“Kill Em with Kindness” is a song recorded by American recording artist Selena Gomez. Lyrically, “Kill Em with Kindness” gives advice for dealing with critics, and delivers a message of choosing peace instead of violence and revenge. As the song opens, Gomez professes: “The world can be a nasty place / You know it / I know it”. Wass noted the lyrics as conveying a message of peace, saying “instead of raising the proverbial middle finger, [Gomez] takes the high road.” The theme of magnanimity is further displayed in lyrics such as “We don’t have to fall from grace / Put down the weapons you fight with”, imploring the listener to “put out the fire before igniting.”

Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness

Lyrics of the Song Kill Em With Kindness by Selena Gomez

The world can be a nasty place
You know it, I know it, yeah
We don’t have to fall from grace
Put down the weapons you fight with

Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em, kill ’em, kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness
Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead now

We’re running out of time
Chasing our lies
Everyday a small piece of you dies
Always somebody
You’re willing to fight, to be right

Your lies are bullets
Your mouth’s a gun
And no war and anger
Was ever won
Put out the fire before igniting
Next time you’re fighting

Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em, kill ’em, kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness

Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead now
Go ahead, go ahead now
Go ahead, go ahead now

Your lies are bullets
Your mouth’s a gun
No war and anger
Was ever won
Put out the fire before igniting
Next time you’re fighting

Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em, kill ’em, kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness
Kill ’em with kindness

Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead now
Go ahead, go ahead now
Go ahead, go ahead now
Go ahead, go ahead now