Lupe has always felt as if he was against everyone. Also as reference to Tupac’s album Me Against the World. Also being a virgin means that nobody fucks with him.

Lupe’s hair is naturally nappy, and he doesn’t feel he needs product.

Pomades and other products are usually used to enhance waves (in your hair), a play on the surfing/waves metaphor from the previous lines.

Like everyone else he’s done wrong in his life and is praying for forgiveness. In addition he’s also asking for forgiveness because his addictions and his materialism.

So here goes...Yo @mbusa my name is Lupe Fiasco & I'm kind of a big deal. Can I please have a grey base model SLS w/ blk int? #BeLikeFelix

— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) October 15, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MRmxfLuNto

This line can be interpreted multiple ways:
1. Lupe stays grounded and doesn’t let success get to his head.
2. Lupe never “jumps” to conclusions.
3. He is “the shoes”, stuck with Atlantic Records which is a metaphor for “the floor”.

Reposessors put shoes on cars that owe dues. Lupe’s previous car lines

Lu fought Atlantic Records to release LASERS, and was working for them.

Also, the working class do all the work and create all the wealth in society, yet the ruling class keep the profits to themselves and leave the workers with just enough to survive, continue working and reproduce the next generation of workers.

When Lupe gains confidence in a verse, he spits with passion and certainty, having no doubt whatsoever.

A few lines before this, Lupe references his first studio album, Food & Liquor. That was #1 (his first) and this is now his 4th studio album.

A metaphor comparing someone from the hood to a rose. They blossomed from the bottom AKA Chicago, and rose up to a dozen roses.

Reference to Tupac’s “A Rose that Grew from Concrete”

Kendrick’s swearing and foul language is not senseless. There is meaning and purpose behind everything that he says.

Lady Gaga. Who he know has a track with called PARTYNASEOUS. Gaga was also on a version of Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe that failed to make the album.