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    "comment": "The song was sparked in a 1975 recording session in which guitarist Ernie Isley, inspired by the news, wrote two songs: \"Fight the Power\" and an anti-poverty ballad titled \"Harvest for the World.\"  The group ended up recording both songs on the same day and eventually picked \"Fight the Power\" as the song to release first. \"Harvest\" would be featured on the album of the same name and would be released as the first single off that album.\n\n\"Fight the Power\" was written almost fully by Ernie Isley with additional instrumental background composition by the band's keyboardist Chris Jasper. After playing the track on his guitar to his older brother Ronnie, he recorded a multi-track lead vocal, arranged by Jasper and Ernie. Ernie later said he was taken aback that Ron had uttered \"bullshit\". When asked why he used the word, Ron simply replied, \"because it needed to be said\" and \"it's what people want to hear.\"\n\nThe song reflected a negative opinion of authority figures, a feeling shared by all the band members; this can explain Ron Isley's intensified vocalizing. As was with the majority of their recordings during the so-called 3+3 era, Ernie Isley and Chris Jasper had to share composition and lyrical credit with the other Isley members. https://tinyurl.com/ydvv3eha",
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