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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nikka Costa
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nikka Costa
Composer
Justin Stanley
Composer
Michael Diamond
Composer
Adam Horovitz
Composer
Adam Yauch
Composer
John King
Composer
Michael Simpson
Composer
Matt Dike
Composer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
Your seeds of misery have sprouted, and they try to block my way
The 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
[Chorus]
Well Mama, you can choose the rain, but I choose the sun
Well 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
[Verse 3]
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
Oh, so have I for you
[Verse 4]
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
[Chorus]
Well Mama, you can choose the rain, but I choose the sun, whoa
Well 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
[Bridge]
This bird's gonna fly so high
Watch my sky come undone
Hey
Mama, you can choose the rain, but I choose the sun
[Outro]
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
That's all I, that's all I needed
Written by: Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, John King, Justin Stanley, Matt Dike, Michael Diamond, Michael Simpson, Nikka Costa