[00:00.62]Because you never know
[00:01.34]Where life is gonna take you
[00:03.00]And you can't change where you've been
[00:04.69]
[00:05.38]But today I have the opportunity to choose
[00:08.77]
[00:11.37]Here am I now looking at 30
[00:13.44]And I got so much to say
[00:15.63]
[00:16.64]I gotta get this off of my chest
[00:18.71]I gotta let it go today
[00:20.70]
[00:22.03]I was always too concerned about
[00:24.35]What everybody would think
[00:26.26]
[00:27.54]But I can't live for everybody
[00:29.57]I gotta live my life for me.(Yeah)
[00:31.82]
[00:32.66]I pitched a fork in the road
[00:35.20]Of my life
[00:37.19]And ain't nothing gonna happen unless I decide
[00:42.85](And I choose)
[00:44.01]
[00:44.57]To be the best that I can be
[00:48.22](I choose)
[00:49.18]
[00:49.82]To be authentic in everything I do
[00:54.65]
[00:55.27]My past don't dictate who I am
[01:00.00]
[01:01.35]I choose (Yeah)
[01:03.93]
[01:05.43]I done been through some painful things
[01:07.09]I thought that
[01:07.78]I would never make it through
[01:09.76]
[01:10.69]Filled up with shame
[01:11.83]From the top of my head
[01:13.39]To the soles of my shoes
[01:14.96]
[01:15.46]I put myself in so many chaotic circumstances
[01:20.26]
[01:21.61]But by the grace of God
[01:22.93]I've been given so many second chances
[01:25.94]But today I decided
[01:28.29]
[01:29.45]To let it all go
[01:30.80]
[01:31.55]I'm dropping these bags
[01:33.99]I'm making room for my joy
[01:36.61](And I choose)
[01:37.69]
[01:38.63]To be the best that I can be
[01:42.11](I choose)
[01:43.09]
[01:43.78]To be authentic in everything I do
[01:48.53]
[01:49.28]My past don't dictate who I am I choose
[01:56.70]
[01:59.28]Because you never know
[02:00.20]Where life is gonna take you and
[02:01.55]You can't change where you've been
[02:03.94]But today
[02:04.62]
[02:05.26]I have the opportunity to choose (Hey ey)
[02:09.83]I used to have guilt about why things happen
[02:11.59]They way they did cuz life is gone do
[02:13.33]What it do
[02:14.75]And everyday
[02:16.02]I have the opportunity to choose
[02:18.37]
[02:20.21]From this day forward
[02:21.79]I'm going to be exactly who I am
[02:25.00]
[02:25.87]I don't need to change the way that
[02:28.38]I live just to get a man (NO )
[02:30.97]I even had a talk with my mama and
[02:33.94]I told her the day I'm grown
[02:35.88]
[02:36.63]"from this day forward every decision
[02:38.71]I make will be my own "
[02:40.68]
[02:41.33]And I choose to be the best
[02:44.40]That I can be
[02:46.77](I choose) to be courageous
[02:49.60]In everything I do
[02:54.05]My past don't dictate who I am
[02:59.04]
[03:00.30]I choose
[03:01.34]
[03:02.93](And I choose)
[03:04.33]
[03:05.12]To be the best that I can be
[03:08.40](I choose)
[03:09.33]
[03:10.10]To be authentic in everything I do
[03:14.84]
[03:15.52]My past don't dictate who I am I choose
[03:23.14]
[03:25.60]Because you never know
[03:26.34]Where life is gonna take you and
[03:27.79]You can't change where you've been
[03:30.21]But today
[03:30.66]
[03:31.53]I have the opportunity to choose (Hey ey)
[03:36.33]I used to have guilt about
[03:37.47]Why things happen they way
[03:38.42]They did cuz life is gone do what it do
[03:40.36]
[03:41.01]And everyday
[03:41.60]
[03:42.30]I have the opportunity to choose
[03:43.95]I Choose - India Arie