Common - 7 Deadly Sins lyrics

[Produced by No I.D.] [Intro: Adrian Younge + Common] Gluttony, baby To me, it's what I see Gluttony, baby Is us, it's hard to see It's knocking Gluttony, baby To me, it's what I see Man, they gon', they gon' Man they gon' knock this And ride out to this [Verse] It sit 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 needing 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 Knowing that he'll end up in a grave It's the arrogance, they say, in us Americans Messes up marriages, many sins, pride is parenting Like the second is something we all have Or felt, than Cain or Khan, 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 making money while he mad So hustle plus wrath? Y'all do the math Now the third, you probably heard from MOP They say use them rocks to make 'em envy Envy, the cousin of jealousy, on the streets it's a felony When n***as f**ing with you [?] commit infidelity They hate it, to see you celebrated Counting my paper, n***a, you could have made it Let me stay with that thought, takes us to the fourth Where n***as is lazy, that's what we call sloth Want you to break em off, getting money it costs For you to be a boss, ain't no taking 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 getting paid in full, cars and j**els So his plate is full, but the way this n***a move He is never full and he gon' want your 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 want to bust, this is what we call lust When the drawers go down, the guards go down Cause a p**y is somebody getting 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 motherf**ers like Madoff Cops getting paid off, greedy companies got my people getting laid off Before I sign off, in the sins we livin' The good thing is we can be forgiven [Outro] Seven deadly sins