by Eric "Maverick" Garner

Copyright © ℗ 2007, Garner.

I may look like an average guy
Truth is, I am more than that
I can cd to your directory
and quickly read your files with cat
I can ping your ip address
Login and set your local time
I can grep a ps to find your process
and stop it with a kill -9

Sysadmin Rockstar, I’ve got command-line skillz
Sysadmin Rockstar, just watching me will give you chills
Yes it will

I download all the patches and fixes
and countless system updates
I push’em out to all the servers
So nobody escalates
Never have time to look it up
I just figure it out as I go
I’m in the cube next to yours
But I’m the real one running the show

Sysadmin Rockstar, I’m your IT go-to Guy
Sysadmin Rockstar, I can hack it on the fly
Yes I can

I upgrade all the raids
I resolve every hairy network issue
I maintain all the apps and servers
OSes and the DBs too, yes I do
Some people say I belong with the geeks
Others say I belong with the nerds
But the truth is, I’m one of a kind
and my actions speak louder than my words

Sysadmin Rockstar, I’m your IT go-to guy
Sysadmin Rockstar, I’ll make it work, do or die
Sysadmin Rockstar, I take the sh out of IT
Sysadmin Rockstar, I keep it all up and running and worry-free

Move over
Move over
Move over
And let me drive (for a while)