I Had A Choice

Holdin' hands, strollin' through the park (ooh)

Sweet memories (yeah)

Are torn apart (oh, oh)

I made a promise I could not keep (I could not keep)

I played around, oh, girl, I made you weep

I had a choice and I chose wrong (I chose wrong)

I made a promise, girl, to leave it alone (leave it alone)

You gave me trust (NBK), I threw it away (Mark T)

(Sonny, son, son) baby please (yeah)

How roses, love notes, and apologies does it take? (Ooh-ooh)

How many more lonely nights do I stay awake? (What will I do)

Reminiscin' of the times you would do whatever (without you, girl)

Sneak out your window so that we can be together (oh, baby)

And when your daddy said he would kill your boyfriend

Not even he could separate us, back then

I wish these thoughts would've been going through my mind

When I broke this promise and I made you cry

Forgive me, I wish it was a dream (forgive me, baby), that I might awake

To your lovin' arms around me

I guess I gave in to man's deepest weakness

I'm at your mercy, beggin' for forgiveness (yeah)

I had a choice and I chose wrong

Now I'm trying to make it better, writing you this song

I love you more than anything up in this world ('cause I love you, girl)

Never wanna lose you, forgive me, girl, uh

I had a choice (I have a choice), and I chose wrong (yeah, baby)

I made a promise, girl, to leave it alone (I'll never do you wrong)

You gave me trust, I threw it away (yeah, just take me back, baby)

Baby please

I sat back, took my time, wrote these rhymes

Words I never express, the type of things that I'm sayin'

Right out the top of the head, I ain't lyin'

Even cried when I wrote it, and every time I read it

Tear it up and throw it

Think back to the days when you didn't know what life was

'Cause at the same time I gave it to ya, I took it from ya

And now I understand why you can't look me in my eyes again

Sittin' underneath the candlelight tryin' to rise the same lines