Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?
Shaft! (Ya damn right!)

Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?
Shaft! (Can you dig it?)

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!"
I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft. (Then we can dig it!)

He's a complicated man, but no one understands him but his woman
John Shaft!

Richard Roundtree not only starred as John Shaft on TV, but in three movies: Shaft (1971), Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973). He also appeared as "Uncle" John Shaft in the remake of Shaft in 2000.