India.Arie - I Choose Lyrics

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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. 

[Verse 1:] 
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. 

[Chorus:] 
(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) 

[Verse 2:] 
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. 

[Chorus:] 
(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. 

[Bridge:] 
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. 

[Verse 3:] 
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 hey! 

[Chorus:] 
(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. 

[Bridge:] 
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.

LS

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lyrics submitted by Lizzy89 on 18-09-2006
lyrics corrected on 18-09-2006