I Choose (Album Version)

Because you never know

Where life is gonna take you

And you can't change where you've been

But today I have the opportunity to choose

Here am I now looking at 30

And I got so much to say

I gotta get this off of my chest

I gotta let it go today

I was always too concerned about

What everybody would think

But I can't live for everybody

I gotta live my life for me.(Yeah)

I pitched a fork in the road

Of my life

And ain't nothing gonna happen unless I decide

(And I choose)

To be the best that I can be

(I choose)

To be authentic in everything I do

My past don't dictate who I am

I choose (Yeah)

I done been through some painful things

I thought that

I would never make it through

Filled up with shame

From the top of my head

To the soles of my shoes

I put myself in so many chaotic circumstances

But by the grace of God

I've been given so many second chances

But today I decided

To let it all go

I'm dropping these bags

I'm making room for my joy

(And I choose)

To be the best that I can be

(I choose)

To be authentic in everything I do

My past don't dictate who I am I choose

Because you never know

Where life is gonna take you and

You can't change where you've been

But today

I have the opportunity to choose (Hey ey)

I used to have guilt about why things happen

They way they did cuz life is gone do

What it do

And everyday

I have the opportunity to choose

From this day forward

I'm going to be exactly who I am

I don't need to change the way that

I live just to get a man (NO )

I even had a talk with my mama and

I told her the day I'm grown

"from this day forward every decision

I make will be my own "

And I choose to be the best

That I can be

(I choose) to be courageous

In everything I do

My past don't dictate who I am

I choose

(And I choose)

To be the best that I can be

(I choose)

To be authentic in everything I do

My past don't dictate who I am I choose

Because you never know

Where life is gonna take you and

You can't change where you've been

But today

I have the opportunity to choose (Hey ey)

I used to have guilt about

Why things happen they way

They did cuz life is gone do what it do

And everyday

I have the opportunity to choose

I Choose - India Arie