You never know where life is gonna take you
And you can't change where you been
I have the opportunity to choose

Here I am now lookin' at 30
And I got so much to say
Gotta get this offa my chest
I gotta let it go today
I was always too concerned
About what everybody would think
But I can't live for evreybody
I gotta live my life for me

I reached a fork in the road of my life
And ain't nothin' gonna happen unless I decide
If I choose
to be the best that I can be
If I choose
To be off and tickin' everything
My past don't dictate who I am
I choose
Yes

I done been through some painful tihngs
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 put myself in so many chaotic circumstances
By the grace of God
I been given so many second chances
But today I decided to let it go
I'm droppin' t-bags
I'm makin room for my jokes

And I choose to be the best that I can be
To be off and tickin' everything
I do
My past don't dictate who I am
I choose

Because yo unever know where life is gonna take ya
And you can't change where ya been
But today I have the opportunity to choose
release the guilt about why things have been that way
Cause life is gonna do what it do
And every day I have the opportunity to choose

From this day, I'm gonna be exactly who I am
I don' thave to change the way I live
just to get a man
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 optimistic in everything I do
My past don't dictate who I am
I choose
Yeah

Because yo unever know where life is gonna take ya
And you can't change where ya been
But today I have the opportunity to choose
release the guilt about why things have been that way
Cause life is gonna do what it do
And every day I have the opportunity to choose


by /Snipes_