Switch - A Guide For The Journey

So it was
That I was
Dreamin’ that I got a switchblade in my throat
And that somehow I didn’t die
But I died still anyway somehow

And I was walking the streets of London
At night, in the darkest part,
The heart of Hackney
No one to back me up,
No one was there for me, but
That didn’t matter
Cos I was already dead

I was a dead man called Switch
Chanting dark words of initiation
And thoughts of initialisation
The beginnings of encapsulation

I was feelin’ the feelings of healing
The first steps of realisation
The urban heat heartbeat inside
As the first moment of idealisation

And these are the words that I spoke
In my heart to myself
Walkin’ street with myself

Switch says ‘Walk’
And Switch says ‘Wake up’
Switch says ‘How?’ and ‘When if not now?’

Switch says ‘Ride’
And Switch stays ‘High’
Switch says ‘Speak, before you can Fly’

Switch says ‘I’m gonna
Fuck you right up’
And Switch says ‘I’m gonna
Put you back up’

Switch says ‘Together
And we are gonna Talk’
Switch says ‘How?’ and ‘When if not now?’

Switch says ‘I’m gonna
Switch you in the throat (haa!)’
And Switch says ‘I’m gonna
Cut your eyes open’

Switch says ‘I’m gonna
Make you see the Voice’
Switch says ‘How?’ and ‘When is not Now’

Switch says ‘I’m gonna
Make you be the Voice’
Switch says ‘How?’ and ‘When is not Now’

Switch says ‘You remember
Being Torn Apart?’
And Switch says ‘I’m gonna
Rip you to the Heart’

Switch says ‘Urban walker
Come and walk with me’
And Switch says ‘How?’ and ‘When if not now?’

Switch says ‘Brother,
Come and wake the fuck it up’
And Switch says ‘I’m gonna
Wait the cut you the fuck up’

Switch says ‘Brother,
This is the first step’
And Switch says ‘Now!’ cos ‘When and not How’

Switch says ‘Brother,
Yeah take the first steps’
And Switch says…