I was just listening to U.N.K.L.E.'s new album, Never, Neverland, and the spoken words at during the intro track are driving me mad, who is it talking?

It reminds me of something Hubert Selby, Jr. (author of Requiem for a Dream and Last Exit to Brooklyn) would say, and sounds vaguely like his voice, but I can't find anything to that effect, or the source of the vocal sample.

Can anyone help me here?

"You see things in life and you'd be surprised what you see.

Life, your whole life is changes, you go through changes in your life:

One second, you've got it made, the next second, you're down in the dumps.

And it goes back and forth throughout your whole life

One second you've got the most beautiful girl in the world, the next second, you don't even have a girlfriend no more.

And it goes back and forth, and back and forth, you know?

and this is life man, it's changes, this is what you have to go through throughout your whole lifetime."

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Einen Moment von Freundlichkeit wie daß in einem Traum