(originally done by Aretha Franklin)
Now there was a time when we used to say
that behind every great man there had to be a great woman
But in these times of change you know that it's no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen
Cause there's something we forgot to say to you
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
standing on their own two feet and ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Now this is a song to celebrate
The conscious liberation of the female state
Mothers, daughters and their daughters too
Woman to woman, we're singing with you
The inferior sex got a new exterior
We got doctors, lawyers, politicians too
everybody take a look around
Can you see, can you see, can you see
There's a woman right next to you
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
standing on their own two feet and ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Now we ain't making stories
No we ain't making plans
Cause a man still loves a woman
And a woman still loves a man
Now there was a time(Now there was a time)
When we used to say(When we used to say)
That behind every great man there had to be a great woman
But in these times of change you know that it's no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen
Cause there's something we forgot to say to you
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
standing on their own two feet and ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
