The modern view of the vice, as highlighted by its contrary virtue of zeal or diligence, is that it represents the failure to utilize one’s talents and gifts. For example, a student who does not work beyond what is required (and thus fails to achieve his or her full potential) could be labeled slothful.

Current interpretations are therefore much less stringent and comprehensive than they were in medieval times, and portray sloth as being more simply a sin of laziness or indifference, of an unwillingness to act, an unwillingness to care (rather than a failure to love God and his works). For this reason sloth is now often seen as being considerably less serious than the other sins, more a sin of omission than of commission.
 

Gluttony
Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In the Christian religions, it is considered a sin because of the excessive desire for food, or its withholding from the needy.[3]

Depending on the culture, it can be seen as either a vice or a sign of status. Where food is relatively scarce, being able to eat well might be something to take pride in (although this can also result in a moral backlash when confronted with the reality of those less fortunate). Where food is routinely plentiful, it may be considered a sign of self-control to resist the temptation to over-indulge.

Medieval church leaders (e.g., Thomas Aquinas) took a more expansive view of gluttony,[3] arguing that it could also include an obsessive anticipation of meals, and the constant eating of delicacies and excessively costly foods.[4] Aquinas went so far as to prepare a list of six ways to commit gluttony, including:

* Praepropere – eating too soon.
* Laute – eating too expensively (washedly).
* Nimis – eating too much.
* Ardenter – eating too eagerly (burningly).
* Studiose – eating too daintily (keenly).
* Forente – eating wildly (boringly).
 

Wrath
Wrath (or anger or “Rage”) may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. These feelings can manifest as vehement denial of the truth, both to others and in the form of self-denial, impatience with the procedure of law, and the desire to seek revenge outside of the workings of the justice system (such as engaging in vigilantism) and generally wishing to do evil or harm to others. The transgressions borne of vengeance are among the most serious, including murder, assault, and in extreme cases, genocide. Wrath is the only sin not necessarily associated with selfishness or self-interest (although one can of course be wrathful for selfish reasons, such as jealousy, closely related to the sin of envy). Dante described vengeance as “love of justice perverted to revenge and spite”. In its original form, the sin of wrath also encompassed anger pointed internally rather than externally. Thus suicide was deemed as the ultimate, albeit tragic, expression of wrath directed inwardly, a final rejection of God’s gifts.
 

Lust
Lust (or lechery) is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature. Giving in to lusts can lead to sexual or sociological compulsions and/or transgressions including (but not limited to) sexual addiction, fornication, adultery, bestiality, rape, perversion, and incest. Dante’s criterion was “excessive love of others,” which therefore rendered love and devotion to God as secondary. In “Purgatorio”, the penitent walks within flames to purge himself of lustful/sexual thoughts and feelings.
 

Greed
Greed (or avarice, covetousness) is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to the acquisition of wealth in particular. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was “a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.” In Dante’s Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. “Avarice” is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason,[citations needed] especially for personal gain, for example through bribery . Scavenging[citation needed] and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church.
 

Pride
In almost every list pride (or hubris or “vanity”) is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and indeed the ultimate source from which the others arise. It is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to acknowledge the good work of others, and excessive love of self (especially holding self out of proper position toward God). Dante’s definition was “love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one’s neighbor.” In Jacob Bidermann’s medieval miracle play, Cenodoxus, pride is the deadliest of all the sins and leads directly to the damnation of the titulary famed Parisian doctor. In perhaps the best-known example, the story of Lucifer, pride (his desire to compete with God) was what caused his fall from Heaven, and his resultant transformation into Satan. Vanity and narcissism are prime examples of this sin. In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the penitents were forced to walk with stone slabs bearing down on their backs in order to induce feelings of humility.
 

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Now let’s skip past that rhetoric, what is really going on here…let’s talk about you, as you know yourself.
You are not who you were seven years ago, your body chemicals have shifted, your personality has changed, your judgment has altered, and your character is different.

Let me preface this by asking you a few questions; do you talk to yourself? Have you ever looked at yourself long enough in the mirror where it actually felt strang?
You do talk to yourself, and not just out loud (like when you’re pissed off), you hear your inner-self talk just as you are listening to yourself read this script. As a matter fact, regardless of whether you know who wrote this, you’re still reading to yourself these words as if another “you” is speaking.

You’re not psychotic or crazy, you’re not delusional; as a matter of fact you are that much closer to knowing whom you truly aren’t, and you are one step nearer to seeing life as clear as it should be.
In physics, psychology, perception, and neurology, you will learn that NOTHING you know is actually real; reality is a generated computation of the brain. That is a fact, not a theory.

Sensation and perception are mere bodily products of a manufactured process. There is a question: “If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, would it make a sound?” Despite what you may or may not think, the answer is “no”. There is no such thing as sound, there is however such a thing as vibration. And until the vibration goes through your eardrum where dendrites work to move the liquid in your inner ear, it is not sound yet. Feeling surfaces, seeing colors, tasting food, those are all a virtual reality of your own creation. Nothing is “real” as you know it, so how do you know that you are. The truth is you don’t, and until you cross into the un-being which we call ‘postmortem’, you never will.

So let’s move back to who you are, and not what you are. It’s not enough to suggest that you’re not the same person you were 7 years ago; you’re not the same person 7 hours ago, you’re not the same person 7 minutes ago, and after you are finished reading this outline, you won’t be who you are now.
I didn’t change you, the power of my words didn’t change you, and no, “time” didn’t change you; YOU changed you; your body is morphing in a constant pattern.

Let’s recognize that you are nothing more than existing elements, to the very fucking core. You have Neutrons, you have Protons, and you have Electrons. Oh, and mentally, it’s nothing new that your emotions are also chemicals. The very last orgasm you had was nothing more than a surge of dopamine in your frontal cortex erupting after it were being built up…and that is why you don’t feel as good after your climax; simple chemicals…just purely simple chemicals.

Most of this talk remains in the physical realm, so let’s move on to conscious realms. You are not who you were in the past on any level other than the remnants of certain memories and finite characteristics. Think back, think back to whom you were 10 years ago, let’s think of your childhood; is that person really you, or do you look back at a person that you’re “familiar” with? Go find a picture of yourself, even if it is a recent one, even if it is as recent as yesterday with friends, or an hour ago on your webcam; at that moment, the person who you were is gone. Not only mentally, but physically.

Physics is time and space, if we were to see what time really looks like, if you were to travel back in time you would see frames of yourself…these frames are STILL there, they have not and will not ever move or disappear. And mentally, you have changed from that time frame….how often must you talk to yourself and think to yourself until you finally realize that there IS another you, and that there always will be OTHER you’s.

If you take these ideas, and apply them to everything and everyone you know, you will realize what clarity truly is. The more you think about reality, the less you understand it. And the more you understand, the less sense reality makes…until you learn to think differently, literally out of the box, the box that you call “you”.
You are meant to be more than who you believe you are, greater than what you think you are…you are not a person who is going through a ‘lifetime’, you are a people divided into realms of a ‘life-time.’

It’s not that we change over time, it’s that time IS us changing. Look back and wonder if you ever miss your past…do you really miss the environment around you, or do you actually miss ‘yourself’ in that environment? Because if you were to go back as the person you are right now, you will not have the same experience…because the person whom lived that occurrence is not you.

The ultimate revelation is that you miss yourself, your different past self. Sadly, nothing you ever do can change who you are or bring that person back. Your previous-self is mechanically a part of the past as physics suggests. And you’re new current self is moving forward.

If you don’t like who you have become, or if you do prefer who you are now, be ready to say your goodbyes because as we speak that person is departing…you can not stop it, nothing can. So grasp your current being, and savor the parting moments. Be ready for change, accept what you may or may not become, and as ludicrous as it may sound, or as against reality as it may seem: you are not you.

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Yo…what you thought punk, shit was sweet, now you can’t sleep
Gotta keep ya eyes open wide and hide ya face from the streets
I’m like the beast with a warrant, far from alarmin’
Gave you fair warnin’ now you on the stairs swallin’
I’m callin’ out any rapper that I doubt, smack ‘em in the mouth
Throw ‘em in the yoke, BOOM!, then I knock ‘em out
No doubt, Freddie Foxxx files 20-shot auto glock, BLAAOW!
Benny blind Puerto Rock style
Wit’ a twist of black in the brow, twist ya cap and I’m out
Sleep wit’ the fish-dips for yappin’ too loud
What’s happenin’ now? Niggaz is hard as hell but they Gargamels
Pickin’ on the smallest victim gives ‘em heart to kill
My squad is real and holds it down the hardest regardless
Besides of the largest, we polish the floor
with the rawest hardcore artists
Flawless victory you niggaz can’t do shit to me
Physically lyrically hypothetically realistically
I’m the epitome of catchin’ wreck, catch you when you cash your check
Smash you when you pass then jack you for your fuckin’ Lex
Nothin’ less than the best if the squad did it
Hard-headed niggaz better beware and fear like God said it

CHORUS (4x)

Ay-yo I warned you, now all niggaz could do is mourn you
I’m born to kill and still thrilled, I put it on you
There’s no regrets, remorse, only results in loneliness
Only the strong survivors strive through life as warriors
All of us die, some of us kill, even massacred
Who wanna try? Punisher will if you ask for it
I’m hazardous for your health and hell’s your next stop
For real my shit’s cocked the world has just stopped…
(pause)
I’m not the one you should be underestimatin’
Come test your fate an’ I guarantee I’ll be under investigation
You can’t handle the whole, I’ll slam you on your skull
Or we can go blow for blow like Evander and Bowe, ya never know
However tho’ I still hold the title
When all my rivals the chance to dance who missed the homicidal
Hand on the bible I swear to defend my crown
I’ve been around since forever and never let it touch the ground
Don’t fuck around and catch a rude awakenin’
My crew’s basically waitin’ patiently for you to move your patrons in
Then we’ll surround you, form Desert Storm and pound you
Look around you, Terror Squad’s everywhere like Soundview
The Boogie Down do it like nobody, who are we?
The foundation, you’re facin’ a whole army…

CHORUS (2x)

[Fat Joe]
yeah yeah yeah, whassup now potna??! Know I’m sayin’? Think this
just some rap shit? We do this shit for real…Terror Squad nigga!
Fuckin’ shoot the place up! Muthafuckas know the time. This
muthafuckin’ rap game. Joe Crack, Big Dog Punisher, Full Eclipse crew
What da fuck…WHAT???!

BEWARE…BEWARE…BEWARE…
(fade out)

All I want is your understanding
As in the small act of affection
“Why is this my life?”
Is almost everybody’s question…

And I’ve tried
Everything but suicide
But it’s crossed my mind

I prefer peace
Wouldn’t have to have one worldly possession
But essentially I’m an animal
So just what do I do with all the aggression?

Well I’ve tried
Everything but suicide
But it’s crossed my mind

Life is a one-way street, and if you could paint it
I’d draw myself going in the right direction
So I go all the way – like I really really know -
But the truth is I’m only guessin’

And I’ve tried
Everything but suicide
Ooh but it’s crossed my mind
Just a thought

It’s even dark in the daytime
It’s not just good – it’s +Great Depression+
When I was lost I even found myself
Looking in the gun’s direction

And so I’ve tried
Everything but suicide
But yes – it’s crossed my mind
But I’m fine…