Letra de
Pumped Up Kicks

A música Pumped Up Kicks da banda Foster the People fala sobre um garoto chamado Robert que fantasia sobre se vingar daqueles que o intimidaram, usando uma arma que encontrou. O compositor Mark Foster quis trazer à tona questões sobre a saúde mental das crianças e a violência armada, provocando uma conversa sobre a prevenção. Ele expressou surpresa com o sucesso comercial da música, dada a sua temática sombria.

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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