“Pon bed pon floor against wall
We OH dem all till dem call mi
Im di girls dem sugar dats all
Welcome di king of di dancehall”
One of the cons of being a small business owner is not knowing of or being able to remember holidays (except for the big ones). Monday was a holiday and that threw me off completely. In conversation with Charlie late on Tuesday I said, “Oh sh…nap, its Tuesday and my piece is due!” You can imagine that I wasn’t happy, as my plan was to get an earlier night’s rest.
A few nights before at a Sweet 16 party, there was something that caught my attention, much like it did at all the other Sweet 16 parties I’ve photographed. Toddlers sneaking into the cookie jar, while looking back at their parents to see what they’d do. Knowing good and well that they should not be in the cookie jar. Okay, so there were no toddlers or cookies, but that was a pretty good example of what actually happened. Apparently there is something about darkness that coincides with dancing. For some strange reason, sixteen year olds refuse to dance at a party unless the lights are turned off.
Cameron, being a pretty reasonable guy, came up with three reasons that darkness could coincide with dancing for these youngins’. Of course he has his opinion on which one he reeeeeally thinks it is, but that is not important (Cough #3). Number 1 is the fact that these kids can’t dance. It would make sense that you’d want the lights off to avoid embarrassing yourself in the middle of the dance floor. Number 2 is the fact that these sweet angels are shy. Now while they might be amazingly talented dancers, the spot light might be a bit too much to handle. So they prefer the comforts of the dark. And number 3, which is absolutely farfetched, is the fact that they know very well the “wotlessness” they be doing is inappropriate and would prefer not be caught in the wrongness (Please excuse my local english.)
These are all probable and plausible reasons, however it is completely up to you though. It is your choice to decide which of these three reasons might accurately fit the bill or you might even have your own reasons to add. I mean, Beenie Man is the gyals dem sugar, so I think he alone might know the answer to this mystery.
Eeeh heh, zagga zow,
zagga now now now now now
Ziggy, yo, lets do this
*Cues Beenie Man’s King of The Dancehall*
