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, in the box of fun things
I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you
[Chorus x2:]
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
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
Then say, "Your hair's on fire, you must've lost your wits, yeah?"
[Chorus x2:]
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
Run, run, run, run, ru-ru-ru-run, run, run
Ru-ru-ru-run, run, run, run
Ru-ru-ru-run, run, run, run, run, run
[Whistling]
[Chorus x4:]
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
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, in the box of fun things
I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you
Run, run, run, run, ru-ru-ru-run, run, run
Ru-ru-ru-run, run, run, run
Ru-ru-ru-run, run, run, run, run, run
This song gives a powerful message that mental illness is very serious. During this song, you are put in the shoes of someone that has a severe mental illness and what something like this can lead people to do. Many have began to think if stricter gun laws should be put in place after this song came out, which tells you how powerful the message is.
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newton, Connecticut, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children aged between 6 and 7 years old, as well as six adult staff members. Prior to driving to the school, Lanza shot and killed his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the scene, Lanza committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
The incident was the deadliest mass shooting at a high school or grade school in U.S. history. The shooting renewed debate about gun control in the U.S., including proposals for making the back-ground check universal. Connecticut State Attorney's office concluded that Lanza acted alone and planned his actions, but no evidence collected provided any indication as to why he did so, or why her targeted the school.
Lanza was diagnosed with many disorders that included sensory-integration disorder, Asperger syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, and anorexia. All of these contributed to Lanza's decision to shoot Sandy Hook.
Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Description |
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July 26, 1764 | Greencastle, Pennsylvania | 10 | 2 | Enoch Brown school massacre: Perhaps the earliest shooting to happen on school or college property, in what would become the United States, was the notorious Enoch Brown school massacre during the Pontiac's War. Three men entered the schoolhouse near present-day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, shot and killed schoolmaster Enoch Brown, and nine children (reports vary). Only three children survived.[ |
Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Description |
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April 24, 1890 | Brazil, Indiana | 0 | 1 | While the pupils of the Meridian Street School were at play, Ben Corbery drew a revolver and seriously wounded 10-year-old Cora Brubach, in the face. The girl had told the teacher of Ben's misconduct. |
September 18, 1991 | Crosby, Texas | 1 | 0 | 17-year-old Arthur Jermel Jack, was killed by 15-year-old LaKeeta Cadoree, in the cafeteria at Crosby High School. |
April 14, 2003 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1 | 3 | John McDonogh High School shooting. 18-year-old Steven Williams, and 17-year-old James Tate opened fire with an AK-47 and a handgun in the gymnasium of John McDonogh High School, killing a 15-year-old student and wounding three female students. Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Tate was sentenced to fifteen years. |
Obviously, school shootings have caused a great amount of pain within our country. People lose children, mothers, friends, and everything else in-between. Here are some statistics to prove it.
Sadly, this song still continues to show the ongoing issue of gun violence in schools today. Two students at a prom at Antigo High School were shot and injured by 18-year-old former student Jakob Wagner, on April 23rd, 2016. Wagner later exchanged fire with a school resource officer in the school's parking lot, and was captured after being shot and wounded by police. He died hours later in a hospital.
Here you see young students, mourning and terrified over the deaths of fellow classmates,
teachers, and friends.
I reentered the school from the front door, with Sgt. Carrio, we walked down the hall checking the front classrooms. In one classroom
I noticed a male lying on his right side in the fetal position. Someone yelled out that he was the suspected shooter. Someone behind
me stated that he had shot himself. The suspect had long, blondish, wispy hair and a very straight and pronounced jaw line. He appeared
to to be about nineteen years of age but seemed very small. He appeared to have the body size of a twelve-year old. I noticed a black, Glock
automatic pistol about one foot away from the suspect's head. It was my belief at the time that he had shot himself with the weapon.
A Newtown police officer who responded to the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting described the grisly scene he found in the school on Dec. 14, 2012. The specific details prove that he was a well trained policeman.
1. Marc Lepinia, a students of the Ecole Polytechnique in Quebec, Canada shot and murdered fourteen people on December 6th, 1989. What group of people did Marc target?
a. Teachers
b. Women
c. Blacks
d. Students
2. The Virginia Tech Massacre is the deadliest school massacre in the history of the United States
a. True
b. False
3. The term "Trenchcoat Mafia" is associated with which school shooting?
a. Columbine High School
b. Virginia Tech
c. Health High School
d. Kent State
4. Michael Moore won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film about the Columbine High School massacre. What activity that both shooters took part in did Michael Moore incorporate in the title of his film?
a. Video Game "Doom"
b. Target Shooting
c. Paint Ball
d. Bowling
1. B! Lepina separated men from women, then shot only the women!
2. False! The Bath School Disaster was worse. 44 students and parents lost their lives when Andrew Kehoe detonated a bomb inside the school.
3. A! The perpetrators reportedly belonged to a group that called themselves the "Trenchcoat Mafia"
4. D! There were reports that the shooters had attended their bowling class before their attack at school
Marc Lepine Michael Moore Columbine High School
We chose this song because on a personal level, school shootings are a very interesting topic! Also, the song "Pumped up Kicks" is very catchy and fun to sing!
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