Classified - Unusual Lyrics






[Chorus - Sample from "Rain" by Uriah Heep]
Now it's raining inside, but that's not unusual
But the way that I'm feeling's, becoming usual
I guess you could say
The clouds are moving away

[Joe Budden - talking over Chorus]
Uh, what up Class?
Joey
Let me talk to 'em (oh!)

[Verse 1 - Joe Budden]
No more runnin from the black cloud, got it all mapped out
I put it in a figure-four until it tap out (yeah)
still there some that rather see me in a crack house
Stick up kids stakin out the block tryin jack Mouse
Newsflash if you thinkin I'm a cash cow
You probably ain't a fan nigga, that ain't what I rap 'bout
I'm on settin goals, tryin to achieve it
I'm such an open book but they don't bother to read it (ha)
The teacher said I would never get ahead (nah)
All I could do is laugh, them threats was all funny
According to her I'd be dead before twenty (uh)
But it's cool, I've been mislead before hunnie (oh)
I'm checkin for more money, you will be disorganized
Use to starin at tortured eyes from my walk of life
Want to let her know I got a lot left to give
It's difficult to understand what you never lived

[Chorus - w/ ad libs]

[Verse 2 - Classified]
Aiyyo, that's how my days go, from rain showers to rainbows
I'm from the place of mayflowers and raincoats
John Smiths and Jane Does
A bunch of nobodies who talk shit out their a-hole
But that's just the way it goes, I pay no mind to banks close
I know it takes two to tango, so I lay low
We brush 'em off age yo (oh!), not a word
We're borderline assholes like immigration officers
Word, it gets better and gets worse
I'm more used to it everyday I'm on this Earth
People think they know me real good (they don't, they don't)
Tryin to pinpoint, judge me? (I know, I know)
Y'all need to look a little deeper than the little whiff of reefer
That I bring into the double feature movie at the theater
I live away the day while you're playin your charades
I could weather out the storm, so rain on my parade (I'm used to it anyway)

[1/2 Chorus - w/ ad libs]

[Verse 3 - Joe Budden]
Uh, my sermon won't be over 'til church end (uh)
My first Benz made me (what?), see I had the worst friends (uh)
Meanwhile thought I was hangin with the same men (uh)
Success ain't never change me but it changed them
Something different about me, you can blame time
It ain't a crime (what?), 'cause your problems ain't mine
I learned quick if they don't care about everything that you bare
Must mean that everything ain't meant to be shared (shared)

[Verse 4 - Classified]
I share the same views
When things are gettin rough, there are few who remain true (ha)
This ain't new (nah), ain't nothin unusual
I don't need you, I'm glad that feels mutual
How can you be so shallow, swimmin in the deep water?
It's a fine line and your walkin on the edge
Yeah I'm used to the rain fallin on my head
But this weather got we wishin I was crawlin into bed
It's cold, life is snowballin again

[Chorus - w/ ad libs]





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  1. T.... M....

    WOOOOOOO

  2. c.... s....

    this is some kinda shit i would black ops to and merc murder thn feel bad about it.

  3. c.... s....

    spec ops called they wonder why ? we so black.

  4. A.... S....

    What’s the background to this, the group

  5. K.... O....

    Black Sheep 4 life...
    Mission accom... changed

  6. T.... G....

    Soooooooooooooo underrated makes me so mad, ive loved class for 20 years...

  7. t.... ....

    Keep it real!

  8. S.... E....

    WHATTTTT !!!

  9. G.... ....

    Joe buddens

  10. G.... ....

    Joe budden bodied this

  11. c.... s....

    im such a open book but they dont bother to read it...volumes that line speaks

  12. c.... s....

    Something brought me back to this track dont ask me how!

  13. L.... P....

    dope song i love how he always puts it all together artisticly

  14. J.... K....

    790000 vews yet only 33000 subs :(

  15. E.... ....

    Why is this not on spotify?

    E.... ....

    EromaPictures It is it's on Handshakes And Middlefingers

  16. K.... B....

    ok. heard this song a hundred times. love Joe from the get go and just realized how similar they are! I'm waiting for the whole duo album. Or tour or something. ... Not about record sales w/ these guys. All about leaving their soul on each track!

  17. H.... ....

    this is really good...nothin unusual about that :D

  18. T.... S....

    great music !!! Respect from Poland brothers :-):-)

  19. G.... H....

    Class has worked with Kuniva from D12, Raekwon, Royce Da 5"9, Joe, Mike Boyd (his brother, i find him better than Class), Madchild, I think he did a song with someone from Blue Rodeo, he's worked with Maestro Fresh Wes as well

    G.... H....

    +Glen „Ghblunty16” Howatt now its a lot bigger list.....
    snoop dog. eternia, brother ali, dj premier, hilltop hoods, dl incognito etc.....

  20. R.... P....

    2 of my favorite rappers. 

  21. B.... ....

    People need to listen to real tunes like this, stay classy.

  22. N.... ....

    its difficult to understand what you never lived! props to the team for this one!

  23. N.... L....

    i fuckin love dis song

  24. H.... ....

    love this tune.

  25. N.... B....

    Lol so underrated *

  26. C.... S....

    I hate Eminem, but love Classified.

    C.... S....

    But yes you trying to play the guitar when you don't know how is equivalent to a 1st grader painting a picture of his family on vacation. Or a middle school choir trying to get the words and noyes right to a difficult song.
    All forms are "art" the thing is its just not GOOD art. The kids painting sucks, the choir is off key and the guitar player can't get a note right. It's art just bad. One day though that choir will be moving people and the 1st grade painter will sell his paintings for real money and the guitar player will sell our Maddison square gardens. They "perfected" their art. Every music artist you hear or like had to start somewhere and I'm sure JayZ's first time rapping there was much to be desired or Lenny Kravitz prob didn't know how to properly hold a guitar.

    You kinda know what I'm getting at?

    C.... S....

    @John Harris OK guess you could call it bad art then. Maybe I should use the world good quality or something like that. What I'm getting at is the quality of current mainstream artists is so low it doesn't even qualify it's negative quality! So if kids want to listen to such low quality music, then rap is basically dead! Music is declining so much now, it's very sad!

    C.... S....

    I'm feeling Ya 


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    C.... S....

    OG Joey Well you can still dislike a successful rapper whether it's his music or personality, you might not like his music but you can't say he sucks if he's a big name and has won this and that. Maybe when he's falling off but you still listen to his old stuff.

    C.... S....

    Classified is from the maritimes! Hometown fan!! Keep doin big classified!

  27. N.... ....

    Now its raining inside...heh but thats not unusual......but the way that im feeling become unusual....i guess you can say....

  28. D.... N....

    Classified should have been apart of the BET cyphers 2013

  29. M.... ....

    Okay, I apologize then for my ignorance

  30. d.... ....

    This is the only thing God ever said that I agreed with...

  31. A.... c....

    u a drake fan huh?

  32. C.... ....

    class needs to get in better with shady records and maybe he can bring em home for a concert in Halifax. that would be awesome. id go if the tickets were like $300.

  33. i.... e....

    class and em should make a song together

  34. r.... ....

    Such a good fucking song

  35. F.... t....

    Im Canadian, and Joe is OP, pardon me the expression but he is one of the dopest emcee out. Heard his flow in ''Goodbye'' With slaugtherhouse? gotta hear that man

  36. K.... ....

    Coming EMİNEM PLAYLİST ?

  37. S.... ....

    When he said kid he was talking about the first person in the comment chain.

  38. G.... ....

    Or what you keyboard warrior lol internet tough guy oohhhh

  39. t.... h....

    he's the eminem of his own record company, half life records

  40. t.... h....

    fuck that man, i hated the first part, budden pretty much shld just not be in this song.

  41. M.... G....

    Just take a deep breath and enjoy this song. Songs like this are really UNUSUAL!

  42. d.... ....

    Great bad day song. A little self pity never hurt anyone. Love it.

  43. M.... ....

    Kid? Wtf Joey's a seasoned veteran. And he didn't say anything, you know. Only talked about escaping the hood and surpassing the expectations given to him by the people around him. Then mentioned how his success has caused him to lose many of his fake friends looking for money. not much. All while remaining super lyrical. Ok buddy

  44. B.... A....

    Amazing

  45. A.... ....

    Pure talent

  46. A.... N....

    yall need to look a little deeper than a little wif a reefer

  47. j.... s....

    Truth ! keep it reppinm, CASSIFIDE!!! CANADA ALWAYS !!!

  48. S.... ....

    Classified amazing work;)

  49. j.... s....

    Im canadian too.That kid didn't say shit. so stfu and relax your self bro.

  50. K.... S....

    damn i forgot about classified. underrated rapper. joe budden is great as usual.

  51. H.... p....

    Rushrap say, he wants a battle

  52. d.... f....

    classified on shady records? i think so.

  53. N.... S....

    This whole joint is top notch

  54. l.... ....

    Class makes everything dope, don't skip class

  55. L.... E....

    kill yo self

  56. M.... W....

    Are you 13? If you need to finish your suicide listen to rain by cunninlynguist.

  57. M.... T....

    the best nr1

  58. m.... ....

    REAL RECOVERY TALK.ONE DAY AT A TIME... REMEMBER THE PILLS WON'T FIX IT NOR NUMB THE PAIN... RAIN IT REAL TALK STYLE...AMEN KEEP IT UP.. JOEYYYYYY BABY N DIGGIN DUDE

  59. m.... ....

    Fkingggg SICKKKKKKK!!!!!! KEEP IT UP BUDDEN!!!! woooo whook fkin loveeeee it man

  60. n.... ....

    He's right though. Why would you skip Budden's verse, he spits real shit. Anyone else wanna see a Classified and Slaughterhouse collaboration?

  61. A.... K....

    You have a lot of problems, don't you?

  62. J.... S....

    Great song but the boy that plays budden as a kid is too dark

  63. B.... ....

    F*ck off with those useless discussions. This song is just a masterpiece, and if you don't agree then leave.

  64. D.... D....

    Great tune,Romania listen Classified!
    Blessings!

  65. N.... S....

    One of my fav tracks...I always fucks with Joey but Classified is a great hip hop artist from the Underground scene in Canada. Good stuff here.

  66. d.... J....

    Who says he skipped it? I think he just wants to state he likes the part at 1:36 ...

  67. j.... g....

    insulting without knowing

  68. j.... g....

    solo digo que esa parte me gusta no trato de saltar nada y retardada sera su madre

  69. B.... ....

    Pretty f*cking awesome song

  70. B.... W....

    Are you aware Nas debuted on a record with a Canadian hip hop group in '91? Canada was doing hip hop in the early 80s.. America just has a much larger network to promote through.

  71. T.... E....

    Agreed, for example Hopsin (I know he is american) he dosent get radio play but he is sick!

    I know a bunch of artist that are awesome, and don't get signed, I thought we were talking mainstream

  72. C.... ....

    speak for yourself. i agree that america has birthed legends. but doesnt mean that us canadians are only good at hockey. hockey sucks imo. alright to play, shitty to watch. keep in mind tho, that just because someone doesn't got a video or radio play or some shit, doesnt mean he/she doesnt exist.

  73. T.... E....

    Considering America CREATED the Hip Hop Scene, gave birth too Tupac, Biggie, Nas and ALL the greats, what have we given Too Hip Hop that you could say had a "shock" effect? Drake? Canabus? No one who is a TRUE Hip Hop Head. America made Hip Hop and they CONTINUE to make the best Artist, and some of the worse. All us Canadians are good at is making KICK ASS HOCKEY PLAYERS!

    GO JETS!

  74. P.... W....

    Im such an open book but they dont bother to read it.

  75. P.... T....

    hahahah,.who skips Joe Budden 's verse?

    P.... T....

    Joe had the better verse

  76. T.... ....

    No...
    I don't want Classified ruined by the bull shit that is the American Hip-Hop scene.
    He does good with what he's got, any true Classified fan knows this.
    He's always been a True Red 'n White Canadian, hope he never goes to the dark side.

  77. d.... ....

    Joe Budden killllled it!

  78. m.... ....

    before you wreck yourself

  79. Y.... M....

    Love this song....alas,now all his cuts will be about his trampy gf who now that she's in the spotlight does the freaky with any and every broad o_0 real artsy stuff -_-

  80. S.... C....

    yea but u have no idea whats going on here. Joe says "Black Cloud" because of his song "Black Cloud" where he says "got me running from the black cloud" in the chorus which is why joe says "no more running from the black cloud" in this song. Joe's song "Black Cloud" came out before "Not Afraid" and the expression "Black Cloud" had been used for generations. so your awesome thinking has no relevance to what is actually happening. all u've done is expose yourself as a fake fan, and a bandwagoner.

  81. C.... ....

    Already has pretty much.. Joe Budden & Royce Da 5'9

  82. y.... w....

    Now lets get classified signed to shady 2.0!

  83. P.... ....

    Joe also made a song called Black Cloud which I think is a masterpeice.

  84. p.... ....

    wow, how is this the first time ive seen this video or heard this song?

  85. J.... R....

    Class keep doing what your doing!!!!! you speak to me

  86. d.... ....

    why do i like this song so god ddam MUCH

  87. A.... K....

    Whatchu talkin about, buddy?

  88. N.... ....

    Black Cloud - October 26th 2010
    Not Afraid - May 2010

  89. d.... c....

    This is lay your girlfriend down by the fireplace and make sweet sweet love to her after a long day of arguing over supid little arguments music. Class killed it like usual, representing us canadians proud my friend btw i wasnt lying when i told you that you are the best lyricist alive at dundas square brother.

  90. a.... ....

    Joe has a song titled "Black Cloud" too.

  91. S.... ....

    I think Budden made the reference because of his track "black cloud" from Mood Muzik 4

  92. S.... ....

    i just don't like the way they Rhymed "unusual" with "usual"

  93. T.... ....

    i wish i could like this twice

  94. B.... M....

    I think its classy, at least it doesnt sound commercial and shitty... its soothing and calm.

  95. S.... ....

    nice verses the chorus was pretty meh