Something More Than Myself

The bullets I’ve taken for everyone else Have left a permanent scar on the tip of my tongue You’ll see it when I open my mouth to speak my mind My tongue shows that my mind thinks for all the rest Who can’t speak for themselves or are just plain afraid Of what will happen to them if they slip up I speak for them and take the blame So that a vast majority won’t face their shame I tried so hard for something more Than myself, no benefit to me I tried so hard for everyone else Who most assuredly won’t see The fruits of my labor and the sweat of my brow I’ve worked so hard and now they want me out