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by fegul 2807 days ago
Did you mean the Nigerian song by P-Square featuring the words "chop my money"? Because that's not about scamming.
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No. It's called "I go chop your dollar", by Nkem Owoh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_YjvC4ndzM

Lyrics I done suffer no be small / Upon say I get sense / Poverty no good at all, no / Na im make I join this business / 419 no be thief, it's just a game / Everybody dey play em / if anybody fall mugu, / ha! my brother I go chop em / National Airport na me get em / National Stadium na me build em / President na my sister brother / You be the mugu, I be the master / Oyinbo man I go chop your dollar, / I go take your money and disappear / 419 is just a game, you are the loser I am the winner / The refinery na me get em, / The contract, na you I go give em / But you go pay me small money make I bring em / you be the mugu, I be the master… / na me be the master ooo!!!! / When Oyinbo play wayo, / dey go say na new style / When country man do him own, / them go dey shout: bring em, kill em, die! / That Oyinbo people greedy, I say them greedy / I don't see them tire / That's why when they fall into my trap o! / I dey show them fire"

Translated by Azuka Nzegwu and Adeolu Ademoyo.

I am suffering greatly / and I get this idea (or wise) / poverty is not good at all / and I decide to join this business (scam) /

419 is not a criminal act but a game / Everybody will play / but if you are fool / I will chop your money /

Chorus:

I own the National Airport / I built the National Stadium / The president is my sister's brother / You are the fool and I am the master /

White man, I will eat your dollar / I will take your money and disappear / 419 is just a game, you are the loser and I am the winner /

I own the refinery / I will give you the contract / But you will have to pay me a small fee before I bring them / You are the fool, I am the master / I am the master!!!! /

When whites scam / it is said that it is a new style / But when the country man does the same / White people shout: bring them, kill them, die! /

White people are greedy, I say they are greedy / I have seen through them deeply (or very well) / So, when they fall into my trap / I will show them fire (or showing someone who is the real boss by treating them harshly)