Ayahuasca - Akira the Don

When I got interested in this mystery

I went down to the Amazon

Where there are still surviving shamanistic cultures today

And where they drink the powerful visionary brew

Ayahuasca

This is the one

Ayahuasca

We’re not doing this for fun

Ayahuasca

This is the one

Ayahuasca

We’re not doing this for fun

The active ingredient is Dimethyltryptamine — DMT

Which is actually closely related at the molecular level to Psilocybin

Normally DMT cannot be activated orally

When we encounter it in the West it’s generally smoked

There’s an enzyme in our stomach called monoamine oxidase

Which switches off DMT on contact

But in the Amazon they’ve got 'round this problem

They say it was the spirits that taught them how to do it

Ayahuasca

This is the one

Ayahuasca

We’re not doing this for fun

Ayahuasca

This is the one

Ayahuasca

We’re not doing this for fun

The DMT in the Ayahuasca brew is contained in these leaves

From a plant that they call Chacruna in the Amazon

And there they mix it together with this vine

And out of 150,000 different species of plants and trees in the Amazon

This is the one that contains a monoamine oxidase inhibitor

Which switches off that enzyme in our stomachs

And allows the DMT in the leaves

When the two are married together and cooked in water

To be absorbed orally

And takes us on a-a 4 hour journey to extraordinary realms

Extraordinary realms

Ayahuasca

This is the one

Ayahuasca

We’re not doing this for fun

Ayahuasca

This is the one

Ayahuasca

We’re not doing this for fun

It’s no joke to drink Ayahuasca

The Ayahuasca brew has a foul, foul taste

Really, really hideous

And a dreadful, dreadful smell

And after you’ve drunk your cup

You’ll find within 45 minutes or so that you’re sweating

That you’re feeling nauseous, pretty soon you may well be vomiting

Nobody is doing this for recreation

Nobody is doing this for recreation

Nobody is doing this for fun

Ayahuasca

This is the one

Ayahuasca

We’re not doing this for fun

Ayahuasca

This is the one

Ayahuasca

We’re not doing this for fun

And I’d like to add

That I don’t think any of the psychedelics should be used for recreation

They have a much more serious and important mission with humanity