I Choose (feat. Bonnie Raitt)

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 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'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, yeah

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

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

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, hey

Released the guilt about why things happen the way they do

'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, no

I even had a talk with my mama and I told her the day I'm grown

This day forward, every decision I make will be my own, hey

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

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

Released the guilt about why things happen they way they did

'Cause life is gone do what it do

And everyday, I have the opportunity to choose