This song relates to Robert A. Hawkins, a disturbed kid who decided to go on a killing spree at the Westroads Mall in Nebraska. In his suicide note, he wrote "I'm going out in style"
Psychological issues or not, Foster The People's song was created not in dedication to him but placing others in his thoughts. Hearing my 3 year old sister attempt to chant "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun" is NOT comforting. It is telling others to who are being made fun of, picked on and bullied to pick up a gun and SHOOT!
Psychological issues or not, Foster The People's song was created not in dedication to him but placing others in his thoughts. Hearing my 3 year old sister attempt to chant "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun" is NOT comforting. It is telling others to who are being made fun of, picked on and bullied to pick up a gun and SHOOT!
WHAT?!
Shut up
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