Author: Jacob McGowen

January 2023 started off not so well for me. After traveling for the Christmas holidays, I could not sleep peacefully for days. Towards the end of traveling and not long after I returned, I finally tested positive for COVID. By the time mid-January arrived, I had not had a good night’s sleep for a month.…… Continue reading When The Meds Fail

Before the year 2020, I would regularly use Uber to go to work, to go to doctors’ appointments, to go to the movies, get groceries, etc. When the COVID era ended, and when I was no longer working, I did not need Uber rides as much as I did before. That being said, out of…… Continue reading Accept Your Limited Mind

It Must Proceed(Jacob R. McGowen)1st Verse:It was a day in SeptemberOne we would never forget When a fighter and a fatherWas killed in an instantPre-Chorus:He never was a man to hate butFought for God, country, and loveAnd as a nation mourned his lossThey turned to God up aboveChorus:He always stood for ChristIn all of his…… Continue reading It Must Proceed

Day in September(Jacob R. McGowen) 1st Verse:It was a day in SeptemberOne we would never forgetWhen a fighter and a fatherWas murdered by darknessPre-Chorus:He never was a man to hate butFought for God, justice, and loveAnd as a nation mourned his lossThey turned to Christ up aboveChorus:Light cannot be expungedThough demons may kill and rageOur…… Continue reading Day in September

Black Book Friends- Alternate Version(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]One day you found a lover in aWealthy Brooklyn manAnd together you constructedA wide empire of great sinAnd you sought out all the innocentAnd they would soon know all too wellYour vile, cruel wickednessSpun straight from hell [Pre-Chorus]And on that wretched islandYou thought you’d get awayBut I’m quite…… Continue reading Black Book Friends- Alternate Version

Dog-Faced, Pony Liar-Remix (Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]We’re done with all your mumbled wordsAnd all of your ramblingsWe’re sick and tired of all your liesAnd your reckless governingWe know about all of your crimesAnd about all your wicked wealthWhile we struggle daily to surviveAnd barely can even feed ourselves [Chorus]You dog-faced, pony liar!You dog-faced, pony liar!You…… Continue reading Dog-Faced, Pony Liar-Remix

To You, I Give My Peace [Afrobeats Version](Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]Broken daughters Wayward brothers All you sinners To you, I give My peace To you, I give My peace [Chorus] And I’ll give you peaceAnd I’ll give you joy And I’ll give you patience And I’ll give you loveAnd I’ll cease your fear And I’ll…… Continue reading To You, I Give My Peace [Afrobeats Version]

Cry of the Weary(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:Lord, give me vict’ry over my fears(Lord, give me vict’ry over my fears)Lord, silence every single doubt(Lord, silence every single doubt) Pre-Chorus:Help me persevere and long to see (Help me persevere and long to see)You reigning up in glory(You reigning up in glory)With your father and the Spirit(With your father…… Continue reading Cry of the Weary

Sufficiently Enough(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:To trust You is a tried and true endeavorTo know You is a quest of depth and faithTo see You requires eyes that are not mortalThat’s why I need to seek You everyday Chorus:But to know that I am treasured and so lovedBy You who made all of CreationThat is sufficiently enoughFor…… Continue reading Sufficiently Enough

My Refuge Here(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]As I walk through the storms of this life As the battle rages round me at all timesAnd as burdens come and bring me to tears Will You comfort me and be my refuge here? [Chorus]My refuge here, when I don’t know what to sayMy refuge here, when I’m timid…… Continue reading My Refuge Here