Oigbo - Not a member of the Igbo tribe, a Westerner (typically used to mean a white American or English person).
Mugu - A fool, simpleton,
Play Wayo - Pull a fast one, to cheat someone.
Show you fire - To deal with someone harshly, similar to “bring the pain”
Chop Your Dollar
I go suffer no be small
Upon say I get sense
poverty no good at all though
Na em make I join this business
I’ve suffered a lot
But once I got wise
I realized being poor sucks
So why don’t I join this business
419 is no be thief
It’s just a game
everybody they play-am
If anybody call me Mugu, Ha! my brother, I go chop am.
Doing 419 scams isn’t really stealing
It’s just a game, everyone does it
If anyone calls me stupid
I’ll get them too.
National Airport na me get am
National Stadium Na Me build am
President, Na My sister brother
You be the Mugu, I be the master
I can build airports [with money from my scams]
I can build Stadiums
I’m related to the president [implied: In this country, I’m above the law]
You’re the mark, I’m the player
Oigbo man, I go chop your dollar,
I go take your money, disappear
419 is just a game
you are the loser, I am the winner
Western man, I’m going to take your money
I’ll take your money and disappear
419 is just a game
You’re the loser, I am the winner.
Na Refinaery, Na me get em.
Na contract , na you I go give em
Bu you go pay me some more money make I bring em.
You be the Mugu, I be the Master
I can build refineries
I’ll give you the contracts you’re seeking
But you have to pay me before I’ll give them to you [implied: you will never see them]
You’re the mark, I’m the player.
When Oigbo play wayo
They go say na uh his style
When countryman do his own
Then they go shout, bring and kill am, die
When Westerners cheat and scam
They say, “That’s just how westerners are”
When Africans do the same exact thing
They shout, “kill the offenders”
But Oigbo people greedy
They greedy, I say then greedy, I go see them fire
That’s why, when they fall enter my trap-O
I de show them fire
But Westerners are greedy
I say they’re greedy. I’ll punish them
That’s why when they fall into my trap
I deal with them harshly
National Airport na me get am
National Stadium Na Me build am
President, Na My sister brother
You be the Mugu, I be the master
Oigbo man, I go chop your dollar,
I go take your money, disappear
419 is just a game
you are the loser, I am the winner
Na Refinaery, Na me get em.
Na contract , na you I go give em
Bu you go pay me some more money make I bring em.
You be the Mugu, I be the Master
Na me be the Master-O!
I go suffer no be small
Upon say I get sense
poverty no good at all though
Na em make I join this business
419 is no be thief
It’s just a game
everybody they play-am
If anybody call me Mugu,
Ha! my brother, I go chop am.
National Airport na me get am
National Stadium Na Me build am
President, Na My sister brother
You be the Mugu, I be the master
Oigbo man, I go chop your dollar,
I go take your money, disappear
419 is just a game
you are the loser, I am the winner
Na Refinery, Na me get em.
Na contract , na you I go give em
Bu you go pay me some more money make I bring em.
You be the Mugu, I be the Master
Na me be the Master-O!
National Airport na me get am
National Stadium Na Me build am
President, Na My sister brother
You be the Mugu, I be the master
Oigbo man, I go chop your dollar,
I go take your money, disappear
419 is just a game
you are the loser, I am the winner
Na Refinaery, Na me get em.
Na contract , na you I go give em
Bu you go pay me some more money make I bring em.
You be the Mugu, I be the Master
Na me be the Master-O!