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EVERYBODY'S AN EXPERT lyrics
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Intro
Welcome to the panel, credentials not required Opinion got a charger, now the room is wired
Chorus
Everybody's an expert, thumb on the gavel Two tabs open, now they wrote the manual Mic in the pocket, verdict on schedule Nobody asks, "What do I not know?" Everybody's an expert, context gets edited Confidence rented, certainty credited I clown the feed, then catch my reflection Everybody's an expert, meet in the section
Verse 1
Half of a headline, teach a full semester Doctor by breakfast, legal mind by supper Chef by six, economist by seven One shaky clip, now the case is settled Zoom on a screenshot, circle what they needed Crop out the corner where the claim got weakened Caps-lock diploma, comment-chain tenure Source: cousin's barber heard it from a vendor Question gets buried when certainty arrives Fastest wrong answer gets the most replies Nuance at the door, too slow for admission Ten-second doctorate, swipe for tuition
Chorus
Everybody's an expert, thumb on the gavel Two tabs open, now they wrote the manual Mic in the pocket, verdict on schedule Nobody asks, "What do I not know?" Everybody's an expert, context gets edited Confidence rented, certainty credited Laugh at the feed, then check my reflection Everybody's an expert, meet in the section
Verse 2
Confidence converts, so the volume gets raised Careful takes starve while the hot take gets paid Calmest correction gets cut from the reel Drama got sponsors, doubt lost the deal Sell certainty cheap, ship fear by the case Put a red little arrow by a stranger's face Panel of five, not a question in sight They interrupt faster, so they must all be right Yesterday sports, now medicine and law Tomorrow space travel from a clip that they saw Knowledge takes time, but the feed wants a winner So the loudest empty plate gets presented as dinner
Verse 3
Then I caught my own thumb loading up a reply Had a neat little theory and a reason to fight Three clean points, one missing condition Spoke like a witness, read like an intern I was roasting the room from a chair in the room Put a crown on a guess, watched the guess get views Had jokes for the crowd, had none for the mirror Funny how a flaw gets polite when it's nearer Now I let the evidence enter the center Mute my inner panel, make the question get better Best line in the thread when the facts move slow: "Run that back, I might not know what I know"
Chorus
Everybody's an expert, thumb on the gavel Two tabs open, now they wrote the manual Mic in the pocket, verdict on schedule Somebody ask, "What do I not know?" Everybody's an expert, context gets edited Confidence rented, certainty credited I clown the feed, then catch my reflection Everybody's an expert, meet in the section
Outro
Before I grade the room, I better check my work
Inside the recording
Welcome to the panel, credentials not required Opinion got a charger, now the room is wired
Everybody's an expert, thumb on the gavel Two tabs open, now they wrote the manual
Before I grade the room, I better check my work
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