🎵 Pumped Up Kicks // by Foster the People

309 ContributorsTranslationsPortuguêsPolskiEspañolTürkçeDeutsch Pumped Up Kicks Lyrics Robert, the main character and narrator of the song, dreams of violence towards his rich classmates and peers. The song details his plans and ambitions for a school shooting, diving deep into the causes of… Read More  [Verse 1] 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 I don't even know what But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you, wait [Chorus] All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run faster than my bullet All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run faster than my bullet [Verse 2] Daddy works a long day He be coming home late, and he's coming home late And he's bringing me a surprise 'Cause dinner's in the kitchen, and it's packed in ice I've waited for a long time Yeah, the sleight of my hand is now a quick-pull trigger I reason with my cigarette And say, "Your hair's on fire, you must've lost your wits," yeah [Chorus] All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run faster than my bullet All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run faster than my bullet [Bridge] Run, run, run, run Ru-ru-ru-run, run, run Ru-ru-ru-ru-run, run, run, run Ru-ru-ru-run Run, run, ru-run, run [Chorus] All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run faster than my bullet All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run faster than my bullet All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks You better run, better run faster than my bullet