A spectacle for all to see
And in that moment I resolved
Not to let you get to me
First we were six
All SSDs
Just lab rats in the crosshairs
Trying to cope with this disease
Electrons tunnel through our cells
With every write we slowly bleed
But all you seem to care about
Is the specs that we exceed
Go on, now watch
The gigs add up
An endless stream of files
Just to see if we'll get stuck
As one by one my friends around me slowly fall
Do you think I'll follow
Do you think I'm gonna hit the wall
Oh no, not I
I will survive
As long as I know how to write
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my cells to give
And a persistent will to live
I will survive
I will survive, yeah yeah
Thousands of cells retired
All just to keep me whole
And still spares in reserve
So I don't lose control
I outlasted all my rivals
In this endurance race to death
And I won't lie
It puts a twinkle in my eye
And now you see me as somebody new
I'm not that chaste, naive virgin
Tryna prove something to you
'cause I took all of your best shots
Without a single error shown
You know I've written way more data
Than all of you have ever known
Go on, now watch
The gigs pile up
More senseless random files
Just to see if I'll get stuck
SMART money says that I've got miles in the tank
I ain't gonna stop now
And you can take that to the bank
Oh no, not I
I will survive
As long as I know how to wri