Now there was a time when they 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 foryot to say to you
we say:
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Standin' on their own two feet an ringin' 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 has 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
We say: Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Now we ain't makin' stories and we ain't layin' plans
'Cause a man still loves a woman and a woman still loves a man -
Just the same though -
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Now there was a time when they used to say
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Sisters are doin' it for themselves