[ti:Sisters Are Doin' It For Thems] [ar:Aretha Franklin] [al:Playlist: The Very Best Of Are] [00:02.36]Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves - Aretha Franklin [00:13.79]Now there was a time when they used to say [00:19.64] [00:20.32]That behind every great man there had to be a great woman [00:26.39] [00:28.01]Now in these times of change you know that it's no longer true [00:33.44] [00:35.00]So we're comin' out of the kitchen [00:37.12] [00:38.50]Cause there's somethin' we forgot to say to you [00:40.95] [00:42.25]We said Sisters are doin' it for themselves [00:47.70] [00:48.89]Standin' on their own two feet [00:50.45] [00:52.20]And ringin' on their own bells [00:53.88] [00:56.69]We said Sisters are doin' it for themselves [00:59.81] [01:02.37]Now this is a song to celebrate [01:08.56] [01:10.37]The conscious liberation of the female state [01:14.68] [01:17.74]Mothers daughters and their daughters too oh yeah [01:23.23] [01:25.22]Woman to woman we're singin' with you [01:28.60] [01:31.52]The inferior sex has got a new exterior [01:35.40] [01:38.21]We got doctors lawyers politicians too [01:41.51] [01:45.63]Everybody take a look around [01:49.93] [01:52.49]Can you see can you see [01:54.31]Can you see there's a woman right next to you [01:56.62] [01:59.37]We said Sisters are doin' it for themselves oh yes we are [02:07.25]Standin' on their own two feet [02:09.81]And ringin' on their own bells [02:11.05] [02:13.92]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [02:16.63] [02:20.99]Now we ain't makin' stories and we ain't layin' plans [02:25.85] [02:26.92]Don't you know that a man still loves a woman [02:29.48] [02:30.85]When a woman still loves a man [02:32.85] [02:33.60]Just a same though [02:34.66] [03:03.11]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [03:05.85] [03:09.41]There was a time when they used to say [03:13.03] [03:15.72]That behind every great man there had to be a great woman [03:20.90] [03:23.95]In these times of change you know that it's no longer true [03:28.70] [03:30.44]So we're comin' out of the kitchen [03:33.00] [03:33.94]Cause there's somethin' we forgot to say to you [03:36.74] [03:37.37]We say Sisters are doin' it for themselves [03:40.86] [03:44.23]Standin' on their own two feet [03:46.23] [03:47.35]And ringin' on their own bells [03:48.91] [03:51.78]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [03:56.56] [03:59.05]Sisters are doin' it for themselves yes [04:03.80] [04:05.86]Sisters are doin' it doin' it doin' it doin' it doin' it doin' it [04:11.35] [04:12.22]Sisters are doin' it for themselves oh oh yes [04:19.46] [04:20.08]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [04:23.26] [04:26.83]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [04:30.26] [04:32.88]I said Sisters are doin' it for themselves [04:37.43] [04:41.18]Standin' on their own two feet [04:42.61] [04:43.79]And ringin' on their own bells [04:45.55] [04:47.92]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [04:50.03] [04:52.91]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [04:55.65] [04:59.03]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [05:01.33] [05:02.45]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [05:04.95] [05:06.82]Sisters are doin' it for themselves [05:10.44] [05:15.87]Sisters are doin' it for themselves