Letra de
Pumped Up Kicks

Pumped Up Kicks de Foster the People cuenta desde la perspectiva de un joven problemático llamado Robert, quien fantasea con vengarse de aquellos que lo intimidaron utilizando un arma que encontró. El compositor Mark Foster pretendía resaltar problemas relacionados con la salud mental infantil y la violencia armada, provocando una conversación sobre la prevención. Se sorprendió por el éxito comercial de la canción, dada su temática sombría.

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Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room
He won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette
hanging out his mouth
He's a cowboy kid
Yeah, he found a six-shooter gun
In his dad's closet
with a box of fun things
And I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet

Daddy works a long day
He be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late
And he's bringing me a surprise
Because dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice
I've waited for a long time
Yeah, the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger
I reason with my cigarette
And say your hair's on fire
You must have lost your wits, yeah

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet