AFTER 10 years working the competitive dancehall circuit, singer Nature knows the feeling waiting for that big break.

“Patience is very important. Yuh can’t try to cross the river when it rough,” he reasoned.

The dreadlocked Nature believes his time has finally come with World Peace, an acoustic song produced by Cordell ‘Scatta’ Burrell for Downsound Records.

He said international issues like global warming and worldwide recession inspired him to write World Peace. According to Nature, their impact shows how small the world has become in the last decade.

“Instead of singing about St James or Kingston, I did a song about the world because everything is relative in these times,” he said. “Wherever you are, you are going to be affected.”

The slender Nature credits World Peace’s music video for its appeal, saying it has recorded over 20,000 views since it was placed on YouTube less than two weeks ago. Despite the enthusiastic response, he is not ready to claim a hit record.

“Wi not going to jump the gun an’ say it bus’ or anything like dat. I will say it’s my fastest growing song,” he stated.

Downsound, which helped launch the careers of singers Fantan Mojah and Nanco, is the latest stop for Nature who was born Andre Ellis in Glendevon, St James. His first song, Dirty Closet, was recorded six years ago for the Ital Black label out of Greenwich Farm.

He did stints with producer Lloyd ‘King Jammys’ James and singer Freddie McGregor’s Big Ship camp, but saw little success. Nature was next signed to national footballer Ricardo ‘Bibi’ Gardener’s production company for which he did the songs Wasting Time and Hold On.

During his time with Gardener’s company, Nature did promotional dates in Europe and Australia. Last year, he linked with Downsound and Burrell, who has produced some of the popular dancehall beats in recent years.

Mama You Saved Me, another Downsound/Burrell production, is Nature’s followup to World Peace.