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 circumstances   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