sunshine

Phone A Friend

We let the coffee get cold

From the ashes of the block to the rooftop of redemption — Trap Odyssey is a raw, unflinching journey through the streets, scars, and salvation. Heavy with truth, pulsing with pain, and cut through with hope, this track fuses poetic grit with a fight for light. It’s the alleyway prayer and the rooftop hallelujah.


Trap Odyssey

ain’t shit (but i loved you) / soundcloud exclusive

Old School

Streetlights bleeding through the rain-streaked glass
Another Tuesday fades into the past
You paint your promises in shades of grey
Beautiful mirage that fades... away

Dancing on a floor of fractured trust
Our faded masterpiece turning into dust

This is our velvet goodbye - silent, sweet decay
No screaming words, just watching colors drain away
Final sip of wine, neon-haunted room
Chasing ghosts of forgotten blooms
Velvet goodbye - softest, sharpest pain
Beautiful ending in the pouring rain

I trace the silence hanging in the air
The ghost of laughter that we used to share
Midnight drives and stolen time - perfect crime
Now the echo's all that's left to hold
Story that's already growing cold

This is our velvet goodbye - (mmm) silent, sweet decay
No screaming words, just watching colors drain (fade) away
Final sip of wine, neon-haunted room (haunted room)
Chasing ghosts of forgotten blooms
Velvet goodbye - softest, sharpest pain (oh, the pain)
Beautiful ending in the pouring rain (rain, rain)

In the rain...
In the rain...
Velvet... velvet...

Mmm... goodbye...
Fading, fading away
Velvet...

Rain Tapes

Baby You Knew /Deaconblaq (ft.Davia Goodmon)

Falling Out Of Time (International Version) is Mokhtar’s most expansive and emotionally layered work to date—a minimalist R&B album that speaks in three tongues and countless moods. Written in English, Tagalog, and Malay, the project transcends borders and time zones, capturing the universal ache of change, memory, and quiet rebellion.

Each track is a timestamp from a life lived in fragments:

• From the melancholic refusal in “Ayoko ng Sunset Ngayon” to the cinematic collapse of “The World Is Shaking”,
• From the nostalgic ache of “Childhood” to the poetic defiance of “Cutting My Hair at Home”,
• From the imagined escape in “Life in Another City” to the theatrical finality of “One Last Dance Before My Inevitable Death”,


The album moves like a slow dissolve—velvet vocals over ambient textures, lo-fi percussion, and lyrics that feel handwritten. It’s not just international in language, but in emotional reach: every song is a passport to a feeling you thought was yours alone.

This version is for the listener who’s lived in translation, who’s felt heartbreak in more than one language, who knows that time doesn’t heal—it distorts. Mokhtar doesn’t offer resolution. He offers resonance.


6. Childhood

I’m letting go
I’ve reached the point
You know
Where hanging on
Is more about show
Than what is real
It’s more about
How I feel
Cause right about now
What I need the most
Is your love
Your loving touch
That does so much
My love
That means so much
In a time of need
Like a seed
That lasts through
The day
That helps me get through
The pain
That comes my way
My love
©2025 wr heustis

My Love

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I am a healthcare executive completing a dual degree, Master of Public Health / Doctor of Health Sciences, focused on raising awareness about behavioral health, specifically among teens and college students. My dissertation research is focused on raising up the voice of college students beginning with communities of color. I am committed to helping people connect to their purpose in collaboration with mission-aligned leaders. Together we will achieve great things!

Our project is a first step in raising awareness about a national health epidemic. All proceeds are reinvested directly into proactive strategies for improving behavioral health among youth, teens, and young adults in collaboration with community partners.

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