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 forgot 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