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 cirmstances.
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 why things have been the way they been
`Cause life is gonna 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.
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.