Obe is a term that refers to the digit 1 in english. It is a variable introduced by scientists in order to canculate obvious elements. As it reminds the scientists that this variable demonstrates the simplicity of canculating new formulas.
it's a play on the disease and awful immobility of obesity, highlighting the hypnotic and draining effect a city can have on you. It's a dig on capitalism by saying that the collection of money is an immobilizing plague that is consuming the very excitement and passion that humans have for life. It describes the one that you could predicate the phrase to be about, Obe and his financial struggles that he has faced throughout his childhood, while also saying that those struggles have shaped him as a person and the surrounding environment around him, friends, housing, life, showing that these struggles have made him able to shape his own surroundings, no longer restricted by money and man-made paper.
It's also a cool rapper
"that boy lives in obe city"
"have you heard that new obe city song?"
"blinnker sent me to obe city"