[00:00.23]Artist：india arie
[00:00.73]Songs Title：i choose
[00:01.22]Because you never know where life is gonna take you and you can＇t change where you＇ve been.
[00:04.49]But today, I have the opportunity to choose.
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[00:11.27]Here am I now looking at 30 and I got so much to say.
[00:16.50]I gotta get this off of my chest, I gotta let it go today.
[00:21.09]I was always too concerned about what everybody would think.
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[00:27.16]But I can＇t live for everybody, I gotta live my life for me.（Yeah）
[00:32.38]I pitched a fork in the road of my life and ain＇t nothing gonna happen unless I decide.
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[00:42.66]（And I choose） to be the best that I can be.
[00:48.17]（I choose） to be authentic in everything I do.
[00:55.41]My past don＇t dictate who I am. I choose. （Yeah）
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[01:05.36]I done been through some painful things I thought that I would never make it through.
[01:09.67]Filled up with shame from the top of my head to the soles of my shoes.
[01:15.19]I put myself in so many chaotic circumstances, but by the grace of God I＇ve been given so many second chances.
[01:25.19]But today I decided to let it all go. I＇m dropping these bags, I＇m making room for my joy.
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[01:36.83]（And I choose） to be the best that I can be.
[01:41.87]（I choose） to be authentic in everything I do.
[01:49.04]My past don＇t dictate who I am. I choose.
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[01:59.44]Because you never know where life is gonna take you and you can＇t change where you＇ve been.
[02:03.71]But today, I have the opportunity to choose. （Hey ey）
[02:10.36]I used to have guilt about why things happen they way they did cuz life is gone do what it do.
[02:16.09]And everyday, I have the opportunity to choose.
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[02:20.28]From this day forward I＇m going to be exactly who I am.
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[02:25.84]I don＇t need to change the way that I live just to get a man. （NO!）
[02:31.05]I even had a talk with my mama and I told her the day I＇m grown, ＂from this day forward, every decision
[02:39.00]I make will be my own.＂ And hey!
[02:41.95]（And I choose） to be the best that I can be.
[02:46.52]（I choose） to be courageous in everything I do.
[02:54.12]My past don＇t dictate who I am. I choose.
[03:02.87]（And I choose） to be the best that I can be.
[03:08.13]（I choose） to be authentic in everything I do.
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[03:14.21]My past don＇t dictate who I am. I choose.
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[03:25.75]Because you never know where life is gonna take you
[03:27.90]and you can＇t change where you＇ve been.
[03:30.19]But today, I have the opportunity to choose. （Hey ey）
[03:36.46]I used to have guilt about why things happen they way they did cuz life is gone do what it do.
[03:41.19]And everyday, I have the opportunity to choose.