The Isley Brothers Harvest For The World 1976 Disco Purrfection Version

I thought this one would be a good way to start Martin Luther King a surprisingly elegant and mellow song from the Brothers Isley who were known for upbeat songs like Shout , It s Your Thing and Fight The Power. Writer Ernie Isley tells the story of Harvest For The World, As a songwriter, inspiration can strike at any time. Id just bought a new 12string acoustic guitar and took it into our basement in New Jersey to try it out. Almost as soon as I started playing, I thought of the words: All babies together, everyone a seed, Half of us are satisfied, half of us in need, Love is bountiful in us, tarnished by our greed, When will there be a harvest for the world I pretty much had the first two verses just like Pete Seegers Turn Turn Turn a 1965 hit for the Byrds had used a biblical passage, from Ecclesiastes: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven Harvest for the World was a reference to a line Send labourers into the