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The “justice” system is corrupt and allows rampant murder for some while dispensing harsh judgment for people of color and the poor and working class.
The UK riots were a reaction to this sort of corruption in Britain. The riots began in the poor, minority districts of North London and spread across the country.
It isn’t only in the UK, of course.
Also, a Shakespeare reference. In a monologue about the nature of temptation, Angelo in Measure for Measure says:
it is I
That, lying by the violet in the sun
Do as the carrion does, not as the flower
Corrupt with virtuous season.
I'll spit another sixteen to prove to the world I fucking own it (Yeah) Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire (Ft. Danny Brown, Das Racist, Despot & El-P) – The Last Huzzah (Remix)
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14: A “7 and 7” is 7&7 is Seagram’s 7 Crown & 7-Up. Also, 7+7=14.
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12: “Dozen” continues the counting and alludes to a jury. He will “vent” to the court upon his indictment.
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8: The riots in the UK were precipitated by the “austerity” measures that the government instituted. Austerity packages are severe spending cuts that typically affect low-income citizens disproportionately. Austerity packages were for decades foisted on third world nations by the international banking elite, headed by Washington, London and Wall Street.
Now, those chickens were coming home to roost.
Notice how El-P substitutes “ate” for “8”, to go along with the counting scheme
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11: The Fukushima nuclear power plant melted down in 2011 and sent radiation into the air and water.
The contracted phrase “El’ll vent” sounds like “eleven.” That’s hard as fuck.
An additional meaning to the phrase “El’ll vent on you” is that “vent on” sounds like vento, which means wind in Italian, hence “Fukushima breezes.”
he also may have ment that other things in 2011 will be more destructive than the fukushima incident
or he means his 11 (Mac) will shoot you backwards even more than Fukushima breezes
I think this line is also a bit of a self-deprecating joke. El’s lyrics in this song and many others are typically filled with disparaging remarks and I think he is being self-aware by making fun of himself for “venting” to the listeners harder than the fall out breezes of the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in 2011, the same year this song came out (which is some hilarious hyperbole). The word vent is also being used as a double entendre (to release emotion/to release air)