INDIA.ARIE - I Choose Lyrics

Because you never know where life is going to take you
And you can't change where you've been
But today, I have the opportunity to choose

Here I am now looking at 30 and I've got so much to say
Gotta get this off of my chest, I've 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

I have reached 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

I've been through some painful things
I thought that I would never make it though
Filled up with shame, from the top of my head
To the soles of my shoes

I've put myself in so many chaotic circumstances
By the grace of God
I've been given so many second chances

But today I've 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 going to take you
And you can't change where you've been
But today, I have the opportunity to choose

Release the guilt about my things and how they
Because life is going to do what it do
And every day, 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

I even had a talk with my mama
And I told her today I'm grown
This day forward, every decision that I make
Will be my own

And I choose, to be the best that I can be
And 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 going to take you
And you can't change where you've been
But today, I have the opportunity to choose

Hey, it is the girl [incomprehensible]
Because life is gonna do what you do
And everyday, I have the opportunity to choose