[Intro](crunchy bass strut + a clap — no vocals)(...somebody had to say it...)[Verse 1] [half-rapped, bratty, dry]
You got a version for the group chat and a version for your head
I retired the polite one — I just say the other one instead
Everybody's doing math behind a smile they rehearsed
I do the same math, sweetheart — I just show my work first
[Pre-Chorus] [building, snotty]
Ooh, you're gonna hate this
('cause it's true)[Chorus] [huge, chanted, gang vocals]
I say the quiet part out loud (OUT LOUD!)
The quiet part out loud (OUT LOUD!)
You were all thinking it — I know you were thinking it
Somebody had to say it now
The quiet part out loud (OUT LOUD!)
No takebacks, no whisper, no doubt
I say the quiet part out loud
[Verse 2] [bratty, savage, dry]
I know why you really came tonight, I know what the outfit's for
I've run the numbers on every single person on this floor
You want it sugarcoated? Baby — wrong song, wrong floor
The truth's got a beat tonight. That's what the bass is for.
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, you're gonna hate this
('cause it's you)[Chorus] [huge, gang vocals]
I say the quiet part out loud (OUT LOUD!)
The quiet part out loud (OUT LOUD!)
You were all thinking it — I know you were thinking it
Somebody had to say it now
The quiet part out loud (OUT LOUD!)
No takebacks, no whisper, no doubt
I say the quiet part out loud
[Bridge] [beat switch — stripped to clap and bass; rapid-fire deadpan list](the meeting was an email)(you don't miss them — you're bored)(nobody read the article)(the "quick question" never is)(you posted it to be seen)(we all caught the typo — we let it live)
Say it — say it — say it —
[Final Chorus] [biggest, whole room]
The quiet part out loud (OUT LOUD!)
The quiet part out loud (OUT LOUD!)
Everybody knew, nobody would
So I did — and it feels so good
I say the quiet part out loud
[Outro](the bass struts out; one last clap)(out loud... somebody had to...)
