When I was fifteen years old 
Straight dope game I was told 
I went from selling pennies of the riders dank ah (riders dank ah) 
Timin [bad word] think of slangin crank (think of slangin griqua) 
Situation critical: phone home phone home 
Talkin on my digital: call phone 
Ya seen a boatload of situations for dangleations 
Invalid ghetto pass late [bad word] registrations 
Boy I tell you [bad word] is pitiful, [bad word]  
Vocally repentable, dead right! 
I try to stay away from artificial (artificial) 
Plastic [bad word] (plastic [bad word] , pleather [bad word] individuals 
 [bad word] !) 
*Coolio* 
Exercise yo' game mayn 
Cause things is changin and rearrangin 
Exercise yo game mayn 
Just use yo' brain mayn [bad word] the same game 
*E-40* 
Exercise yo' game mayn 
Fertilize yo' grass, playa get da cash 
Exercise yo' game mayn 
But you gotta make it last! 
Verse Two: Coolio 
One lone loco rides away 
into the sunset but, I ain't done yet 
Respect yourself and wear your vest 
Keep your guard up cause fools be hard up 
When you hittin dips better check yo' clips and 
Watch the police and the Bloods and the Crips 
Anyway you dudes got ta pay your dues 
Keep one in the chamber cause the shoes always loose [bad word] wheels [bad word] heels anyday 
Put the green in your jeans and get the holes out ya halo 
Or you can stay broke while your homies is rollin smokes 
And sippin yak and smokin dank and tellin jokes, haha 
Pa-pap, pa-pap *gunshot sound [bad word] , fool you can have that 
I worked too hard for mine, to let you take a dime 
No pain no gain no pocket change 
Prepare yourself for battle, exercise yo' game 
*Coolio* 
Exercise yo' game mayn 
Make your money grow don't you be no hoe low 
Exercise yo' game mayn 
Keep your works on tight to make yo' stash stay right and 
*E-40* 
Exercise yo' game mayn 
Fertilize your grass, playa get yo' cash 
Exercise yo' game mayn 
Playa get your coins, be like Donald Goines 
Have heart have money man, have heart have money man -- YAKNOW! 
Verse Three: KAM 
I got next you [bad word] with me homey (yeap) 
Well I don't need playas in the paint who cain't do nuttin fo' me 
Show me get down [bad word] (right) we can make sumpim happen (yeah) 
I'm West coast Eastside East hood slum gangsta rappin 
Niggaz say you want to be affiliated (yeah) 
Well let me warn you: I'm the kind of playa that's really hated 
I'm rated X like Malcolm 
E-40, Coolio, and KAM -- sprinkle game like talcum 
You want to make money in the game well let me show you 
How to do for self cause ain't nobody gon' do this for you 
Oh you caught like lint; if you waitin on the mystery God 
Cause ain't nobody gonna give you [bad word] 
You gotsta get up, off yo' [bad word] 
and put yourself in heaven on Earth, before you pass 
And exercise yo' game -- exercise yo' game fool 
Verse Four: 40 Thevz 
Peep game from a young [bad word]  rollin on the one way 
Foot to the gas got the indo mixed with hash 
Monday through Sunday and all in-between 
I fiend for my paper, my fed, and my green 
Ain't no busters or no suckers on my team or in my mattress 
Just call me the Pimp 
And you can call me the Rat 
Watch my feet hit the tracks it, ain't no lookin back 
I'm on a mission tryin to put my [bad word] click on the map 
But these niggaz don't know the half [bad word] with riff raff but I got some game for your [bad word] [bad word] 
Cause your game is weaker than an anorexic 
I exercised my game until I had my game perfected 
I wrote the game on paper then I put the game on record 
You better check it [bad word] don't you every disrespect it 
E-X-C-E, R-I-S-E, Y-O-G-A, M-for-dy/40 
Thevz in the house better exercise yo' game 
Exercise yo' game 
*E-40* 
Have heart have money mayn, have heart have money mayn, Y