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WE CALLED HIM DADDY ROY.HE WAS A VERY SHARP DRESSER IN HIS HEYDAY.HE ACTUALLY CAME FROM A VERY DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE THAN MUSIC.HE WAS A TEACHER IN JAMAICA AT FIRST.THEN SOMETHING LIT A FIRE IN HIM AND HE THREW EVERYTHING AWAY TO GO D.J. FOR KING TUBBY'S.HE LOVED THE DANCEHALL LIFE,THOUGH IT WAS QUIT DIFFERENT FROM THE DANCHALL NOW.ONE COULD HAVE ACTUALLY WENT OUT LATE WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING KILLED OR RAPED.AS HE GOT OLD AND FADED AWAY,I HEARD ALL KINDS OF STORIES FROM HIM.HE LOVED TO TELL STORIES OF HOW COOL HE WAS BACK THEN AND ALL OF US LOVED TO LISTEN.I ROY WAS A MAN THAT - WHEN HE SPOKE,YOU HAD TO LISTEN.HE WAS GOOD WITH WORDS AND HIS STORIES ALWAYS GAVE YOU A MENTAL VISION OF WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.I REALLY LOVED HIM FOR THAT.PEOPLE SAY U ROY WAS THE FIRST,BUT I ROY WAS THE BEST.AND YOU COULD HEAR THE EDUCATION IN HIS MUSIC.SINCE HE IS NOW GONE,THE ONLY PEOPLE I NOW SEE IS BUNNY LEE HIS OLD PRODUCER.IN MOST SONGS THAT BUNNY LEE PRODUCED FOR I ROY, - I ROY WOULD ALWAYS START THE SONG BY TALKING TO A GUY WITH AN ALMOST CHILDLIKE VOICE.THAT WAS BUNNY LEE HIS PRODUCER.THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS.I ROY LATER IN HIS LIFE DEVELOPED HEART PROBLEMS.HE GOT THESE ISSUES FROM HIS YOUNGER DAYS PARTYING AND DRINKING HEAVILY.HE WAS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MIAMI AND JAMAICA,BUT HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN JAMAICA MORE OFTEN.HE OFTEN SAID "HELL WITH THOSE DOCTORS,JAH WILL PROVIDE".WHEN HE DIED IT WASNT A SHOCK BUT WE WERE HURT.FOR I LOVED MY GRANDFATHER DEARLY.MY FAVORITE SONGS ARE
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