Envy Me

Album: Wildboy (2018)
Charted: 31
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Songfacts®:

  • CalBoy is a rapper from Calumet City, Chicago. This short (it's under two minutes) track is his breakout single.
  • The song is an account of Calboy's tough upbringing in Chicago. It features production by JTK PRO BEATS, who has also worked with Lil Skies.

    "[JTK PRO BEATS] sent it to me and I was stuck," CalBoy told Genius about recording the track. "It was a cold beat, I just didn't know what to say on the beat because it was so cold. I just went in there and just freestyled, just whatever I thought about. It just came out."
  • Calboy told Billboard that he garnered inspiration for the lyrics from the 2017 satirical horror film Get Out. "['Envy Me'] is like being in the sunken place," he said. "My brother made me think of it that way. He told me, 'I see that you're in a dark place all the time. You can't sink.'"

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