BESIDES writing and recording songs, Hopeton Lindo loves keeping up to date with current affairs. A lot of the news he sees in the media these days is disturbing.

Global strife resulting from COVID-19, and political turmoil in the United States, prompted the veteran singer to write Don’t Do It on which he collaborates with Marcia Griffiths and Freddie McGregor.

Written and produced by Lindo, the song spent four weeks at number one on the South Florida Foundation Radio Network Chart.

“The message is in the music, as in the midst of chaos and destruction we must try our best to preserve the Earth. What matters most to me is family, what kind of world will my children and grandkids grow up to see,” Lindo told the Jamaica Observer.

Known for songs such as Territory and Lonely Night, Lindo reached out to Griffiths and McGregor to share his message of concern for a world in turmoil. The elders of the music business, he believes, have a responsibility to deliver motivational music.

“It’s important that foundation artistes keep pushing on as it maintains a balance in the type of music being delivered,” he said.

Don’t Do It is the latest in a series of songs that have done well in recent years for the Kingston-born Lindo in South Florida and New York.

A prolific writer, he was a key member of producer Gussie Clarke’s Anchor Recordings camp during the 1990s when he wrote hit songs like Temptress for Maxi Priest and Telephone Love by J C Lodge.