Anxiety

• By: Doechii

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
anxiety /æŋˈzaɪəti/ B2	noun - a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation.
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B2	noun - the state of not making or uttering a sound. verb - to prohibit or prevent from speaking.
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - to move or vibrate irregularly.
watching /ˈwɒtʃɪŋ/ A1	verb - to look at something for an extended period of time.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	verb - to break free from confinement or control.
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to seize or capture (someone or something).
quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ A2	adjective - making little or no noise.
water /ˈwɔːtər/ A1	noun - a colorless, transparent, odorless, and tasteless liquid that is essential for all known forms of life.
limits /ˈlɪmɪts/ B1	noun - a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.
tightness /ˈtaɪtnəs/ B2	noun - the state or condition of being tight.
chest /tʃest/ A2	noun - the front of the body between the neck and the abdomen.
elephant /ˈelɪfənt/ A1	noun - a very large plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia.

Grammar:

• Anxiety, keep on tryin' me

  ➔ Gerund (tryin')

  ➔ Using the gerund "tryin'" after "keep on" indicates a continuous action. 'Keep on + -ing' means to continue doing something.

• I feel it quietly

  ➔ Adverb of Manner (quietly)

  ➔ The adverb "quietly" describes how the speaker feels the anxiety. It modifies the verb "feel".

• Trying to silence me, yeah

  ➔ Present Participle as Adjective (Trying)

  ➔ "Trying" here acts as an adjective describing the action of silencing. Shortened from "(Someone is) trying to silence me"

• Money on my jugular, natural hustler

  ➔ Noun Phrase (natural hustler)

  ➔ "Natural hustler" is a noun phrase that describes the speaker, implying they are naturally good at making money or achieving their goals through resourceful or unconventional means.

• Think I need a smuggler up in Russia

  ➔ Conditional (Implied)

  ➔ While not explicitly a conditional sentence, the line implies a condition: 'If I want/need something from Russia, then I think I need a smuggler.' It suggests a hypothetical situation and a necessary action.

• You could be my butler, shine my cutla’

  ➔ Modal Verb (could)

  ➔ "Could" expresses possibility or a conditional situation. It suggests that someone has the potential to be the speaker's butler.

• Quiet on the set, please

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The sentence uses the imperative mood to give a direct order or instruction. The subject 'you' is implied.

• What’s in that clear blue water?

  ➔ Question Formation (Inversion)

  ➔ The question is formed by inverting the subject ("that clear blue water") and the verb ("is"). The contraction "What's" stands for "What is".