Say It Out Loud — Myl'N | I Chose Myself (Song 17)

"Say It Out Loud" is song 17 of I Chose Myself, an album of twenty-three songs, one for each chapter of the book. There is knowing a thing, and there is saying it out loud. She had known for years, folded away in a drawer. Then the last daughter closed the door on her studies, and there was no mission left to stand in for love, no "for the girls" to hide behind. Only two people, and a we that had stopped existing long before. So she said the words the house had been waiting for. Twenty-three years of silence, and that day she took her voice back. And here is her pride: they did not tear each other apart. Twenty-three years is not something you throw away. You set it down gently, the way you put away photographs from another time. A Creole gospel: one voice almost bare, then the choir. It answers song 12, where the voice was lost. Sung in Guadeloupean Kreyol and English. An palé. Apwé toute sé lanné-la sa, an palé Vent-twa lanné de silence, é on jou, an palé É jou-lassa, an viré pran vwa an mwen É vwa-lasa... pèsonn pé ké pran-y ankò #guadeloupe​ #myln​ #jemesuischoisie​ Chapter 17 of the book: mylnofficial.com/song-17 The book I Chose Myself, paperback and ebook: creationm.sumupstore.com Website: mylnofficial.com Instagram: @mylnofficiel Facebook: facebook.com/share/1GVMAsrLP6/ Words and music by Myl'N. © Myl'N 2026. All rights reserved. #MylN​ #IChoseMyself​ #Kreyol​ #Guadeloupe​ #SaintMartin​ #CaribbeanMusic​ #CreoleGospel​ #guadeloupe #myln #jemesuischoisie