[J.H.:] Looking out on the morning rain, I used to feel so uninspired [M.McB.:] And when i knew i had to face another day, Lord it made me feel so tired. [Y.A.:] Before the day i met you [F.W.:] Life was so unkind [C.A.:] You're the key to my piece of mind [T.:] You make me feel, you make me feel, You make me feel like a natural woman [C.A.:] Ain't no way for me to love you, if you won't let me. Oh, but how can I, how can I, how can I give you all the things I can, If you're tying both of my hands? Oh, it ain't no way, it ain't no way, It just ain't no way, baby, ain't no way baby, it ain't no way for me to love you, if you won't let me, Baby, baby, baby I, baby I, it ain't no way, baby, for me to love you, love you, yeah [M.McB.:] Though you don't call anymore, I sit and wait in vain, I guess I'll rap on your door Tap on your window pane I want to tell you, baby, the changes I've been going through, missing you, listen you 'till you come back to me, that's what I'm gonna do [x3] [F.W.:] You better think, think about what you're trying to do to me, Yeah, think, let your mind go, let yourself be free Let's go back, let's go back, let's go way on back when I didn't even know you, you came to me and too much you wouldn't take I ain't no psychiatrist, I ain't no doctor with degree It don't take too much high IQ's to see what you're doing to me You better think, think about what you're trying to do to me Yeah, think, let your mind go, let yourself be free Oh freedom, freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom Freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom [J.H.:] What you want, baby, I got What you need, do you know I got it? All I'm askin' is for a little respect when you come home Hey baby when you get home, mister Ooo, your kisses sweeter than honey And guess what? So is my money All I want you to do for me is give it to me when you get home Hey baby, whip it to me, mister R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take care, TCB Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me) A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me) Yeah (just a little bit), a little respect (just a little bit) I get tired (just a little bit), keep on tryin' (just a little bit) You're runnin' out of foolin' (just a little bit), and I ain't lyin' [Y.A.:] I'm gettin the spirit in the dark, hey, I'm gettin the spirit in the dark People movin, aw, ain't we groovin? Cause I gettin the spirit in the dark. It's like Sally Walker sittin in a saucer, that's how ya do it, it ain't nothin to it Rise, Sally, rise, put your hands in the air and cover your eyes, and move on with the spirit, Move with the spirit, hey in the spirit, So yeah, yeah, yeah [M.McB.:] Now there was a time when they used to say, that behind every [T.:] "great man." [M.McB.:] There had to be a [T.:] "great woman." [J.H.:] But in these times of change you know, that it's no longer true. [F.W.:] So we're comin' out of the kitchen [Y.A., C.A.:] 'Cause there's somethin' we forgot to say to you (we say) [Together:] Sisters are doin' it for themselves, standin' on their own two feet. And ringin' on their own bells, sisters are doin' it for themselves. [Y.A.:] Now we ain't makin' stories [M.McB.:] And we ain't layin' plans [C.A.:] 'Cause a man still loves a woman [J.H.:] And a woman still loves a man [F.W.:] Just a same though [T.:] Sisters are doin' it for themselves, standin' on their own two feet. And ringin' on their own bells, sisters are doin' it for themselves (one more time) Sisters (sisters) are doin' it for themselves, sisters are doin' it for them... [Y.A., F.W.:] ...selves