The Isley Brothers Songs - Fight The Power (Part I) Lyrics

The Isley Brothers - Fight The Power (Part I)

The Isley Brothers - Fight The Power (Part I) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Heat Is On
Released: 1975

Fight The Power (Part I) Lyrics

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Often thought of as a song about the black experience, "Fight The Power" is more of a general statement on rising above the powers that be. The youngest Isley Brother, Marvin, explained in a 1976 interview with Blues & Soul: "We don't close ourselves away like some entertainers do – we listen to the radio, read the newspapers and generally get into what's happening out there in an attempt to reflect the world as it is. With The Heat Is On, we wanted to be as funky as possible musically, and yet for the lyrics to say something unusual. 'Fight The Power'? Well, we decided not to be passive, to take a stand. And we met hardly any resistance because that power could be anything – we all have our different conceptions of what it is to each of us. And just letting it out – about the bulls--t that does go down – is something that everyone wants to do."

Yes, there was a "Fight The Power (Part II)." It was the b-side of the single.