![]() When asked why he said the word, Ron simply replied, "because it needed to be said" and "it's what people want to hear." Ernie was taken aback that Ron had uttered "bullshit". After playing the track on his guitar to his older brothers, Ronnie, Rudy, and O'Kelly, the vocal trio cut a unison lead vocal track in one take. The song was written almost fully by Ernie Isley with additional instrumental background composition by the band's keyboardist Chris Jasper. "Harvest" would be featured on the album of the same name and would be released as the first single off that album. The group ended up recording both songs on the same day and eventually picked "Fight the Power" as the song to release first. 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". ![]()
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