Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves - Aretha Franklin, Eurythmics

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

Cos there’s somethin' we forgot to say to you

We say

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Standin' on their own two feet

And 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 singin' 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

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Standin' on their own two feet

And ringin' on their own bells

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Oh we ain’t makin' stories

No, we ain’t makin' plans

Don’t ya know that a man still loves a woman

And a woman still loves a man

Now there was a time (there was a time)

When we used to say (when we used to say)

That behind every great man

There has to be a great woman

Well in these times of change

You know that it is no longer true

So we’re comin' out of the kitchen

Cos there’s somethin' we forgot to say to you

And that’s

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Standin' on their own two feet

And ringin' on their own bells

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

(Doin it, doin it, do-doin' it, doin' it)

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

(All of my sisters, all of my sisters)

Sisters are doin' it for themselves