Trauma-Informed Rap Video Features Words of Gabor maté, MD
Watch the video “Healing” by Verb T & Illinformed below and listen for Gabor Mate’s words on trauma and recovery at the 2:29 minute mark.
Gabor Maté, MD, Tweeted, “A nice surprise to have one of my talks sampled at the end of this powerful song, “Healing”, by UK rapper”
The band replied on their social media platform, “Gabor Maté was one of the influences for the song Healing so meant a lot to see him post it. Anyone not already familiar with his work on trauma and healing I would highly recommend it.”
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Healing Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Yo, some people underplay the hunger pain
Some will run away, some remain unphased
We’re on the runway with one-way tickets
I know a lot of people that see the same image
Had some doubts in my mind that I had to kill
Fears might not always get you, but your habits will
Putting up barriers I had to build
And lining up doubts that I had to kill
Had to clear the mind of all distraction
The feeling hit me in the heart, it’s like a call-to-action
As the floor moves away I start falling backwards
And letting go of all the madness
At least for the moment, calm your emotion
Can’t force devotion, I plan for thе moments
When I need to use instinct to think quick
What happеns in the moment might leave a deep imprint
[Chorus]
I’m trying to find a place to be in
I’m trying to find a way to see it
Some never dealt with it, can’t face the feeling
I’m trying to analyze each pain to heal it
And pray that we receive the message when we need it
I’m trying to see the best of memories repeating
The sensation they will be forever feeling
When it’s healing to you and has meaning to you
[Verse 2]
Accelerate, looking for a break trying to catch that
Was the stepping stone, but now the sandman
Audio dreaming, caught up in a sleeper hole
Made my own style, cause I would rather be the mold
Not be controlled by external forces
Listen to internal voices, trying to see the goals
All the fam are in my heart, we just know
Even if I’m sitting in solitary never feel alone
Trying to navigate you can’t see the road
Got misdirected and led down a deeper hole
Minor setbacks are par for the course
Sharpening thoughts till my instincts are hard to ignore
After it’s all over, paid the cost to afford closure
Looking back on prophecies that foretold us
I mean, science that we should’ve seen a while ago
Guess I must’ve fell asleep by the road
[Chorus]
I’m trying to find a place to be in
I’m trying to find a way to see it
Some never dealt with it, can’t face the feeling
I’m trying to analyse each pain to heal it
And pray that we receive the message when we need it
I’m trying to see the best of memories repeating
The sensation they will be forever feeling
When it’s healing to you and has meaning to you