The Rastafarians believe that the Bible's true translation is in favour of them: it explains, as Erskine puts it, the strengths and leadership attributes Africans possess (8), to which, they must exercise in society. Artists such as Chronixx and Capelton sing songs that encourages Blacks to display their true leadership quality that the colonizers deprived them of.
Likewise with the religion aspect, the Rastafarian movement urges one to liberate socially, also with the aid of reggae music. Erskine made mention in his book that Rastafarians, as a means of liberation from society's social bondage, smoke marijuana (Erskine, 68). Marijuana is said to have properties that opens one eyes, forces one to reject oppression to which Blacks face. This led to many Rastafarian reggae artists singing about the smoking of the herb and its advantages in helping one to liberate themselves, spreading the Rastafarians beliefs throughout the country. However, one of the founding fathers of the Rastafarian movement, Garvey, made it clear that he is against the smoking of marijuana because of the dangers it may cause to one's health. .
The wearing of dreadlocks is the single most important and dramatic identity-marker of the Rastafarians. This is also a social mark in the Rastafarian movement along with the smoking of the marijuana. Murrell wrote in his book that, Chevannes suggested that members of the House of Youth Black Faith, a group of radical Rastafarians, grew their hair as a direct insult on the Jamaican social norms, with full consciousness that society would regard them as antisocial (Murrell, 31). By trimming one's hair utters impliedly, a satisfaction with society's unjust society, which is of great dissatisfaction with the movement. The wearing of the dreadlocks is symbolic to the movement's naturalistic culture and depicts a level of liberation from society's way of life, for one is expected, if you are a male, to trim and look groomed as a gentleman.