Artist: Common Album: Nobody's Smiling Song: 7 Deadly Sins Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com [Intro] "Gluttony, baby Is a-to me it's what I see Gluttony, baby Is us, a sight to see two.." [Common] It's knockin... Damn nigga, they gon' knock this and ride out to this, uh... It's sittin deep in my chest, so let me express Grew up on 868 - oh, y'all don't need the address It was 'round CVS, we were so devious The city never sleeps, it be needin some rest The streets was a mess, and they still are Feel our pain, the bigger picture, we was all framed But the game is the game, so let it begin In these streets, these are the seven deadly sins Now, the first is pride, though some call it vanity A hustler's insanity can break up the family Pride can have a man stuck in his ways, not subject to change Knowin that all end up in a grave It's the arrogance, they sayin us Americans messes up marriages, many sins, pride is parented Like the second of something we all have or felt in Kane or Com, it's called +Wrath+ I seen a boss take it out on his staff Seen a Crip take it out on a Blood, causing a bath Never seen a man makin money while he mad So hustle plus wrath? Y'all do the math Now the third, you probably heard from M.O.P. They say, "Use them rocks to make 'em envy" Envy, the cousin of jealousy, on the streets it's a felony When niggaz fuckin with you for committing fidelity They hate it, to see you celebrated Countin my paper, nigga you coulda made it! Let me stay with that thought, takes us to the fourth Where niggaz is lazy, that's what we call sloth Want you to break 'em off, gettin money it costs for you to be a boss, ain't no takin off Now the myth about the fifth: it only happens when we eat It's gluttony, this is how it happens on the street It's a dude that's gettin paid in full, cars and jewels So his plate is full, but the way this nigga move He is never full and he gon' want yo' food Don't overdo it, that's an underrated rule The sixth is a fix that's in all of us When I get drunk and wanna bust, this is what we call lust When the drawers go down, the guards go down Cause a pussy is somebody gettin robbed right now Okay, the seventh is a seed that many believe is the cause of em all, this is what we call greed Knew some cousins that was hustlin, one of 'em ended up bustin the other Greed is a mother, it's greedy motherfuckers like Madoff Cops gettin paid off, greedy companies got my people gettin laid off Before I sign off, in the sins we livin The good thing is we can be forgiven... The seven deadly sins