I actually loved this song when I first heard it, until I looked up the lyrics. I am disgusted by this song. This song is about a disturbed boy who is abused and plans on shooting "all the kids with the pumpled up kicks" (kids who wear the good shoes, clothes, etc) at school. With school shootings in recent years, this is a slap in the face to every parent who has lost a child to this type of violence. Foster the People should be ashamed of themseves if they even have the soul to feel such an emotion as shame. As far as I am concerned, this is the devil's music. (I used to laugh at that expression when I would hear older people say it about rock n roll, but it fits this song)
The song tells a story about a kid to plans on killing other kids and his parents, and the chorus repeats over and over - "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run better run, outrun my gun".
I actually liked this song... before I looked up the lyrics and realized what it is actually about! When I read the lyrics... I got this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. It is so incredibly dark and disturbing. Not for kids... not for anyone. If the song gave some sort of positive message saying that the action being described in the song were bad... maybe it would have redeemed itself. But, as it stands, this song needs to be taken off of the airwaves.
Foster the People shows how shallow they are in putting out a song with these lyrics that so closely resembles every school shooting. We've had a few school shootings & scares in our area and this song is shameful and glorifies killers with no consequences. It only encourages copycats, making these horrible killings "lighthearted" with it's pop music & whistling.