There's a War Goin' on Outside, That's Just the Way It Is

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Mobb Deep, Heltah Skeltah, and 2Pac

Among classic tracks from the golden age of hip hop, songs with which arguably even those individuals who don’t like rap music remain familiar, are “Survival of the Fittest” by duo Mobb Deep (lyricists Havoc and the late Prodigy) and “Changes” by the late lyricist 2Pac.

Featured on Mobb Deep’s second studio album The Infamous (1995), “Survival of the Fittest” was produced by Havoc and contains a sample from the 1976 song “Skylark” by The Barry Harris Trio and Al Cohn. Debatably one of the most popular beats of the ‘90s, lyrics include:

There’s a war goin’ on outside, no man is safe from

You could run, but you can’t hide forever

From these streets that we done took

You walkin’ with your head down, scared to look

You shook, ‘cause ain’t no such things as halfway crooks

They never around when the beef cooks in my part of town

It’s similar to Vietnam

Now, we all grown up and old, and beyond the cops’ control

They better have the riot gear ready

Tryin’ to bag me and get rocked steady!

The track was released when I was in high school, as I recall hearing people discussing the lyrics as an advisement to police and rivals of the duo. The phrase “there’s a war goin’ on outside” from which “no man” was safe thus became a popular warning in urban settings.

The following year, hip hop duo Heltah Skeltah (rappers Jahmal “Rock” Bush and the late Sean “Ruck” Price) dropped the album Nocturnal (1996). It contained the song “Undastand” on which Rock states, “(Understand) the war’s with everything outside your door!”

As expressed by Mobb Deep, warlike conditions can exist in settings outside of formally declared warzones or areas of conflict. Given Heltah Skeltah’s perspective, “everything” outside of one’s home may fall into the category of hostile interaction (i.e., war).

A couple years following that song, the late lyricist 2Pac’s album Greatest Hits (1998) was posthumously released. It contained “Changes” which featured uncredited vocals by Talent, as well as sampling the 1986 hit “The Way It Is” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Lyrics include:

(Come on, come on)

That’s just the way it is (Changes)

Things’ll never be the same

That’s just the way it is (That’s the way it is, what?)

Aww, yeah-yeah (Hear me)

(Oh my, oh my, come on, come on)

That’s just the way it is (That’s just the way it is, the way it is)

Things’ll never be the same

(Never be the same, yeah, yeah, yeah, aww, yeah)

That’s just the way it is (Way it is)

Aww, yeah (Come on, come on)

Whereas Mobb Deep and Heltah Skeltah described warlike settings in nontraditional hazardous areas, 2Pac’s use of the phrase “that’s just the way it is” signified acceptance of an unchangeable, often frustrating, annoying, or disappointing situation.

Although some people may unhelpfully find the axiom unacceptable, I appreciate its implication regarding the pointlessness of trying to change an undesirable event, serving as a statement of resignation, a pragmatic recognition of reality, or a dismissive refusal to discuss the matter.

Specifically, the maxim aligns with the late philosopher David Hume’s philosophy regarding the is-ought problem (what arises when one makes claims about what ought to be which are based solely on statements about what simply is). Further addressing this matter, one source states:

Hume found that there seems to be a significant difference between descriptive statements (about what is) and prescriptive statements (about what ought to be), and that it is not obvious how one can coherently transition from descriptive statements to prescriptive ones. Hume’s law or Hume’s guillotine is the thesis that an ethical or judgmental conclusion cannot be inferred from purely descriptive factual statements.

I often invoke Hume’s law when working with clients, especially regarding unpleasant circumstances such as war. Thus, it may be of some use to describe the psychotherapeutic modality I practice. After all, “that’s just the way it is” sentimentality is used in this regard.

REBT

Suppose you’ve been paying attention to world events, discovered that the United States (U.S.) began armed conflict against Iran on February 28, 2026, and you were bothered. I’d use two tools of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to address your unpleasant reaction.

REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable Action occurs and you Believe an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumption, not the occurrence itself, that causes an unpleasant Consequence. This is known as distress or disturbance.

In particular, there are four predominate irrational beliefs which people often use to upset themselves: global evaluations, low frustration tolerance, awfulizing, and demandingness. When contemplating these unproductive beliefs, think of the acronym GLAD.

Additionally, from a psychological standpoint, people distress or disturb themselves using a Belief-Consequence (B-C) connection. Of course, this isn’t to suggest that in the context of the naturalistic or physical world there is no Action-Consequence (A-C) connection.

Now, consider that one source states, “At least 175 people, most of them likely children, were killed in a strike on a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran on Saturday [2/28/2026], health officials and Iranian state media said.” For illustration purposes, suppose the U.S. killed the kids.

From an A-C perspective, U.S.-led bomb strikes on a children’s school (Action) may cause death (Consequence). According to Hume’s law, this simply is. Yet, when using a B-C approach to life, one may unproductively violate Hume’s guillotine by demanding what ought to instead be.

U.S.-led bomb strikes on a children’s school results in death (Action) and one Believes, “The U.S. is entirely worthless [G], and I can’t tolerate its warring activities [L]! It’s outright horrible that children were killed [A], because this absolutely oughtn’t to have happened [D]!”

Specifically, using an absolutistic ought form of demandingness along with other GLAD scripts, an individual then self-disturbs into enragement (Consequence). That’s precisely how one metaphorically loses one’s own head when violating Hume’s guillotine!

Addressing how people upset themselves with unhelpful attitudes, the ABC model incorporates Disputation of unproductive philosophies of life in order to explore Effective new beliefs. Whereas rigid beliefs cause self-disturbance, flexible beliefs result in an un-disturbed condition.

The process of challenging personal narratives can take longer than I care to demonstrate herein. Thus, in the interest of time imagine that instead of self-disturbing, a person uses rigorous Disputation and comes up with the following Effective new belief.

The U.S. isn’t entirely worthless, as it has some redeeming qualities. As well, though I don’t like that children were slaughtered, I can tolerate that unfortunate events happen—even those circumstances which were likely avoidable, such as the killing of 175 people.

While I consider it highly disagreeable to target civilians in warlike settings—and it may even be viewed as a genuinely horrible event, there’s a war goin’ on outside from which apparently no one is safe. Thus, that’s just the way it is, because it necessarily ought not to be as I’d prefer.

Second, REBT uses unconditional acceptance (UA) to relieve self-induced suffering. This is accomplished through use of unconditional self-acceptance (USA), unconditional other-acceptance (UOA), and unconditional life-acceptance (ULA).

Whereas the ABC model is a scientific approach to wellness, UA serves as a philosophical method for un-disturbing yourself. I view the former as an abortive approach to disturbance and the latter as a preventative method. Of course, not all REBT practitioners use the same style as I.

With my approach to REBT, I incorporate author Stephen Covey’s concepts regarding the circles of control, influence, and concern, as well as an area of no concern. UA maps onto the circle of control (USA), circle of influence (UOA), and circle of concern and area of no concern (ULA).

The circle of control encompasses only oneself, the circle of influence encapsulates elements which may be subject to one’s sway, the circle of concern engrosses most matters one can imagine, and the area of no concern relates to all content which isn’t yet imagined.

For example, one could acknowledge how little control and influence one has in any given situation (USA), over others (UOA), and in life as a whole (ULA). Therefore, one may conclude, “There’s a war goin’ on outside, that’s just the way it is.” This conclusion is truthful.

Unsurprisingly, many people with whom I’ve practiced REBT have rejected the Stoic approach to reducing self-disturbance that I’ve demonstrated herein. What they often fail to understand is that I advocate healthy distress versus unhealthy disturbance. Per one REBT source (page 71):

REBT conceptualizes [distress] as healthy even though it is intense. Other approaches to therapy have as their goal the reduction of the intensity of negative emotions. They take this position because they do not keenly differentiate between healthy negative emotions (distress) and unhealthy negative emotions (disturbance).

Now, REBT keenly distinguishes between healthy distress and unhealthy disturbance. Healthy distress stems from your rational beliefs about a negative activating event [Action], whilst disturbance stems from your irrational beliefs about the same event.

Complete elimination of distress is highly unlikely in an impermanent and uncertain world wherein people conceptually suffer, struggle, and battle with, or merely experience hardship. Still, individuals often make matters worse for themselves by disturbing about such instances.

Personally, it’s frustrating (distress) that my tax dollars are funding potentially unlawful and clearly unconstitutional aggression against the Iranian people. Furthermore, it’s annoying (distress) that members of Congress have abdicated their responsibilities in this regard.

Moreover, it’s disappointing (distress) that children die when there’s a war goin’ on outside. If I could control or influence matters within the circle of concern, then I would! However, I can’t! Therefore, I helpfully settle for healthy distress when concluding “that’s just the way it is.”

The U.S., Israel, and Iran

If you get the case for rational living that I’ve outlined, then I turn to one source that says, “The three service members who were killed were deployed to Kuwait as part of a U.S. Army unit overseeing supplies and logistics, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.

Reportedly, three U.S. military service personnel were killed in Iran’s retaliatory actions after the U.S. initiated warlike strikes against a sovereign nation. Just as the killing of children at a school is something I consider unfortunate, so, too, are the lost lives of U.S. military personnel.

Nevertheless, as I served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1996 to 2007, I understand how military members likely comprehend that they’ve signed a proverbial blank check to the sum total of their lives when serving. Regarding these lost military lives, U.S. President Donald Trump has stated:

Early today [3/1/2026], CENTCOM [U.S. Central Command] shared the news that three U.S. military service members have been killed in action. As one nation, we grieve for the true American patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.

Even as we continue the righteous mission for which they gave their lives, we pray for the full recovery of the wounded, and send our immense love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen. And sadly, there will likely be more before it ends.

That’s the way it is—likely to be more. But we’ll do everything possible where that won’t be the case. But America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war against, basically, civilization.

A number of points stand out to me regarding Trump’s remarks. First, U.S. military members have “made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation,” yet arguably did so for the interests of Israel and not the U.S. There’s no need to lie about this matter, as Benjamin Netanyahu recently stated:

We are in a campaign in which we are bringing the full strength of the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] to the battle, as never before, in order to ensure our existence and our future. But we are also bringing to this campaign the assistance of the United States, my friend, US President Donald Trump, and the US military.

This coalition of forces allows us to do what I have yearned to do for 40 years: smite the terror regime hip and thigh. This is what I promised – and this is what we shall do.

In allyship with Israel, U.S. military personnel have died when Iran justifiably retaliated when there was a war goin’ on outside their door that was brought into their home. Who wouldn’t act similarly? Second, Trump declared strikes against Iran as a “righteous mission.”

The term “righteous” is defined as acting in accord with divine or moral law. However, as one source states, “The Supreme Court has observed that only Congress has the power to declare war.” It isn’t even constitutional for Trump to have initiated conflict, let alone “righteous.”

Third, Trump truthfully admitted that more U.S. military service personnel will die. To his credit, he used a variation of the “that’s just the way it is” axiom which signifies acceptance of an unchangeable, often frustrating, annoying, or disappointing situation.

Still, military strikes against Iran weren’t unavoidable. Thus, there was a moment prior to unconstitutionally supporting Israel when members of the Trump administration could’ve changed the dynamics of the situation.

For instance, our nation’s top spook, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, could’ve exerted her influence. Where you and I have virtually no control or influence regarding conflict in Iran, Gabbard does. Yet, when it came to the events of February 28, 2026, where was she?

Last, Trump stated to the nation that although “that’s the way it is” regarding U.S.-led action in Iran, “we’ll do everything possible where that won’t be the case” that more of our military personnel won’t die. He then immediately appealed to revenge, thus negating his own claim!

Particularly, Trump acknowledged that our nation would “avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war against, basically, civilization.” Terrorism is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims.

For example, when “at least 175 people, most of them likely children, were killed in a strike on a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran,” whoever was responsible for those non-combatant deaths meets the defining standard of terrorists. If that’s the U.S. and IDF, then so be it!

Conclusion

In my youth and early adulthood, Mobb Deep, Heltah Skeltah, and 2Pac framed the way I saw the world. The phrases “there’s a war goin’ on outside,” “war’s with everything outside your door,” and “that’s just the way it is” helped me to see the impermanence and uncertainty of life.

Later in adulthood, I learned and eventually began daily practice of REBT. For instance, the current blogpost serves as a Stoic approach to an imperfect existence in which children are senselessly slaughtered by armaments paid for by my involuntary tax contributions.

As I have no control or influence regarding the ostensible theft of my money or the actions of the U.S. government that perceivably steals my funds and bombs a children’s school, then I practice the ABC model and UA so that I can be healthily distressed rather than unhealthily disturbed.

This is a meaningful practice when considering conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. Ostensibly, Congress has relinquished its duties, allowed the Trump administration’s power to go unchecked, and now the U.S. and Israel are operating as the definitional standard of terrorists.

What can be personally done regarding any of this? Nothing. There’s a war goin’ on outside, and that’s just the way it is. When admitting truth about reality in this way, I won’t metaphorically lose my head by violating Hume’s guillotine. Now, I offer this healthy consideration to you.

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As the world’s foremost hip hop-influenced REBT psychotherapist, I’m pleased to try to help people with an assortment of issues from anger (hostility, rage, and aggression) to relational issues, adjustment matters, trauma experience, justice involvement, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and depression, and other mood or personality-related matters.

At Hollings Therapy, LLC, serving all of Texas, I aim to treat clients with dignity and respect while offering a multi-lensed approach to the practice of psychotherapy and life coaching. My mission includes: Prioritizing the cognitive and emotive needs of clients, an overall reduction in client suffering, and supporting sustainable growth for the clients I serve. Rather than simply trying to help you to feel better, I want to try to help you get better!

Deric Hollings, LPC, LCSW

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