1971 (38th) Best Song: “Theme from ‘Shaft’”


1971 (44th Annual Awards, 38th Best Song)
Best Song Lyric


Theme from Shaft
Who’s the cat that won’t cop out
When there’s danger all about?
Shaft! Right on!
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother,
(Shut your mouth!)
But I’m talkin’ about Shaft.
He’s a complicated man,
But no one understands him but his woman.
John Shaft!