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
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 where
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 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 circ**stances
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

Release 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 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
I choose to be courageous in everything
I do, my past don’t dictate who I am
I choose, yeah

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 do
`Cause life is gonna do what it do
And everyday I have the opportunity to choose