Toyan began his career in 1974, deejaying on Kingston's sound systems, such… Read Full Bio ↴Toyan began his career in 1974, deejaying on Kingston's sound systems, such as Socialist Roots and Romantic HiFi. He recorded his debut single, "Disco Pants" in the late 1970s for producer Don Mais. He went on to work extensively with Joseph Hoo Kim and Jah Thomas, resulting in a string of hits including "Girls Nowadays", "Kill No Man", "John Tom", and "Talk of the Town", as well as combination hits with The Mighty Diamonds ("Pretty Woman"), Badoo ("Rocking the 5000"), and Freddie McGregor ("Roots Man Skanking"). In 1981 he joined Henry "Junjo" Lawes' Volcano Sound system, and toured Canada. With Lawes, he recorded the album How the West Was Won, which is regarded as his best work, and went on to produce his own work and that of others such as Billy Boyo and Anthony Johnson. He toured the United Kingdom with the Jah Prophecy band and performed in Jamaica alongside Dennis Brown.

He was murdered in Jamaica in 1991.

Albums

* How The West Was Won (1981) Greensleeves
* Toyan (1982) J&L
* Superstar Yellowman Has Arrived With Toyan (1982) Joe Gibbs (with Yellowman)
* DJ Clash (1982) Volcano/Greensleeves (with Nicodemus)
* Spar With Me (1982) Jah Guidance
* Ghetto Man Skank (1983) Silver Camel
* DJ Daddy (1983) Upfront
* Nice Time (1983) Jam Rock/Pre (with Triston Palma)
* Every Posse Want Me (1983) Live & Learn
* Murder (1983) Vista Sounds (with Tipper Lee & Johnny Slaughter)
* Hot Bubble Gum (1984) Power House
* Early Days Roots Tradition

Lover Man Style
Toyan Lyrics

(Lover, dis a lover man style) you see!
True love don't come easy
Lord, true love never die true life story
Lord a god, a dis a true life story
(A weh mi do?)

Chi, lover, dis a lover man style
Say, say, dis a lover, dis a lover man style

Cah, tell you, said a, lovers in di park go -

Say, bird in a tree go -
Say, cow in a go mu-mu-mu
But, goat in a pen go beh-beh-beh

Chi, lover, dis a lover man style
Lover, dis a lover man style

Cah, dis a lover, dis a lover love pump
Say, sayin', dis a lover
Dis a lover love pump cah, tell you, said a
How you really catch di love pump?
How you really catch di love pump?
(Cah, hear me, man-a)

You walkin' down di street
Pretty girl you meet (Hey)
First you like, and a, second you love
Then a so you really catch di love pump

Cah, talkin' bout di lover
Dis a lover man skank
Cah, tell you, dis a lover
Dis a lovers man style
Talkin' 'bout di lover
Dis a lover man style (Bimma)
Beca' mi push in mi ting
Like a damn dynamite
It rub and it got starlight -
Chi, lover, dis a lover man style
Cah, talkin' 'bout di lover
Dis a lover man style

Cah, tell you, said
Mi nah left Pauline fi go please Christine
Mi nah left Pauline fi go please Christine
Pauline a fi mi dancing queen
Cah, said a, Pauline a fi mi sweet sixteen
Cah, lord, in a di lovers
In a di lovers man style (Bimma)

Cah, dis a lover, dis a lover love pump
Say, say, dis a lover, dis a lover love pump
Cah, tell you, said a
How you really catch di love pump?
Cah, how you really catch di love pump?
(A weh you do?)

You walkin' down di street
Pretty girl you meet (Hey)
First you like, and a, second you love
Then a so you really catch di love pump
(Cah, talkin' 'bout)

Chi, lover, dis a lover man style (Hey)

Cah, mi say, bird in a tree go -
Say, lovers in di park go -
Say, cow in a go mu-mu-mu
But, goat in a pen go beh-beh-beh

Chi, lover, dis a lover man style
Say, say, dis a lover, dis a lover man style

Say, cah, dis a lover, dis a lover man style
Lover, dis a lover man style
Say, say, in a England style

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