The rain was falling in Jamaica as Reggae artist Warrior King talked to in a telephone interview about his music and spirituality.

Warrior King will be in Bermuda this weekend as part of the Culture Shock and Big Ship concert.

It will be his first visit to the Island and he?s looking forward to it.

Warrior King ? whose birth name is Mark Dyer ? was born in Clarendon. His father was a businessman and his mother a nurse.

Before launching his music career he took the traditional education route getting his diploma in mechanical engineering.

?I was always into music from a youthful stage, but our parents and especially our mother emphasised the importance of education. Although I loved music I made sure I had a good education.

?My love was always music, but education is the key and Halie Selassie always emphasised it. He knew education was the key.?

He decided to follow his heart with music being his first choice.

?I love to teach and I teach through music,? said Warrior King, who is learning to play the guitar and the Nya Bingy drums.

While attending high school in his early teens Warrior King was a keen fan of Reggae artists Bounty Killer and Capeton.

?From then on I started developing my own style and at that time they used to called me ?Bounty Jr.? at school.

?That is the name that I first got in the music field. And you know you grow and mature through the passage of time and because your love of music grows you get to understand the power of music and begin to read the Bible.

?You begin to ally yourself with Rastafarian people who use music for more than just entertainment and more for the education of the people.?

Over the years, Warrior King performed at numerous school concerts.

?Anywhere we can show our talent,? he said.

?My father owned a shop and bar so music was always playing around me ... Bob Marley, Garnet Silk, Peter Tosh and Admiral Tibet to name a few.

?They are my musical influences. In the main my inspiration comes from the Most High Haile Selassie.

?I don?t just see myself as just an entertainer although in the world that we are living in I would be classified as one.

?I see myself like Moses and those type of men who come to do the Father?s work and to teach the people about the Kingdom and love and unity.

?Through words we can burn evil doings and when you talk the truth it is like a dagger to a wicked person?s heart.?

His music could be classified as ?strictly roots? with comforting lyrics.

?I sing a lot of songs to uplift women and to uplift women is to uplift the world,? he said.

?Women are the first teachers and they are the backbone of the world, so if you want a better world then you have to strengthen women.

?When a child is born the first teachings are from the mother. So, if the woman is strong the nation in general is strong.

?I do try to balance things as far as the father is concerned because he is needed equally because everything that is going on in the world is because of the breakdown in the family.

?The men should be present, too, because the male is very important.?

He believes that the old style lyrics of Reggae will make a comeback.

?No matter what goes on the music has to return to its roots,? said Warrior King.

?A lot of people who take up music don?t really love music and for them it is a way to make a quick living or to get popular. But you are supposed to make yourself an instrument of the Almighty. So a lot of youth who are doing music nowadays don?t see themselves as an instrument of the Father.

?That is why they will say anything that comes to their minds.

?I see myself and an example. I don?t like what is going on, but I still have to be an example of being positive.?

Warrior King is planning to play his top tracks and will also introduce some new songs.

?I plan to sing ?Never Go Where the Pagans Go?, ?Virtuous Woman?, ?Jah is Always There? and ?Hold the Faith?,? he said.

?It depends upon the length of time, but I will just do my best for the Bermudian people.?