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Artist: India.Arie
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I Choose
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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I Choose
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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
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've 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 through
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 gonna 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 happen the way they did
'Cause life is gonna 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
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 gonna 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 happen the way they did
'Cause life is gonna do what it do
And everyday I have the opportunity to choose
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