Nettie Johnson

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Description

A singer named Nettie Johnson is remembering a conversation she had with her mother many years ago.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

North American (General)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
It's late November and the city of Chicago has gone great Iranian coat. Neti is sitting alone and in silence on a bus headed from the South Side to the inner city laundromat, and she's worked as her angel for the past 25 years. She begins to recall a childhood conversation with her mother of the seal on the call mute 90 staring all through the dirty bus windows. Needy child, I told you, you got a voice. You gotta set their voice on Last step to speak in the delight to the stop part of Virginia. I loved hearing that voice. Inquire, Mama. I don't like singing themselves. I don't like the way to make me feel that soldier like singing the blues. An on boarding passenger brushes against that Netease like that are hanging out in the facade. She looks around shivers. You're breaking your momma's heart talking like that. You gotta use their voice. The Lord gave you for good, but I've got nothing good to sing about. Mama show from the outside of the moving bus of Nutty with a blank, a staring through the window