“Anxiety” is a promotional single from American rapper Doechii‘s third mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal (Extended).

The song prominently samples the 2011 song “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Goyte featuring Kimbra; which in turn samples Luiz Bonfá’s instrumental “Seville” from his album, Luiz Bonfá Plays Great Songs (1967) and “Milla piccolo cagnetto” from Luciano Silighini Garagnani, with percussion blending Latin and African rhythms over a xylophone melody based on “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”.

The track was produced by Doechii, and the song was written by Jaylah Hickmon (Doechii), Wally De Backer and Luiz Bonfá.

A promotional music video directed by James Mackel was released April 18th 2025, via Doechii’s official YouTube channel.

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Lyrics for Anxiety
Song by Doechii

Refrain
Anxiety, keep on trying me
I feel it quietly, tryna silence me, yeah
My anxiety, can’t shake it off of me
Somebody’s watchin’ me and my anxiety, yeah

Post-Refrain
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Verse 1
Solo, no mojo
I bounce back, no pogo
Unhappy, no homo
New brands, no logos
Money on my jugular, natural hustler
Think I need a smuggler up in Russia
You could be my butler, shine my cutla’
Shout out to Oyenda, that’s the guzzler
Okay, next thing, my life is a wet dream
I call it a sex scene, the back is a nice tease
I tried to escape, my life is a X-rate
I’m sorry, a sex tape, you only get one take

Interlude
Quiet on the set, please
Rolling “Anxiety”
In three, two, one

Refrain
Anxiety, keep on tryin’ me
I feel it quietly, tryna silence me, yeah
Anxiety, shake it off of me
Somebody’s watchin’ me, it’s my anxiety, yeah (Brrah)

Chorus
Anxiety, anxiet— oh, I feel it tryin’ (Oh)
Keep it tryin’, keep it tryin’, oh, I feel the silence (Oh)
Keep it quiet, keep it tired, oh, somebody’s touchin’ me (Ooh, la-da, woah)
Anxiety, anxiet— oh, I feel anxiet— (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
My anxiety, anxiet— oh, I feel it tryin’ (It’s my anxiety, can’t let it conquer me)
Keep it tryin’, keep it tryin’, oh, I feel the silence (It’s my anxiety, gotta shake it off of me)
Keep it quiet, keep it quiet, oh, somebody’s watchin’ me (It’s my anxiety, can’t let it caution me)
Anxiety, anxiet— oh, I feel anxiety (It’s my anxiety, gotta keep it off of me)
Anxiety, anxiet— oh, I feel it tryin’
Keep it tryin’, keep it tryin’, oh, I feel the silence
Keep it quiet, keep it quiet, oh, somebody’s watchin’ me
Anxiety, anxiet— oh, I feel anxiety

Verse 2
Court order from Florider
What’s in that clear blue water?
No limits, no borders
What’s in that new world order?
Marco (Marco) Polo (Polo)
Negro run from po-po (Po-po)
That blue light and that rojo (Rojo)

Interlude
And it’s like
I get this tightness in my chest
Like an elephant is standing on me
And I just let it take over

Bridge
Anxiety
Keeps on tryin’ me
Anxiety
Keeps on tryin’ me, yeah

Chorus
Anxiety, anxiet— oh, I feel it tryin’ (Ooh)
Keep it tryin’, keep it tryin’, oh, I feel the silence
Keep it quiet, keep it quiet, oh, somebody’s watchin’ me (Oh, it keeps on tryin’ me)
Anxiety, anxiet— oh, I feel anxiet— (It keeps on tryin’, t-tryin’, tryin’, oh)
My anxiety, it’s my anxiety, can’t shake it off of me (It’s my anxiety)
It’s my anxiety, gotta keep it off of me (Can’t shake it off of me)
It’s my anxiety, can’t shake it off of me (Oh, somebody’s watchin’ me)
It’s my anxiety, gotta keep it off of me (Brrah)

Outro
Can’t shake it off of me, shake, shake it off of me (Yeah)
It’s my anxiety, gotta keep it off of me (Yeah)
Can’t shake it off of me, shake, shake it off of me
It’s my anxiety, gotta shake it off of me
Me
Me

(Lyrics from Genius.com)

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“Anxiety” is considered a commercial success, peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100; number one in Australia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, New Zealand, North Macedonia, San Marino, Switzerland, and number one on the US Rhythmic Billboard.

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