The Tribune

By ALESHA CADET

Tribune Features Reporter

acadet@tribunemedia.net

BAHAMIAN Gospel musician Gesner “Mr J” Dalmon teamed up with Deacon Culture and former Bahamas National Youth Choir member and veteran Gayle Barrow in a cry out to the lord with their new single, “We Need You (Remix).

For years, Mr J has been known to use his music in a way to bring awareness to social ills in the country. He told Tribune Religion the new song focuses on the amount of blood shed that has taken place in the Bahamas.

He said with the escalation of violent crimes, robberies, home invasions, rape and murder, they felt compelled to reach out to the public with a conscious message, highlighting the hurt that many families are experiencing due to the callous and inhumane acts perpetrated by criminals among us.

“Persons are being shot and in many instances killed from gunshot injuries. Like Abel, the blood of many are crying out to God for justice and prevention of future blood spill,” said Mr J.

He encouraged readers to repent before the lord, because as the scripture says, we are all like sheep that have gone astray and have contributed to the problems we have on our hands today.

“The leaders of our country have failed to execute swift justice, close loop holes that allow lawyers to help guilty clients go free and become the terror to evil doers that the bible says they are. God has given the government the mandate to execute righteousness and justice in the land without partiality. They have failed miserably in doing this, as we all know. It has gotten so bad that we have cases of family members killing each other. We are in trouble,” said Mr J.

Mr J said he and Deacon Culture hope the new song will be a call to reflection, repentance and a recommittal to express love, kindness and forgiveness to each other.

Deacon Culture said he is calling out to the eternal father to bless the land of the Bahamas, to guide and keep it by his mighty hand.

The singers note how rapidly the Bahamas is slipping into a state of lawlessness and anarchy. “It seems as though people are not thinking about the consequences of committing a crime. Fox Hill prison time seems not to be a deterrent nor a fear,that persons would not want to be incarcerated there,” said Deacon Culture.

“We are always in need of the lord because of our sinful and innate nature to go astray. Because of this nature, we fall prey to evil and wrong doing thus breaking the laws of God and the country we live in,” said Mr J.

Deacon Culture added: “We have to pray to father God to help us in this time. Man out there wicked and they do not fear God. God already give the government the authority to deal with them. The government need to make a harsh example out of them,” said Deacon Culture.