I wanted to include this Mobb Deep video because throughout this course I have been thinking about different things that come out of trauma.  I think that a lot of rap music has come out of traumatic circumstances.  I've always thought that the lyrics of this song are brilliant...  "Getting closer to God in a tight situation" is my favorite line.  It also makes me sad though that the guy is 19 and has to live this life.  In some situations, it's basically about survival, kill or be killed.  It's like a war going on that no one really thinks is a war.  I'm not trying to claim that I know-all about ghetto or project living, but I have never understood why it continues to go on like this.  It's most dangerous when kids are 15-19ish because they're old enough to know the reality of the situation but young enough to not think there is any future and to fall into traps of power struggle, respect, and credibility.  Anyway, I've always liked rap music, and thinking about both survival and trauma made me think about it.  Survival as the repetition of traumatic events (Caruth)...  How do you deal with it?