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My Hope for 2025

By Kyla Boyd

12.23.2024

I would like to post my lyrics on social media.

I want to have more friends.

I have to be more socially active.

I want to have more stylish clothes.

I want to go on a trip to California.

I want to be a famous lyricist.

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