United States Marine

I'm tougher than any tool, and better than any machine, I'm not some gun carrying fool, I'm a United States Marine. I won't bend and I won't break, I'm here until the end, whatever it takes. All I need are my friends and my gun, 'cause I'm gonna be here till my cause is done. I don't do it for the glory, I don't do it for the pay, I do it so the ones I love can live free another day. I'm the first one in and the last one out, I'm reliant on my friends, trusting without doubt. Now I'm out here on my own, remembering the ones I left at home. I could be a mother or a daughter, a father or a son, for all you know I could be anyone. I'm not like the rest, I won't go down clutching my chest, I'm a marine, the best of the best. I'm out here now, with my comrades, remembering our loved ones, and the memories had. I'm walking tonight through a desert, or a swamp, I won't complain and I won't whine, but I'm still wondering how you take for granted all your free time. I protect your right to protest in the street, only to watch how you stand against me. I risk my life, so you can live yours, and you call me a murderer, and then a hero when it's my body that hits the floor. All the places I've been, and all the things I've seen, make me proud to say I'm a marine. You may not like me, for what I stand you may disagree, yet I'll give my life for you, and you don't even support me. I feel no sorrow, and no shame, only anger, for my loved ones pain. I'm willing and ready to open the door, knowing I may end up dead on the floor. But I'm not afraid to die, all that means is I gave my life. And though my body may be dead and gone, through the gates of heaven. my soul lives on.