This man is speaking from his experience as a sc black Rastafarian. Let's keep it real none of you hippies or rasta symphathizers were not a part of the struggle in Jamaica involving Rastafarians, and the neighbor Caribbean Islands! Rastafari started out as a black liberation movement not a multi racial movement. Only a true Rastafarian knows the history of the Rastafari Movement in Jamaica and does not water it down with some kind of hippie philosophy!
If Rastafari is the supreme, then why would it be exclusive? That doesn’t make sense. God made man equal. We are all Jahs children. Jamaica is simply the trumpet. The prophetic land that spreads the gospel, my friend.
He's on the right track, but doesn't want to walk the road he's on. So many valid points he shares, such a purist, biblical way of life he shares with people who won't listen, but pride still clouds his own vision.
Anyone who read this activate your third eye and listen closely . Did you notice how the people who was interviewing our Rasta bredren .. they kept walking around him in circles .. his energy was so strong he had them people nervous scared and antsy . Pay very close attention
True Jah Rastafari. When I&I Prophecy is fullness and Babylon is defeated spiritual in this video each and everyone of then acts all at one but when one of Babylon speaks all Babylon is not talking. When the brother Ras Tafari talks them chip in I&I teachings but Babylon talk they all don't talk . Fi true brother, Babylon is moving ina that way to attack I&I spirit from all sides but if one fails on the left the other one on the right and behind feel it more and the one Infront run away to attack in another way as in to try confusion unto the Rastafari brother.
REAL RASTA, ARE NOT A PUSSYCAT, THEN MUST BE A REAL DREADFUL AMONG THE WEAK...THERES NO NOTHING TO DEAL WITH YOURS GOD IN THE RASTA CONCEPT. DON'T CONFUSE THIS TWO POINT OF LIFE. RASTA IT´S A FREEMAN NOT WASHED BRAIN EDUCATED. GOD IT'S THE WEAKSELF CONCEPT. RAS=HEAD, TAFAR=CREATION, ALL MEAN CREATE YOUR MIND AND DONT EXPECT TO BE WELL FED...I'M RASTAFAR I AND I REBEL...
Prophet Gadman said Rastafari is not a race or hair doctrine. It is an inborn conception. Haile Selassie himself said we must become "members of a new race". Though some Rastafari will never accept white members, there are in fact members of all races who are Rastafari. The TTI specifically.
The people asking these questions think way to hard about the concept! Its very easy to understand! He gives you the foundation of rastafari from the beginning and people are still frustrated and don't understand. Evil will always won't you to back down, give up and turn the other cheek! I n I said he is a lion so he will fight back against the forces of evil, as did Selassie I against Italy!
Well spoken Rasta and for his name Mweya Masimba.....that is derived from the Shona dialect spoken in (Dzimbahwe----- House of Stone) Zimbabwe and basically it means Spiritual Powers..........very very deep l say!!!!!!!
This looks like an old video, probably from the 80's and the views were a little different then, also different from rasta to rasta. Today i think rasta speaks more of acceptance of all people being a rasta. Look at all the artists like Uwe Banton, Gentleman, Gondwana and so forth, thy are not black in skin. Just my poin of view. Bless
In essence only true Africans, in which Babylon labels as black, are I. But I believe that Jah reveals himself much differently to you Hispanics or Latinos. You as your people must unite and return to your respective motherland, Jah Bless.
This is farcical. Who thought this kind of interrogation would be insightful? The interrogators are very aggressive and confrontational. They don't, for the most part, seem interesting in learning about Rastafarianism but in attempting to deconstruct and criticise it.
There are different beliefs in the Rasta Order. Only thing to remember is all righteous paths lead to1 Creator. It doesn't matter if you're Muslim, Christian, or Jewish zeen.
For any man say RASTA is just a black thing not of his majesty cause his majesty himself say until the color of a man skin is of no more significance as the color of his eyes. Bredren jah love for all people rasta welcome all people to repent and come to jah
The first race of Jah's fullness, those of Africa, did not spawn "whites". You ask why someone cannot adopt the religion of another, but why simply does not that someone adopt their own. If one is white, adopt a philosophy in which Jah (or you may know him as God) reveals himself to you. If your way of life is the European way of life, live it.
This is a very interesting video - the setting, the style, the people involved. What year is this from ? Where is it shot ? England ? Who is the RAS speaking in the video ?
isn't think the group was really listening and I hate they wouldn't let breddren finish his sentences.. smh it irked then the questions man.. they wasn't even as if they truly wanted to know it was more of attack smh.. anyways one love! jah rastafari! chant Babylon down! rasta will rise!,, ❤💛💚
I saw this when it first aired back in the 80's. Rastafarianism is terribly floored, I feel for the defenders of their faith whenever they try to explain their beliefs.
And I am just letting you know they are the only true rastas. The others are merely imitations. The root of Rastafari is Afrocentric and about the black Idren returning to the motherland. "foolish", another word preached by Babylon to minimize the way my brother and sisters represent their struggle. Jah reveals himself differently, do not be hurt about it, you will find your path to him.
Interesting program. Would have been great to see a panel of elders as opposed to one brethren. A man's concepts and expression is limited to his level of knowledge , wisdom and 'overstanding'. One thing to clarify/correct - Africa is the birthplace of Humanity so therefore All Human beings are Africans. The variation of Human skin color we see today are simply different shades of the one "blackness". The idea of "Race" is a social construct and Must be eliminated by Us/Human society. Humanity is One. Anyone who acknowledges/accepts the Divinity of KADAMAWI HAILE SELASSIE is RasTafari, regardless of skin color. Skin color is of no more significance than the color of the eyes to be RASTAFARI. One People. One Blood. One Love.
Any one is who says "Rasta," does not truly understand Rastafari and the blessing of H.I.M. Jah is god. He is the god of Adam, the god of Abraham, the god of Mohammad. You know him by many names in scripture, Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah, God. Jah is his newest name and the name RasTafarian's Chant.
I'm no Rastaman but this bro defended himself well. But the interrogation style was a complete set up situation. Questions fired at him totally unrelated to the previous one. Randomly placed and from different angles. Camera moving sinister like. I feel uneasy after watching that.
There are no white Rastas, but there are Caucasian Rastas. The wordsound of white is something that can't be overstood by the average person, Babylon is not something limited to white people in suits and ties. What about Al Qaida, Al Shabab, all those groups who recruit child soldiers and try to dominate and enslave their fellow man. That is babylon too. Also, what does it matter if the next man accepts your or doesnt accept you? Are we devoted to the next man or the Almighty I Jah? Jah Guide
There is no God but one God, Allah. People wake up how can a man be a God? Can't you see that we need food and when we eat the nature call can you imagine God doing that. Please worship one God and that is Allah the Most Merciful. We worship none but the one who created us all common sense tells us that we worship one God. May Allah guide us all ameen 🤲🏿
Jah represents himself to certains peoples differently. For the European, you believe that it is Jesus. This is not a battle of the races. And in Jesus true essence, he is not white at all, but middle eastern. Read the Bible, Rispeck.
Maybe you don't understand that I said that he reveals himself differently. Those "people"of which you speak are not rasta, but of certain entirely different path of life. You say that marcus Garvey isn't black, then you really need to have some research in to what he preached. And Bob Marley identified himself as black for the lot of things. You truly need to dive deeper in understand my people's way of life, which is rasta, before trying to argue.
I believe that it is not essentially a matter about race. Those men that you speak of are "artists", rasta is for those of African ancestry solely, but assuming you are not of those blessed with such ancestry, Jah reveals himself in another way to you and your people. He is only Jah to those of the motherland; Rastafari is the religion of those from the motherland.
Some decent points, but on the whole the brother is preaching confusion...better he go back to the Orthodox Tewahedo Church which His Majesty sent to I n I.
This still seems like role playing tho regardless of whether or neat hes rasta because he clearly is but still seems like some informative role playing
foolishness!!!!!!!!! Halie Salisse say's that he is god in physical form and that people should acknowledge him for their salvation . When it should be jesus christ to make it worst their main influence is to see someone for their race and consider theirs before others which is why most black people can't see a white man as a man but say white man
No one said that he is only for black people, all other skins may admire. Why would that be funny? Thats not rasta but logic. Haile Selassie is black and all are important in the Rasta movement, I am sorry you do not know much about my people's culture.
White oppressors? Just talk about oppressors, we are all under targets. And if we all came from Africa the why the race divisions? I am sure we are all the same to Jah. This guy should smoke and think more. Peace and love.
The I raises important issues, however he is so far removed from Africa and the African way that he is so lost in his own self-righteousness that he digs he loses respect here with this 'interrogation' The Rastafari movement as he calls it, has evolved as humanity has progressed....as all movements do. To say that Rastafari is only for black Africans is totally contradictory to his fact that all humanity came from Africa, therefore we are all descendants of Africans. Rastafari promotes and stands for peace, love and harmony and the abolishment of oppression in all its forms, regardless of race. This was the message spread by Rastafari himself. This guys aggression and arrogance is not forthcoming to guidelines as set out by Ras Tafari.
So JAH is father of all creation, Africa is the mother of all man, but livity is divided along racial lines? What the he'll kinda black bBabylon bullshit is that says I. We all gotta find our own tread but that's true no matter who you are, and some start from different branches, but all supported by the same root. It's not a black love and a white love a yellow love n brown love, it's One Love. Ek ongkar as the Sikhs say
but the tuth is GOD MADE EVIL AND GOOD and to GOD IT is PERFECT . with out the Moon there could not be SUN or with out the Women there can not be MAN . the law of opposite
@Xavier 971 I'm from Holland so while growing up, to me Rastafari was part of the weed culture, a kind of cool rebeliousness. So while listening to a lot of reggae and smoking, one can become like brainwashed So before I knew it I started shouting Rastafari, whever I feel good. I though it's supposed to empower anybody, not exclusively black people.
Rastafari is the way of livity that truthfully resonate within my soul
This man is speaking from his experience as a sc black Rastafarian. Let's keep it real none of you hippies or rasta symphathizers were not a part of the struggle in Jamaica involving Rastafarians, and the neighbor Caribbean Islands! Rastafari started out as a black liberation movement not a multi racial movement. Only a true Rastafarian knows the history of the Rastafari Movement in Jamaica and does not water it down with some kind of hippie philosophy!
Facts
If Rastafari is the supreme, then why would it be exclusive? That doesn’t make sense. God made man equal. We are all Jahs children. Jamaica is simply the trumpet. The prophetic land that spreads the gospel, my friend.
@@potterbat3995 "Until that day"
He's on the right track, but doesn't want to walk the road he's on. So many valid points he shares, such a purist, biblical way of life he shares with people who won't listen, but pride still clouds his own vision.
Facts
Facts woodands11
How is pride clouding his vision again?
Wisdom Respect and Ovastanding! Thanks and praise fi how d I represent true Rasta livity! Jah Rastafari!!!!!
Selassie I is the ruler of all nation and every knee shall bow!
I'm very very proud of how the Ras articulated himself.
Rastafari Live!
Anyone who read this activate your third eye and listen closely . Did you notice how the people who was interviewing our Rasta bredren .. they kept walking around him in circles .. his energy was so strong he had them people nervous scared and antsy . Pay very close attention
True Jah Rastafari.
When I&I Prophecy is fullness and Babylon is defeated spiritual in this video each and everyone of then acts all at one but when one of Babylon speaks all Babylon is not talking. When the brother Ras Tafari talks them chip in I&I teachings but Babylon talk they all don't talk .
Fi true brother, Babylon is moving ina that way to attack I&I spirit from all sides but if one fails on the left the other one on the right and behind feel it more and the one Infront run away to attack in another way as in to try confusion unto the Rastafari brother.
I'm going to be iron like lion in Zion! - Bob Marley. I'm gonna put on an iron shirt and chase the devil out of earth - Max Romeo
been looking this type of rasta content for about 8 years on RUclips and now I finally found it👍
All that is going on in this world is the fight against the Rastaman.
i like this bredrin word,sound and power. Selassie I
Jah is Everything ! To me I believe it’s the heart of the matter and of more importance to me Jah Great above such disputes in my opinion !
REAL RASTA, ARE NOT A PUSSYCAT, THEN MUST BE A REAL DREADFUL AMONG THE WEAK...THERES NO NOTHING TO DEAL WITH YOURS GOD IN THE RASTA CONCEPT. DON'T CONFUSE THIS TWO POINT OF LIFE. RASTA IT´S A FREEMAN NOT WASHED BRAIN EDUCATED. GOD IT'S THE WEAKSELF CONCEPT. RAS=HEAD, TAFAR=CREATION, ALL MEAN CREATE YOUR MIND AND DONT EXPECT TO BE WELL FED...I'M RASTAFAR I AND I REBEL...
hear the lion roar! blessings in the name of H.I.M
"Until the color of a mans skin becomes no more significant than the color of his eyes." - His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I
Prophet Gadman said Rastafari is not a race or hair doctrine. It is an inborn conception. Haile Selassie himself said we must become "members of a new race". Though some Rastafari will never accept white members, there are in fact members of all races who are Rastafari. The TTI specifically.
Are you white rasta
This opened my eyes.Even though im not african american this helped me understand alot of things. One love.
I learned alot here. Rasta!
Beautiful reasoning!!
LMAO this like a Kung Fu movie one super ras against 100 babylonians lmfaoooooo
Without any apologies to the powers that be, Garvey is my prophet and we see all thru the spectacles of Ethiopia
This interview always make me laugh but the ras be speaking facts.
We the oppressed people (Mainly Black and Hispanic/Latino) must unite as sons and daughters descended from Ethiopia(Africa).
The people asking these questions think way to hard about the concept! Its very easy to understand! He gives you the foundation of rastafari from the beginning and people are still frustrated and don't understand. Evil will always won't you to back down, give up and turn the other cheek! I n I said he is a lion so he will fight back against the forces of evil, as did Selassie I against Italy!
Well spoken Rasta and for his name Mweya Masimba.....that is derived from the Shona dialect spoken in (Dzimbahwe----- House of Stone) Zimbabwe and basically it means Spiritual Powers..........very very deep l say!!!!!!!
Faith defence. Livity ...
A man of peace most always be prepare for war.
This looks like an old video, probably from the 80's and the views were a little different then, also different from rasta to rasta. Today i think rasta speaks more of acceptance of all people being a rasta. Look at all the artists like Uwe Banton, Gentleman, Gondwana and so forth, thy are not black in skin. Just my poin of view. Bless
If Garvey is your prophet, it is fundamental to accept the philosophies of Rastafari.
Yes my brother you speak the truth
13:41 spotless leopard LOL
Jeremiah 13:23 “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”
A spotless leopard is actually a panther. You should research that be you make a utterance
I'd feel vialated with dem in my space like that
Ras Kweli It's as if the I is on display.
In essence only true Africans, in which Babylon labels as black, are I. But I believe that Jah reveals himself much differently to you Hispanics or Latinos. You as your people must unite and return to your respective motherland, Jah Bless.
Give thanks and praise to the most high, jah Rastafari!
Jah
@Roland van Reenen TV , still watching in 2024 . Where can we find the entirety of this program? Thanks in advance...
This is farcical. Who thought this kind of interrogation would be insightful? The interrogators are very aggressive and confrontational. They don't, for the most part, seem interesting in learning about Rastafarianism but in attempting to deconstruct and criticise it.
There are different beliefs in the Rasta Order. Only thing to remember is all righteous paths lead to1 Creator. It doesn't matter if you're Muslim, Christian, or Jewish zeen.
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For any man say RASTA is just a black thing not of his majesty cause his majesty himself say until the color of a man skin is of no more significance as the color of his eyes. Bredren jah love for all people rasta welcome all people to repent and come to jah
Are you white rasta
The first race of Jah's fullness, those of Africa, did not spawn "whites". You ask why someone cannot adopt the religion of another, but why simply does not that someone adopt their own. If one is white, adopt a philosophy in which Jah (or you may know him as God) reveals himself to you. If your way of life is the European way of life, live it.
Onelove to the highest degree
This is a very interesting video - the setting, the style, the people involved. What year is this from ? Where is it shot ? England ? Who is the RAS speaking in the video ?
I am classified by Babylon as Hispanic/Latino yet I follow the path of Rastafari. Seen.
isn't think the group was really listening and I hate they wouldn't let breddren finish his sentences.. smh it irked then the questions man.. they wasn't even as if they truly wanted to know it was more of attack smh.. anyways one love! jah rastafari! chant Babylon down! rasta will rise!,, ❤💛💚
I saw this when it first aired back in the 80's. Rastafarianism is terribly floored, I feel for the defenders of their faith whenever they try to explain their beliefs.
Your spelling is terribly flawed just like your overstanding of Jah Rastafari
@@williamwooten6156
So has rastafari never been persecuted in your eyes?
Persecution of Rasta YES
@@williamwooten6156
Then why I say such a thing
Rastafari has been floored, knocked down as ridiculous, just as seen as this interview by media
Rasta surrounded by pagans 🇸🇳🇯🇲🔥🔥🔥🔥
@Raspect56 in the deepest sence, beyond the definition of race every-one is I
Where is the rest
And I am just letting you know they are the only true rastas. The others are merely imitations. The root of Rastafari is Afrocentric and about the black Idren returning to the motherland. "foolish", another word preached by Babylon to minimize the way my brother and sisters represent their struggle. Jah reveals himself differently, do not be hurt about it, you will find your path to him.
Interesting program. Would have been great to see a panel of elders as opposed to one brethren. A man's concepts and expression is limited to his level of knowledge , wisdom and 'overstanding'. One thing to clarify/correct - Africa is the birthplace of Humanity so therefore All Human beings are Africans. The variation of Human skin color we see today are simply different shades of the one "blackness". The idea of "Race" is a social construct and Must be eliminated by Us/Human society. Humanity is One. Anyone who acknowledges/accepts the Divinity of KADAMAWI HAILE SELASSIE is RasTafari, regardless of skin color. Skin color is of no more significance than the color of the eyes to be RASTAFARI. One People. One Blood. One Love.
Back to the time rasta not fake
This video was a college drama class final. They all got 4.0 s
Jah bless❤❤❤❤❤❤
No such a thing as a white maasai..true dat
YOOO GET OFF MY IDREN LEAVE HIM BE
Any one is who says "Rasta," does not truly understand Rastafari and the blessing of H.I.M. Jah is god. He is the god of Adam, the god of Abraham, the god of Mohammad. You know him by many names in scripture, Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah, God. Jah is his newest name and the name RasTafarian's Chant.
Zachary Zhang Don't you mean "overstand"???
You must truly understand before beginning to try to overstand zeen
Haile Selassie drank wine when toasting the queen of england
What is ur point? Didnt Yeshia drink wine ?
Drinking for leisure and abusing alcohol is very different than occasionally doing it at formal events and traditions.
You would do so to be polite
You mean like the hippies who were beating rastafari drums with rastafari in trench town on Wednesday 23 March
That men may know.....you whose name IS JEHOVAH...you alone....the MOST HIGH over the earth.....Selah.....
Cross examine one who studies
I'm no Rastaman but this bro defended himself well. But the interrogation style was a complete set up situation. Questions fired at him totally unrelated to the previous one. Randomly placed and from different angles. Camera moving sinister like. I feel uneasy after watching that.
Goes against the KINGS TEACHINGS this is why RASTAFARI LIVITY is in a state of confusion and DIVISION
What part of life is not a way of life what religion is not a way of life every human being lives a way of life
Rasta is not religion is a way of life ...culture and language,drumming and reincarnation of Sellasie
There are no white Rastas, but there are Caucasian Rastas. The wordsound of white is something that can't be overstood by the average person, Babylon is not something limited to white people in suits and ties. What about Al Qaida, Al Shabab, all those groups who recruit child soldiers and try to dominate and enslave their fellow man. That is babylon too. Also, what does it matter if the next man accepts your or doesnt accept you? Are we devoted to the next man or the Almighty I Jah? Jah Guide
Balance!!
*Glory to JAH Rasta Far I*
Read Psalm 2 to learn about the *love, truth and livity* of *Rasta Far I* and *H.I.M. HAILE SELASSIE I*
They steady trying to put words in his mouth.. the lil black girl was aggravating meh..
Permission to Reupload?
basically they was tryna call rastas racist.....
These seem like di only thing Rasta seed gets asked
This rasta man over smoked his ganja before this mass confrontation...Lol.
There is no God but one God, Allah. People wake up how can a man be a God? Can't you see that we need food and when we eat the nature call can you imagine God doing that. Please worship one God and that is Allah the Most Merciful. We worship none but the one who created us all common sense tells us that we worship one God. May Allah guide us all ameen 🤲🏿
Jah represents himself to certains peoples differently. For the European, you believe that it is Jesus. This is not a battle of the races. And in Jesus true essence, he is not white at all, but middle eastern. Read the Bible, Rispeck.
Maybe you don't understand that I said that he reveals himself differently. Those "people"of which you speak are not rasta, but of certain entirely different path of life. You say that marcus Garvey isn't black, then you really need to have some research in to what he preached. And Bob Marley identified himself as black for the lot of things. You truly need to dive deeper in understand my people's way of life, which is rasta, before trying to argue.
I believe that it is not essentially a matter about race. Those men that you speak of are "artists", rasta is for those of African ancestry solely, but assuming you are not of those blessed with such ancestry, Jah reveals himself in another way to you and your people. He is only Jah to those of the motherland; Rastafari is the religion of those from the motherland.
This rasta is pretty aggressive haha
Lions are not sheep
Some decent points, but on the whole the brother is preaching confusion...better he go back to the Orthodox Tewahedo Church which His Majesty sent to I n I.
R u without sin ? Was haile Selassie without sin?
Your words will have consequences. How dare you fix your nut suckers to pose such a questions. JAH RASTAFARI!!@@#@!!!!!
The Living God
Rasta don't worship sellasie they reincarnate him same like Marcus Garvey ,Martin Luther King,Steve Biko etc
Haille selassie is not God
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How is that racist? Jah loves all his people, no matter what color they are, as you are evidence that he reveals himself as Jesus to you. Raspect
Jesus fed the people with fish and bread also he turn water into wine
what the fuck is this lol
Tell me, your accusations prove to me that you misoverstand the term racist.
This still seems like role playing tho regardless of whether or neat hes rasta because he clearly is but still seems like some informative role playing
foolishness!!!!!!!!! Halie Salisse say's that he is god in physical form and that people should acknowledge him for their salvation . When it should be jesus christ to make it worst their main influence is to see someone for their race and consider theirs before others which is why most black people can't see a white man as a man but say white man
lier where did he said this show your proof???
That guy is crazy
No one said that he is only for black people, all other skins may admire. Why would that be funny? Thats not rasta but logic. Haile Selassie is black and all are important in the Rasta movement, I am sorry you do not know much about my people's culture.
Is this real, this Ras sounds false!
White oppressors? Just talk about oppressors, we are all under targets. And if we all came from Africa the why the race divisions? I am sure we are all the same to Jah. This guy should smoke and think more. Peace and love.
Counter insurgent you are.
Ganja is the therapy for for the descendant of slavery none ennuh have use for I &I further ennuhdig good bye babylon
Rastas talk lots of bs all day long....
The I raises important issues, however he is so far removed from Africa and the African way that he is so lost in his own self-righteousness that he digs he loses respect here with this 'interrogation'
The Rastafari movement as he calls it, has evolved as humanity has progressed....as all movements do.
To say that Rastafari is only for black Africans is totally contradictory to his fact that all humanity came from Africa, therefore we are all descendants of Africans.
Rastafari promotes and stands for peace, love and harmony and the abolishment of oppression in all its forms, regardless of race. This was the message spread by Rastafari himself.
This guys aggression and arrogance is not forthcoming to guidelines as set out by Ras Tafari.
So JAH is father of all creation, Africa is the mother of all man, but livity is divided along racial lines? What the he'll kinda black bBabylon bullshit is that says I. We all gotta find our own tread but that's true no matter who you are, and some start from different branches, but all supported by the same root.
It's not a black love and a white love a yellow love n brown love, it's One Love. Ek ongkar as the Sikhs say
im sorry but this is not relevant. maybe some rastas have these thoughts but these were different times. interview rasta now in the 2000's and 90's
but the tuth is GOD MADE EVIL AND GOOD and to GOD IT is PERFECT . with out the Moon there could not be SUN or with out the Women there can not be MAN . the law of opposite
I liked him untill he said that only blacks can be Rastafari.
@Xavier 971 I'm from Holland so while growing up, to me Rastafari was part of the weed culture, a kind of cool rebeliousness. So while listening to a lot of reggae and smoking, one can become like brainwashed So before I knew it I started shouting Rastafari, whever I feel good. I though it's supposed to empower anybody, not exclusively black people.
What you like is irrelevant
BLESS!!!BLESS!!!BLESS!!!