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He’s worked hard to get where he is, and now he can show off and display his wealth i.e. floss. The teeth hygiene theme also means he doesn’t have to return to the grind.

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Self Rule was well received by critics and was number 7 in the Forbes list of the Best Free Albums of 2011. However since Kembe couldn’t have possibly predicted this (unless he’s got a fishsticks problem), he’s referring to his hype when he was really just starting out as a rapper

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Oprah is arguably the biggest TV star in the world, so Kembe’s saying he aims to be bigger than MJ, Elvis, The Beatles and Justin Bieber at their peaks combined.

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He’s poshly reworded the hook here, he has a vision of the world (the globe) resting in his possession (the world is his).

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Kembe is constantly down on his luck, so he needs to break away from this. He metaphorically wants an eraser to do this, playing on the phrase “drawn together”.

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Kembe likes to rock this look a lot

He probably got those Scotts purely for the concert

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Kembe isn’t one to rap about bullshit. Hes the truth that his listeners are searching for, the food for their hunger. In this simile Kembe, I personally hope that you aren’t really food, or else you’ll end up like Ronald Poppo.

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Kembe shows his Macbeth-like ambition here (in terms of size not willingness to kill)

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Football (American) metaphor and a variation of chase your dreams. By fumble he means his dad told him not to screw up. Reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ogI_K-JmCc

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From this bar, he’s going from rolling his weed to blowing (exhaling) it. He “blows” fast and aggressively, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVcSIZyBuE

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