IN Squeeze Playy!! former semi-professional American football player Alvin Jackson Jr. delivers an impassioned, motivational gospel to his readers.

Jackson enjoys his place in the spotlight, utilising his platform to preach in a belligerent, rap-like delivery. Admonishing cheating lovers, he rails against the painful hurt caused by the polygamous desires of married lovers, and the subsequent breakdown in marital relationships. Castigating sexual infidelity whilst promoting the virtues of marital monogamy, he offers reassurance in overcoming heartbreak.

Jackson also advocates mutual romantic love, a key to this book’s brief sermon.

Squeeze Playy!! is also a testament to the virtues of self-confidence, persistence in surmounting obstacles, and reaching your highest potential.

Yet Jackson’s urge for self-awareness and self-knowledge co-exists with his personal desire for material acquisition and an opulent lifestyle.

His key occupations are with ‘lavish living’, wealth and wearing ‘Armani suits’, a point emphasised by his cover photo, in which he is dressed like an R’n’B godfather.

Posing questions and offering answers, Jackson’s motivating dialogue assumes greater clarity in a vivid final verse. He illustrates his ‘squeeze playy’ concept in a bedroom scene, where two cheating lovers engage in lustful passion before returning to their marital partners. Whilst sounding a note of sad resignation at the book’s conclusion ("I am just sick and tired of seeing couples cheating on each other"), Jackson acknowledges the ‘squeeze playy’ urge to stray resides within each of us.

His solution seems to consist of staying focused on success and self-determination.

Squeeze Playy!! also contains an array of semi-provocative, photographic portraits of scantily-clad women. Jackson assures the reader these women’s real-life relationships have been characterised by pain and heartache, providing inspiration for the book’s discourse.

For those who judge Squeeze Playy!! by its photographic content, enticing cover and expect salacious tales of sexual infidelity, Jackson’s message is clear: look elsewhere.