I Choose Lyrics - India Arie

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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.

Send "I Choose" Ringtone to your Cell