Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces & Thaddillac
Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces &
Shabazz Palaces & Ishmael Butler
Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces & Darrius Willrich
Shabazz Palaces
“When Cats Claw” is an Afrofuturism-inspired track from Seattle duo Shabazz Palaces’s Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star.
The album is a story about an alien named Quazarz, who is sent to “Amurderca” to “chronicle and explore as a musical emissary.” Quazarz embodies Ishmael Butler’s feelings about mo...
[Intro]
Iceberg, airtight
For the stars (iceberg)
At the castle top (airtight)
With the cars
Told from the ancient scriptures and told to the mass
Come on blast
Eradicate, erase the crass
[Verse]
I can't waste my time with you
You can't see the sky, it's blue
You can't wash the clown off you
Can't you see the crown got jewels? (It sparkles)
You ain't even put up on the juice (Come on)
Everything you claim, no proof (Come on)
Try me with a stang, no use (Come on)
You gon' check my change, yeah who? (Come on)
[Chorus]
That ain't cool (Nah, nah)
This ain't cool (Nah, nah)
That's not cool (Nah, nah)
This ain't cool (Nah, nah)
That ain't cool (Nah, nah)
This ain't cool (Nah, nah, nah, nah, no)
[Verse 2]
Only thing on your mind is getting cake
Your whole state of mind nigga, that's fake
Your value to the bake, inflated
You just making moves, huh? Checkmate
Every time I shot, I scored
Every time you rock, we was all bored (snooze)
Barbara says "Some sink, some soar"
Porter let the champagne pour
I can't waste my time with you
You can't see what's two plus two
[Chorus]
That ain't cool (Nah, nah)
That's not cool (Nah, nah)
That ain't cool (Nah, nah)
That's not cool (No)
That ain't cool (Nah, nah)
This ain't cool (Nah, nah)
That's not cool (Nah, nah)
That's not cool
[Verse 3]
It only matters if we discuss it (Really)
Bitch I'm badder, this - you can trust it
Bitch I'm Crazy Horse and you're Custer
Plus I'm flexin' with the force buster
Your endeavors, how they're lackluster?
You're unfamiliar with the G customs (square)
Bag the stewardess then breeze customs
[Chorus]
Cause I'm cool
Cause I'm cool
Cause I'm cool
Cause I'm cool
Cause I'm cool
It's cause I'm cool
Cause I'm cool
Yeah I'm cool
When Cats Claw was written by Ishmael Butler.
When Cats Claw was produced by Ishmael Butler & Erik Blood & Knife Knights.
Shabazz Palaces released When Cats Claw on Fri Jul 14 2017.