Kimo Sounds - I Chose Who I Am

I just had to begin.
People say,
"You're made of where you come from," like the start is the whole story written out.
But I've seen people rewrite everything without erasing what they're about.
So I kept what made me stronger,
Left the rest where it belongs,
Not running from the person that I was,
Just building something more.
I can carry it without becoming it.
I can know where I've been and still choose where I'm going.
I am not what happened to me; I am what I do with it now.