SZA is featured on Steve Lacy’s “Is It Cool?”. The song is the second track on Oh Yeah? and pairs Lacy’s lead with SZA’s answering vocals in a relationship-focused exchange.
The track combines R&B, soul and funk while exploring trust, infidelity and emotional immaturity. Lacy’s opening verse refers to his father in Tagalog and connects his father’s death with his own pattern of infidelity. SZA’s part functions as the other side of that conversation, giving the song a clear duet-like dramatic structure.
The collaboration grew from Lacy’s recording relationship with SZA. In the album’s credits, SZA is identified by her birth name, Solána Rowe, as a songwriter as well as the featured performer. Fousheé is also credited in the writing and session history, which can cause confusion, but she is not the featured artist named in the track title. SZA’s appearance is distinct from Erykah Badu’s feature on “Pure Colour.”