Comes from "Apes Obey", used by soldiers/masters in British-colonised parts of Africa as a command for African workers to work. The words got distorted to "Esobe" by African workers in early colonial days and has since used.
A madlad from the primary days, we used to sing the coconut nut is a giant nut you get very fat. He's a minecraft god but only on ipad and he has epic sleepovers with the boyssssssssssss.