I am a woman with a mission and a past to outdo   I don't need a gun, I've got a microphone and a melody or two   Just like the earth has spent a thousand years   Making up for what we do, so have I for you      Your seeds of misery have sprouted and they try to block my way   Worst gets the better of you and you try to disarm me with an embrace   Just like the heart that's spent a lifetime   Forgiving what is cruel, so have I for you, so have I for you      Mama, you can choose the rain but I choose the sun   Mama, you can choose the rain but I choose the sun   That's all I need to free myself, that's all I need to free myself      I am a woman with a mission and a past to outdo   I don't need a gun, I got a microphone and a melody or two   Just like the earth has spent a thousand years   Making up for what we do and so have I for you      And I have justified every wave in our ocean   And I have covered every range of emotion   Just like the sea has spent eternity   At the mercy of the moon, so have I for you, so have I for      Mama, you can choose the rain but I choose the sun   Mama, you can choose the rain but I choose the sun   That's all I need to free myself, that's all I need to free myself      This bird's gonna fly so high, watch my sky come undone, hey   Mama, you can choose the rain but I choose the sun   That's all I need to free myself, that's all I need to free myself   That's all I need to free myself, that's all I need to free myself