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Tuck it een!

JACKASS SEY DI worl' no level. Jackass sey di ooman dem a strain fi tuck een an' mos' man jus easy so.

If Left Side and Esco never do another hot tune, they have made a mark on dancehall music and popular slang (not an easy combination to achieve) with 'tuck een yu belly'.

Never has Jackass seen a slang that in four words captures the rise of obesity, physical attraction or disgust, emphasis on appearance and male demands on women.

Plus, it is damn funny. How the hell Left Side and Esco thought of a woman tucking in her gut like a shirt or blouse, only the maker of all hampers knows.

But even as Jackass brays with laughter, he knows that the 'tuck een' talk is not fair at all Because the emphasis is on women, not men, even though there is a line that says 'walk out Sky Juice a no yu Daddy'. And there is Sky Juice in the video, big belly and all bouncing, just as he does on a regular basis at sessions.

The world is not level when it is required that women strain and do their utmost best to 'put demself togadda' as attractively as possible for as long as they are able, while men can let themselves be themselves.

Sure, men will get teased about their pouches (and you know that every Jackass has a sway back and a Dutchie pot), but they will still have one, two, three, four and more women, rich or poor. A man will always find someone. Women, on the other hand, especially young ones, often find themselves in no man land (or man who come after dark and leave before day limbo) if the belly needs a little tuck here and there.

Same principles

Same applies to the face as well as the waist, in terms of being trim and attractive.

Jackass has been to a couple shows where the 'tuck een' talk has come up and, surprisingly, most of the comments from the entertainers have been against 'tuckers'. Ras Ghandi said to 'tuck een yu mout!', Christine Hewitt said the ladies must tell the men to 'reel out de suppen' and Captain Barkey and Wickerman said "some woman a tuck eeen belly an whe day four stifle".

Plus, there has been a female deejay reply (Jackass thinks it is Sandi Starr, but yu done know sey a people window me haffi peep tru an watch TV, so if a no she no blame me, blame de people whe draw dem curtain too tight) which is a blast. In it some heavier women of various heft and girth wine and tick, hoisting their assets and flaunting their flab and Jackass says 'respect'.

You see, Jackass just can't understand the human jinnies who act like jackasses, allowing other people to dictate their lives in terms of looks and behaviour. Yeah, the 'tuck een yu belly' slang is funny, but there is a seriousness behind it that Jackass is happy that people are reacting to.

Cause when looks is all for a woman it is not a pretty thing.

Jackass sey di worl' no level. Jackass sey some flat belly ooman whe glad fi de tuck een tune soon haffi draw inna dem shell when baby an howl hage tek zsdem. Woooah!