India Arie – I Choose Lyrics  Share

From India Arie's album: Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship

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:]
[ I Choose lyrics from
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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. (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
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