Now there was a time when they used to sayThat behind every great manThere had to be a great womanBut in these times of changeYou know that it’s no longer trueSo we’re comin’ out of the kitchen’Cause there’s something we forgot to say to youWe saySisters are doin’ it for themselvesStandin’ on their own two feet an ringin’ on their own bellsSisters are doin’ it for themselvesNow this is a song to celebrateThe conscious liberation of the female stateMothersDaughters and their daughtersTooWoman to womanWe’re singing with youThe inferior sex has got a new exteriorWe got doctorsLawyersPoliticiansTooEverybodyTake a look aroundCan you seeCan you seeCan you see there’s a woman right next to youWe say: Sisters are doin’ it for themselvesNow we ain’t makin’ stories and we ain’t layin’ plans’Cause a man still loves a womanAnd a woman still loves a manJust the same thoughSisters are doin’ it for themselvesNow there was a time when they used to saySisters are doin’ it for themselvesSisters are doin’ it for themselves