" Look at Your Game , Girl " was written in 1968 in the hopes that it would help Manson to get a record contract . The song is a folk rock and psychedelic folk song with a length of two minutes . It is a mid-tempo ballad , and , like all of the songs on '' Lie : The Love and Terror Cult '' , a demo . Manson sings : " Think you 're loving baby , but all you 're doing is crying ... Are those feelings real ? " ; the track is about an insane woman who is playing a " mad game " and , in searching for love , has only found sadness . According to Alex Henderson of AllMusic , " Look at Your Game , Girl " " embodies Manson 's fundamental approach to influencing young women by targeting their socially imposed hang-ups and implying that his way is better and more liberating . This is problematic considering his remarkable knack for mind control . " Manson generally took influence from figures such as the Beatles , Robert A. Heinlein , and L. Ron Hubbard . Discussing Manson 's music , Mark Savage of BBC News deemed his guitar playing " basic " and his lyrics " disorganized " . " Look at Your Game , Girl " was included on a tape that Manson sent to record companies ; after Manson was jailed for the Tate murders , that tape was commercially released as '' Lie '' in 1970 by Manson 's former roommate Phil Kaufman , and copyrighted by Awareness Records
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Look at Your Game, Girl