Intro - Nyabinghi Drum & Hum Mmm... yeh... Verse 1 Mmm... everybody have dem own choice to make, and decision to make... yeh Nuh badda judge di road weh yuh bredda take... Some a go left, some a go right fi escape... Some a go fall just fi learn how fi elevate... Mumma want doctor, but him love di beat... Daughter want travel, but daddy want she keep... Life nuh cookie cutter, life nuh one street... Free will a di gift weh mek di soul complete... Pre-Chorus Ooh... who are we fi hold di pen?... mmm And write out people life ’til di end?... Plant yuh seed, but nuh force di stem... ’Cause even di rose grow ’round di thorn den... Chorus - Melodic & Free Everybody have dem own choice to make, and decision to make... yeh Some a go win, some a go slip, some a go break... But a fi dem lesson, a fi dem mistake... Nuh live fi di crowd, live fi yuh own sake... Everybody have dem own choice to make, let dem navigate... mmm Yuh can give advice, but yuh cyaa dictate... Freedom a di water weh everybody rate... Crycry seh : respect di path dem create... Verse 2 - Real Life Picture Skrrt! Him leave di 9-to-5 fi sell pon di beach... yeh Dem call him lazy, seh him outta reach... But him a wake wid di sunrise, him soul a preach... Happiness nuh deh pon di chart weh dem teach... Her leave di church ’cause she find Jah outside... Inna di trees, inna di ocean, inna di sky wide... Dem seh she lost, but she never hide... She just choose a different way fi abide... Pre-Chorus Ooh no... life nuh one size... mmm What feed yuh spirit might mek mi despise... So live and let live, open yuh eyes... Di world big enough fi all kinda rise... Chorus - Melodic & Free Everybody have dem own choice to make, and decision to make... yeh Some a go win, some a go slip, some a go break... But a fi dem lesson, a fi dem mistake... Nuh live fi di crowd, live fi yuh own sake... Everybody have dem own choice to make, let dem navigate... mmm Yuh can give advice, but yuh cyaa dictate... Freedom a di water weh everybody rate... Crycry seh : respect di path dem create... Bridge - Chant Eeeeh... yuh cyaa live fi mi... mmm And mi cyaa live fi yuh... So mek we agree fi disagree... And still walk inna love too... Verse 3 - To Di Youth So pick yuh school, pick yuh spouse... yeh Pick yuh dream, build yuh house... If yuh fall down, yuh pick yuhself arouse... ’Cause a yuh name deh pon di blouse... Nuh mek society choose fi yuh... Dem nuh go deh yah when di bills due... Dem nuh go cry when yuh heart break too... So choose di life weh feel right fi you... Final Chorus - Anthem Everybody have dem own choice to make, stand firm pon dat... yeh Nuh follow wave, nuh follow chat... Build yuh life like yuh own habitat... Even if dem nuh understand where yuh at... Everybody have dem own choice to make, give thanks fi dat... mmm Free will a di crown weh yuh combat... Stonez seh: yuh life, yuh script, yuh format... Choose wise, and nuh look back... Outro - One Drop Fade Mmm...
