Dwight Jones watched the US police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile unfold in sheer horror.

The Christian record producer and founder of Kingdom Reggae felt helpless at first; then God showed him something small he could do.

Mr Jones, who performs as D Major, released a song last week called Stop, encouraging people to keep the faith during these trying times.

“When I wrote it I wanted to remind people that God isn’t sleeping,” he said.

“We are responding to this violence and acting scared as if God has forgotten us, but no one is even really looking to God. We are looking to each other for comfort and answers and to the government for solutions, when we need to be going to God.

“Everything we say is about ‘us’ and ‘them’, not God.

“We are operating in fear, not in His power. He says in His word He hasn’t given us the spirit of fear.

“He has given us love, power and strength.

“We took that fear upon ourselves.”

Mr Jones was inspired to write the song after talking to a friend who argued much of the violence unfolding in America could be traced back to that one thing.

“I really thought about that and when you think about why people and their communities are scared of the police it’s due to fear,” he said.

“The police are shooting these guys predominantly out of fear, because they don’t understand the black culture, and there could be racism mixed into that as well, but it’s all based on fear.

“So I started to do some studying about what God has to say about fear.

“When we are fearful it opens the floodgates for the enemy to come in and have his way to try to destroy our lives or distract us from our purpose. So in my studies I was like, ‘Wow, we are being tricked into looking at only the problem, instead of the root of what’s causing it’.”

It had been more than 15 years since Mr Jones last recorded one of his own songs, but this was a message he had to get out there.

He started jotting down some thoughts on the relevant Bible scriptures; before he knew it the song was recorded.

“I put it together and didn’t have any intent on releasing it, but when I listened to it back I thought, ‘This sounds really cool’.

“I posted it online and like, 15 seconds later, someone responded saying ‘This is hot’ and the responses just started coming from there.”

The 50-year-old was introduced to the Christian faith in early childhood, however by his teenage years he admits he had gone a little “wayward”.

“I still remembered who I was in Christ, but I was just running from that,” he said.

“I ran from it until 1996. That’s when I was away in college in Atlanta and I was producing some music for one artist and the content of their song was just trash.

“It wouldn’t uplift anyone and it made me reflect on my responsibility as a musician, singer and producer and the fact that people, most importantly children, are going to listen to what this artist has to say.

“That nonsense was going to be exposed to some child’s ear and could possibly influence that child.

“So I said, ‘No way’. The song made me feel uncomfortable and that became a turning point in my life.”

He started embracing more of who he was; the Holy Spirit started tugging at his heart as well.

Today Mr Jones believes his purpose goes beyond just music; he wants to empower people and inspire them to have greater vision.

“My life changed that day,” the producer said. “I chose to be accountable for what I did and for what I was involved in.

“Now I’m constantly asking myself, ‘Is what I’m doing pleasing God?’ And if the answer could be no, I [question] why I’m doing it.”

Mr Jones is currently looking for sponsorship so he can launch Stop as a community campaign.

“The project, I’m hoping, will turn into a full album with people from around the world and Bermuda recording songs about non-violence from a Christian perspective,” he said.

“It’s not just going to stop here — pun intended.

“The whole thing has kind of shown me there’s a need to bring healing into this situation. It doesn’t look like, the way things are going, things will ever stop, but people need to know there is refuge in Christ.”

•Listen to his song on www.kingdomreggae.co.uk or contact him at kingdomreggaemusic@gmail.com