Anxiety

Album

Alligator Bites Never Heal

Label

Top Dawg Entertainment

Genre

Hip hop

Duration

9:00

Composer(s)

Tegan Chambers;Jaylah Hickmon;Johnathan Scott;Luiz Bonfá;Wally De Becker;Karel Jorge

Entered Chart

Mar 15, 2025

Peak Date

May 10, 2025

Released

November 10, 2019 (original) March 4, 2025 (re-release)

Recorded

Home-recorded

B-Side

Denial Is a River

Original Artist

Sleepy Hallow

"Anxiety" is a song by American rapper Doechii, which was originally self-released to YouTube on November 10, 2019. The song was re-recorded in 2025 following it gaining traction on social media platforms, being released to streaming platforms on March 4, 2025, through Top Dawg Entertainment and Capitol Records. The song prominently samples the 2011 song "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra,[1][2] which itself samples "Seville" by Luiz Bonfá. "Anxiety" is Doechii's best performing single so far, reaching number one in Australia, Greece, Latvia, New Zealand and Switzerland, while entering the top ten of the charts in various countries, including Austria, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, becoming her first ever top ten in all these countries. Following its release, it was added as a bonus track on Doechii's 2024 mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal.

Anxiety, keep on trying me
Feel it quietly, tryna silence me, yeah
Anxiety, shake it off of me
Somebody's watching me (Great John on the beat by the way)
It's my anxiety
Look, shit got me trippin'
Fightin' with my demons and my demons is winnin'
I feel like don't nobody ever feel how I feel
And I ain't never sober, baby girl, I get high still
She said, "Boy, don't sip lean and pop pills"
It's 50 degrees and I can tell that you hot still
But I don't know what you on, feels so right to do wrong
Can't buy love, it don't come with a coupon
And they'll never catch it, like a nigga with no arms, uh
Baby, I'm trippin', my feelings been fryin' me, uh
I blame it all on anxiety
I had two chops with the sticks like I'm Chinese
Gotta keep it, I know how this life be
They showing real love, that's unlikely (yeah, anxiety)
Fuck you, I ain't ask you to like me
Watch for that snake, he might bite me, uh
Watch out for anybody moving spicy
Do what you do, but just do it precisely, uh
They gotta talk to you nicely
Check on your head but it's nothin' like Nike
I just hope you ain't takin' it lightly (takin' it lightly)
Anxiety, keep on trying me
Feel it quietly, tryna silence me, yeah
Anxiety, shake it off of me
Somebody's watching me
It's my anxiety (prrr)
Feel like I'm stuck in a maze
I just try not to feel too amazed
Stand where I live 'til I lay in a grave
Sleepin' on me, been up for some days
Like how you gon' shit where you lay? Uh
You keep the fame, I just wanna get paid
Jacques Cousteau with the wave, uh
Free all my niggas, the Harriet way
Like sometimes I feel like a slave to my feelings
I can't really even tell you how I'm feelin'
Bugged out, they gon' say I'm trippin' when I'm chillin'
Wonder who gon' hold it down until it's finished
This for the record, no Guinness, uh
You must be drunk if you think I won't drill 'em
Praying but they know you sinnin', uh (yeah, anxiety)
You gotta lose a lot before the winnin'
And most of the time I be stuck in my mind
Made mistakes, ain't no way to rewind
But fuck it, we get over shit over time
It's all love 'til you get outta line like
You knew one day you would shine, uh
You knew one day you would read through the lines
If they fuckin' with' you, it's fine, uh
You just make sure you get back like a spine, uh
Anxiety, keep on trying me
Feel it quietly, tryna silence me, yeah
Anxiety, shake it off of me
Somebody's watching me
It's my anxiety (prrr)
Somebody's watching me
It's my anxiety (prrr)