Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Intro:
What’s up, What’s up, What’s up
Ladies and gentlemen, I go by the name of Jon Harris
What’s up, What’s up, What’s up
Jon Harris on the come up
Verse 1:
Harris in this bitch and I’m not here to amuse you
So don’t get me confused with these wack rappers you’re used to
I aint hatin I’m just making a statement
To make sure I don’t get mistaken for being a trap artist you’re glued to
See hip hop aint dead but it’s on its death bed
And these rappers don’t care they just want a piece of the will
But I’m just what the doctor ordered you can call me the cure
I was made to kill these trash rappers claiming they’re ill
See me, I came from humble beginnings
I was the young one who transformed himself into someone who was winning
And I didn’t need to sell out in case it needs to be spelled out
I never made a song about how my shows always sell out
Or get mad bitches, bad bitch, exotic cars
Getting money living life like a super star
Cause that’s not you and it just aint me
And it aint real, and real’s really all I care to be
Chorus:
I think big, dream big, and I plan big
To make sure everything that I do is big
Never think l small, think limitation, never sell myself short
Cause the only thing I could do is think big
I think big, dream big, and I plan big
To make sure everything that I do is big
I try to get the most out of this life that I live
And the only way to do it is to do it big, so what’s up
Verse 2:
Foot on the gas never slowing
A 27 year old 11 year old I’m never growing up
That means I dream big 24/7
Cause thought of me settling makes me sick til I’m throwing up
Thinking big’s always kept me ahead of my competition
Til now-a-days even my opposition stops to listen
When they think big I think massive
They think quit and land, I think fly this bitch til it’s out of gas and crashes
I rather try and fail, that’s the difference aint it
I give my all til I fall that’s my mission statement
You like to play it safe and get mad at the lack of progress
Like you’re running in place on a treadmill in you fucking basement
I plan big so damn big
Just like me trying to get my big ass foot in your shoe and it can’t fit
I always give it 100, like the truth
Even if every odds telling me that I can’t win
Chorus:
I think big, dream big, and I plan big
To make sure everything that I do is big
Never think l small, think limitation, never sell myself short
Cause the only thing I could do is think big
I think big, dream big, and I plan big
To make sure everything that I do is big
I try to get the most out of this life that I live
And the only way to do it is to do it big, so what’s up
Outro:
What’s up, What’s up
(laugh)
I said What’s up, What’s up, What’s up, What’s Up
Jon Harris on the come up
What’s up, What’s up, What’s up
Ladies and gentlemen, I go by the name of Jon Harris
What’s up, What’s up, What’s up
Jon Harris on the come up
Verse 1:
Harris in this bitch and I’m not here to amuse you
So don’t get me confused with these wack rappers you’re used to
I aint hatin I’m just making a statement
To make sure I don’t get mistaken for being a trap artist you’re glued to
See hip hop aint dead but it’s on its death bed
And these rappers don’t care they just want a piece of the will
But I’m just what the doctor ordered you can call me the cure
I was made to kill these trash rappers claiming they’re ill
See me, I came from humble beginnings
I was the young one who transformed himself into someone who was winning
And I didn’t need to sell out in case it needs to be spelled out
I never made a song about how my shows always sell out
Or get mad bitches, bad bitch, exotic cars
Getting money living life like a super star
Cause that’s not you and it just aint me
And it aint real, and real’s really all I care to be
Chorus:
I think big, dream big, and I plan big
To make sure everything that I do is big
Never think l small, think limitation, never sell myself short
Cause the only thing I could do is think big
I think big, dream big, and I plan big
To make sure everything that I do is big
I try to get the most out of this life that I live
And the only way to do it is to do it big, so what’s up
Verse 2:
Foot on the gas never slowing
A 27 year old 11 year old I’m never growing up
That means I dream big 24/7
Cause thought of me settling makes me sick til I’m throwing up
Thinking big’s always kept me ahead of my competition
Til now-a-days even my opposition stops to listen
When they think big I think massive
They think quit and land, I think fly this bitch til it’s out of gas and crashes
I rather try and fail, that’s the difference aint it
I give my all til I fall that’s my mission statement
You like to play it safe and get mad at the lack of progress
Like you’re running in place on a treadmill in you fucking basement
I plan big so damn big
Just like me trying to get my big ass foot in your shoe and it can’t fit
I always give it 100, like the truth
Even if every odds telling me that I can’t win
Chorus:
I think big, dream big, and I plan big
To make sure everything that I do is big
Never think l small, think limitation, never sell myself short
Cause the only thing I could do is think big
I think big, dream big, and I plan big
To make sure everything that I do is big
I try to get the most out of this life that I live
And the only way to do it is to do it big, so what’s up
Outro:
What’s up, What’s up
(laugh)
I said What’s up, What’s up, What’s up, What’s Up
Jon Harris on the come up
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