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"Fork You" - An Open Source Parody

Fork You (parody of Cee Lo Green’ “Forget You”)

Suggested edits are welcome! You're welcome to fork this too.

Fair use disclaimer at the end of this file.

Chorus

I see you browsin' round Github at the repo I love
And I'm like, "Fork you" (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I guess the change in this version wasn't enough
I'm like, "Fork you, guess I’ll fork it too!"

And I’m only hopin’; keep that source code open
Hah, now ain't that some sh? (Ain't that some sh?)
I’ll read your pull request
And run your unit tests
On that "Fork you" (Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)

Verse 1

Yeah I’m sorry, I can’t afford your Adobe
But that don’t mean Gnu can’t get me there
I guess he’s an Xbox, but I play on Linux
All my media is DRM-free

Pre-Chorus

I pity the fool, that swears by Cupertino
Oh, sh, it’s a closed system
(Well?) Redmond don’t know better
Ooh-ooh-ooh, if you don’t like Ubuntu
There’s a linux distro out there for you

Chorus

I see you browsin' round Github at the repo I love
And I'm like, "Fork you" (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I guess the change in this version wasn't enough
I'm like, "Fork you, guess I’ll fork it too!"

And I’m only hopin’; keep that source code open
Hah, now ain't that some sh? (Ain't that some sh?)
I’ll read your pull request
And run your unit tests
On that "Fork you" (Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)

Verse 2

Now I know now, I'm hoppin' distros-
Backup my data then wipe it clean
Well it's free as free beer, and free as freedom
Cause paying your subscription ain’t cheap

Chorus

I see you browsin' round Github at the repo I love
And I'm like, "Fork you" (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I guess the change in this version wasn't enough
I'm like, "Fork you, guess I’ll fork it too!"

And I’m only hopin’; keep that source code open
Hah, now ain't that some sh? (Ain't that some sh?)
I’ll read your pull request
And run your unit tests
On that "Fork you" (Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)

Bridge

Now, gaming, gaming, gaming, why you wanna, wanna hurt me so bad? (So bad, so bad, so bad)
Now maybe I’d be playing if your anti-cheat won’t get Linux banned
(get banned, get banned, your banned)
Yes, they did, and I'm like
Uh, WINE?
Uh, WINE?
Uh, WINE, Lutris?
Oh, I love GNU
Oh, I still love GNU, oh-oh

Chorus

I see you browsin' round Github at the repo I love
And I'm like, "Fork you" (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I guess the change in this version wasn't enough
I'm like, "Fork you, guess I’ll fork it too!"

And I’m only hopin’; keep that source code open
Hah, now ain't that some sh? (Ain't that some sh?)
I’ll read your pull request
And run your unit tests
On that "Fork you" (Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)

Fair use disclaimer

This is intended to be a transformative, fair use parody of "Forget You", a song owned by Cee Lo Green. Its purpose is to be social commentary used for educational and entertainment purposes only, is not monitized, and is not intended to infringe on any copyrights. Credit goes to Cee Lo Green for the song "Forget You"

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